NRM body: Condamine Alliance - wetland summary information

Area profile

Name:	Condamine Alliance
Area type:	natural resource management body
Total area:	25,439.38 km²
% total Queensland area:	1.5%
Major towns:	Chinchilla, Dalby, Jandowae, Millmerran, Oakey, Toowoomba, Warwick
Basins:	Balonne-Condamine
Local government areas:	Goondiwindi Lockyer Valley Scenic Rim South Burnett Southern Downs Toowoomba Western Downs
Drainage divisions:	Murray Darling
Climatic zones:	Subtropical Temperate
Bioregions:	Brigalow Belt (BRB) New England Tableland (NET) Southeast Queensland (SEQ)
World heritage areas:	Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
Internationally important wetlands (Ramsar)	none
Nationally important wetlands (DIWA)	Dalrymple and Blackfellow Creeks Lake Broadwater
Protected areas:	Total number: 37 Allies Creek State Forest Barakula State Forest Braemar State Forest Bunya Mountains Conservation Park Bunya Mountains National Park Burncluith State Forest Condamine State Forest Daandine State Forest Dalby State Forest Diamondy State Forest Domville State Forest Dunmore State Forest Durikai State Forest Gambubal State Forest Geham National Park Geham State Forest Glen Rock State Forest Irongate Conservation Park Jandowae State Forest Jarrah State Forest Kumbarilla State Forest Lake Broadwater Conservation Park Lake Broadwater Resources Reserve Leyburn State Forest Mahen State Forest Main Range National Park McEwan State Forest Morgan Park Conservation Park Mount Dumaresq Conservation Park Nudley State Forest Pechey State Forest Spicers Gap Road Conservation Park Swanfels State Forest Talgai State Forest Vickery State Forest Weranga State Forest Western Creek State Forest
Fish habitat areas:	none
Coastal management district:	none
Nature refuges:	Total number: 13 Agjinbilly Nature Refuge Arborlee Nature Refuge Ballara Park Nature Refuge Bellbird Nature Refuge Carabeen Nature Refuge Chinchilla Rifle Range Nature Refuge Ellangowan Nature Refuge Fair Hills Nature Refuge Goomburra Nature Refuge Myall Park Nature Refuge Nyalar Miru_gan-ah Nature Refuge Puntdaloo Nature Refuge Spicers Peak Nature Refuge
Wild rivers:	none
Wetland management profiles:	Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lakes and non-floodplain soil lakes Coastal and sub-coastal tree swamps Coastal grass-sedge wetlands
Water resource planning areas:	Condamine Balonne
Water quality, water quantity and aquatic ecosystem monitoring programs:	Aerial Surveys of Waterbirds in Eastern Australia Environmental Flows Assessment Program Groundwater Water Level Network Moreton Bay Regional Council Waterway Health Monitoring Program South East Queensland (SEQ) Catchments Community Water Quality Monitoring Program Surface Water Monitoring Network
Wetland soil information sheets:	Condamine
Great Barrier Reef case studies:	none
Conceptual model case studies:	Aquatic connectivity: Dewfish Demonstration Reach Gilgai wetlands - Glencoe Lake Broadwater
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Statistics

Statistics based on 2009 wetland mapping (version 3.0)

The mapping is available as: PDFs, KMLs (able to be viewed on Google Earth and similar), on the interactive map server WetlandMaps and as data downloadable via the Queensland Government Information Service.

NRM body: Condamine Alliance wetland area by system
Areas do not include marine or estuarine waters but do include estuarine wetland vegetation (e.g. mangroves and tidal flats).
System	Area (km²)	% wetlands area	% total area
Total	207.29	100.0%	0.8%
Artificial and highly modified	106.37	51.3%	0.4%
Lacustrine	3.87	1.9%	0.0%
Palustrine	24.25	11.7%	0.1%
Riverine	72.79	35.1%	0.3%

There are approximately 1,235 lacustrine/palustrine wetlands in this region.

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Wildlife recorded from NRM body: Condamine Alliance
Kingdom Class	Native	Introduced	Wetland indicator species	Rare or threatened species	All
TOTAL	3969	648	237	110	4674
Animals	795	30	132	51	834
Amphibians	49	1	24	4	50
Birds	383	11	70	19	402
Bony fish	22	5	27	2	27
Insects	88	0	0	3	88
Malacostracans	1	0	0	0	1
Mammals	104	13	3	14	118
Reptiles	147	0	8	9	147
Uncertain	1	0	0	0	1
Fungi	552	0	0	0	552
Plants	2554	618	103	59	3220
Protists	68	0	2	0	68

Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the DERM WildNet database.
Information from WildNet can also be accessed via Wildlife Online and WetlandMaps.

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