Murrumbateman Village Box Gum Grassy Woodland
A crown reserve located in the middle of Murrumbateman village NSW is a remnant of native woodland and open grassland with a very high biodiversity value. The reserve contains White Box-Yellow Box-Blakely’s Red Gum Grassy Woodland and Derived Native Grassland, a Critically Endangered Ecological Community (CEEC) listed under the NSW Biodiversity Management Act 2016 and the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. The 4.166 hectares is a refuge for endangered native plants and animals (including Synemon plana, Golden sun moth, and Polytelis swainsonii, Superb parrot), and a wildlife corridor connecting with similar habitat areas. Murrumbateman Landcare Group is licensed and funded for protecting and enhancing this reserve: Australian Government’s Communities Environment Program and NSW Government Crown Reserves Improvement Fund. Yass Valley Council supports the work of Murrumbateman Landcare Group to preserve this habitat. Location: Corner of West and Hercules Streets Murrumbateman 2582.
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Murrumbateman Village Box Gum Grassy Woodland
A crown reserve located in the middle of Murrumbateman village NSW is a remnant of native woodland and open grassland with a very high biodiversity value. The reserve contains White Box-Yellow Box-Blakely’s Red Gum Grassy Woodland and Derived Native Grassland, a Critically Endangered Ecological Community (CEEC) listed under the NSW Biodiversity Management Act 2016 and the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. The 4.166 hectares is a refuge for endangered native plants and animals (including Synemon plana, Golden sun moth, and Polytelis swainsonii, Superb parrot), and a wildlife corridor connecting with similar habitat areas. Murrumbateman Landcare Group is licensed and funded for protecting and enhancing this reserve: Australian Government’s Communities Environment Program and NSW Government Crown Reserves Improvement Fund. Yass Valley Council supports the work of Murrumbateman Landcare Group to preserve this habitat. Location: Corner of West and Hercules Streets Murrumbateman 2582.
Assessment carried out by Umwelt, Environmental & Social Consultants, Canberra
The Murrumbateman village box gum grassy woodland project is a community project under Murrumbateman Landcare Group. Friends of the group can be contacted via email: mvgrassywood@gmail.com.
Part of the series "The Landcare Spot" about Landcare projects in the Yass Area (NSW, Australia). Other podcasts in the series might also be of interest.
A rare and unusual grasshopper, Keyacris scurra, was found in the Murrumbateman Village Grassy Woodland on 21 May 2022.