Yeldulknie Conservation Park Explained

Type:protected
Yeldulknie Conservation Park
State:sa
Iucn Category:IA
Iucn Ref:[1]
Coordinates:-33.6434°N 136.5683°W
Relief:yes
Pushpin Label Position:left
Nearest Town Or City:Cleve[2]
Area:32.83
Area Footnotes:[3]

Yeldulknie Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula in the gazetted locality of Cleve about north-east of the town centre in Cleve.[2]

The conservation park was proclaimed on 21 September 1989 under the state's National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 in respect to land in sections 327, 328 and 329 in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Mann. It was constituted to permit access under the state's Mining Act 1971.[4] Its name was derived from the Yeldulkinie Reservoir.[2] As of July 2016, the conservation park covered an area of .[3]

The conservation park is described as consisting of “mallee woodlands.” It is known as a site for the plant species Acacia praemorsa (Senna Wattle) which is listed as “Vulnerable” on the list of threatened species prepared under section 178 of the Australian Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.[5]

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

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  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 Yeldulknie Conservation Park (Record No. SA0030997) with the following layers being selected - "Parcel labels", "Suburbs and Localities", "Hundreds", "Place names (gazetteer)" and "Road labels" . Government of South Australia . Property Location Browser . 4 January 2017.
  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. NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT, 1972, SECTIONS 30 AND 43: CONSTITUTION OF, AND MINING IN, YELDULKNIE CONSERVATION PARK . The South Australian Government Gazette . 21 November 1989. 914. 4 January 2017 . Government of South Australia.
  5. Web site: Acacia praemorsa — Senna Wattle . Australian Government, Department of Environment and Energy . Species Profile and Threats Database. 4 January 2017.