Munyaroo Conservation Park

Munyaroo Conservation Park South Australia
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources) [1]
Munyaroo Conservation Park
Nearest town or city	Cowell [2]
Coordinates	33°23′28″S137°17′38″E / 33.39111°S 137.29389°E / -33.39111; 137.29389 Coordinates: 33°23′28″S137°17′38″E / 33.39111°S 137.29389°E / -33.39111; 137.29389 [1]
Established	13 October 1977 [3]
Area	201.39 km2 (77.8 sq mi) [3]
Managing authorities	Department for Environment & Water
See also	Protected areas of South Australia

Munyaroo Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia in the gazetted locality of Midgee located on the east coast of the Eyre Peninsula about 36 kilometres (22 miles) south south-west of Whyalla and 35 kilometres (22 miles) east north-east of Cowell. ^{[2] [4]}

The conservation park consists of three separate blocks of land - two adjoin the coastline with Spencer Gulf respectively immediately south of Muminnie Beach and Plank Point and the third being located to the west on the east side of the Lincoln Highway. ^{[4] [2]}

The conservation park was proclaimed under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 on 13 October 1977. ^[3] On 20 August 2009, the Munyaroo Conservation Reserve which have been dedicated as a conservation reserve on 11 November 1993 under the state's Crown Lands Act 1929 was added to the conservation park. ^{[5] [6]} The conservation park was constituted to permit access under the state's Mining Act 1971 to its west and south portions only. ^[4]

The land protected by the conservation park was considered in 2014 by its managing authority to be significant for the following reasons: ^[4]

Munyaroo Conservation Park (20 139 ha) consists of three separate areas in close proximity to each other on the Spencer Gulf coastline. They provide an important habitat link between the coastal vegetation and inland mallee of the peninsula. The two large coastal blocks include low impact sandy beaches with an intertidal zone of mangrove and samphire communities. These communities provide habitat for shorebirds such as plovers, terns and the Sooty Oystercatcher which is listed as rare under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 . Behind the coastal dune system are low open woodlands of Western Myall and False Sandalwood, with a Bluebush and Bladder Saltbush understorey. The mallee and saltbush associations contain populations of the Yellow Swainson-pea which is listed as vulnerable under the National Parks and Wildlife Act and the Dwarf Four-toed Slider which is listed as rare under the act.

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

References

1. "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab )". CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment. 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
2. "Search result(s) for Munyaroo Conservation Park (Record No. SA0047856) with the following layers being selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Parcel labels"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
3. "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 17 Feb 2014)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
4. "Eastern Eyre Peninsula Parks Management Plan 2014" (PDF). Department for Environment Water and Natural Resources. February 2014. pp. 3–5. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
5. "National Parks and Wildlife (Munyaroo Conservation Park) Proclamation 2009" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette . Government of South Australia: 3754. 11 November 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
6. "CROWN LANDS ACT, 1929: SECTION 5, The Twenty First Schedule" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 2438. 11 November 1993. Retrieved 23 December 2016.

External links

• Munyaroo Conservation Park webpage on protected planet