Shannon Conservation Park Explained

Type:protected
Shannon Conservation Park
State:sa
Iucn Category:VI
Iucn Ref:[1]
Coordinates:-33.9589°N 135.6199°W
Relief:yes
Pushpin Label Position:left
Nearest Town Or City:Karkoo[2]
Area:5.44
Area Footnotes:[3]

Shannon Conservation Park (formerly the Shannon Conservation Reserve) is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula in the gazetted locality of Karkoo about north of Port Lincoln and about south of Lock.[2]

It was proclaimed under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 in 2007 on land all in Section 100 of the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Shannon which was previously dedicated as a conservation reserve on 2 September 1993 under the Crown Lands Act 1929.[4]

As of 2007, the Shannon Conservation Park was reported as being “dominated by mallee” and included a River Red Gum woodland which was considered to be “a regionally threatened community.”

As of 2007, there was no access for visitors into the interior of the conservation park and nor was there any plans to create such access.

The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category VI protected area.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab) . CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE) . 21 February 2018 . 2016.
  2. Web site: Search result(s) for Shannon Conservation Park (Record No. SA0012606) with the following layers being selected - “Parcel labels”, "Suburbs and Localities", "Place names (gazetteer)" and “Road labels” . Government of South Australia . Property Location Browser . 29 December 2016.
  3. Web site: Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 11 July 2016). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. 11 July 2016 . 14 July 2016.
  4. CROWN LANDS ACT 1929: SECTION 5 . The South Australian Government Gazette . 2 September 1993. 1038 . 29 December 2016 . DL 1916/1988 . Government of South Australia.