NRM body: Queensland Murray-Darling Committee - wetland summary information

Area profile

Name:	Queensland Murray-Darling Committee
Area type:	natural resource management body
Total area:	101,820.71 km²
% total Queensland area:	5.9%
Major towns:	Dirranbandi, Goondiwindi, Inglewood, Miles, Mitchell, Roma, St George, Stanthorpe, Surat, Tara, Texas
Basins:	Balonne-Condamine Border Rivers Moonie
Local government areas:	Balonne Central Highlands Goondiwindi Maranoa Murweh Southern Downs Toowoomba Western Downs
Drainage divisions:	Murray Darling
Climatic zones:	Grassland Subtropical Temperate
Bioregions:	Brigalow Belt (BRB) Mulga Lands (MUL) New England Tableland (NET)
World heritage areas:	none
Internationally important wetlands (Ramsar)	none
Nationally important wetlands (DIWA)	Balonne River Floodplain The Gums Lagoon
Protected areas:	Total number: 94 Albany State Forest Alton National Park Arcot State Forest Barabanbel State Forest 1 Barabanbel State Forest 2 Barabanbel State Forest 3 Barakula State Forest Bendidee National Park Bendidee State Forest Binkey State Forest 1 Binkey State Forest 2 Boondandilla State Forest Booroondoo State Forest Braemar State Forest Bringalily State Forest Broadwater State Forest Brucedale State Forest Bulli State Forest Calingunee State Forest 1 Calingunee State Forest 2 Carnarvon National Park Chesterton Range National Park Claremont State Forest Colgoon State Forest Combabula State Forest Condamine State Forest Coolmunda Conservation Park Culgoa Floodplain National Park Currajong State Forest Devine State Forest Domville State Forest Dunmore State Forest Durikai State Forest Eden State Forest Erringibba National Park Forfar State Forest Forrest State Forest Girraween National Park Greenup State Forest Gubberamunda State Forest 1 Gubberamunda State Forest 2 Gubberamunda State Forest 3 Gunyan State Forest Gurulmundi State Forest Hillside State Forest Howe State Forest Inglebogie State Forest Karee State Forest Kerimbilla State Forest 1 Kerimbilla State Forest 2 Kerimbilla State Forest 3 Kinkora State Forest Koolbellup State Forest Kumbarilla State Forest Macintyre State Forest McLeay State Forest Melanga State Forest Millmerran State Forest Oakvale State Forest Passchendaele State Forest Powrunna State Forest Pozieres State Forest Quandong State Forest Southwood National Park Stones Country Resources Reserve Sundown National Park Sundown Resources Reserve Sunnyside State Forest Taboonbay State Forest Terrica State Forest Texas State Forest 1 Texas State Forest 2 Texas State Forest 3 Tinowon State Forest Trinidad State Forest 1 Trinidad State Forest 2 Ula Ula State Forest Umbercollie State Forest Vickery State Forest Waar Waar State Forest Walhallow State Forest Wallabella State Forest 1 Wallabella State Forest 2 Waroonga State Forest Western Creek State Forest Whetstone State Forest Wondul Creek State Forest Wondul Range National Park Woodduck State Forest Wyaga State Forest Yalebone State Forest 1 Yalebone State Forest 2 Yelarbon State Forest Yuleba State Forest
Fish habitat areas:	none
Coastal management district:	none
Nature refuges:	Total number: 20 CR 'George' Telford Nature Refuge Calingunee Nature Refuge Dilladerri Nature Refuge Dragonweyr Nature Refuge Granitica Nature Refuge Greenhood Ridge Nature Refuge Hillview Nature Refuge Horans Gorge Nature Refuge Mount Armour Nature Refuge Mount Tully Cottage Nature Refuge Possum Lane Nature Refuge Red Cap Hill Nature Refuge Richard Underwood Nature Refuge Scotney Nature Refuge The Sanctuary Nature Refuge Tinkerbell Nature Refuge Tokatakiya Nature Refuge Tumbledown Nature Refuge Wattle Gully Nature Refuge Wylah Nature Refuge
Wild rivers:	none
Wetland management profiles:	Arid and semi-arid lakes Arid swamps Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lakes and non-floodplain soil lakes Coastal and sub-coastal tree swamps Coastal grass-sedge wetlands Karst wetlands Semi-arid swamps
Water resource planning areas:	Border Rivers Condamine Balonne Moonie Nebine
Water quality, water quantity and aquatic ecosystem monitoring programs:	Aerial Surveys of Waterbirds in Eastern Australia Environmental Flows Assessment Program Fitzroy Priority Neighbourhood Catchments Water Quality Monitoring Program Groundwater Water Level Network Port Curtis Integrated Monitoring Program (PCIMP) Surface Water Monitoring Network
Wetland soil information sheets:	Lake Munya
Great Barrier Reef case studies:	none
Conceptual model case studies:	Aquatic connectivity: Macintyre River Police Lagoons
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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: Queensland Murray-Darling Committee 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	1,544.63	100.0%	1.5%
Artificial and highly modified	672.80	43.6%	0.7%
Lacustrine	21.01	1.4%	0.0%
Palustrine	126.31	8.2%	0.1%
Riverine	724.50	46.9%	0.7%

There are approximately 4,237 lacustrine/palustrine wetlands in this region.

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Wildlife recorded from NRM body: Queensland Murray-Darling Committee
Kingdom Class	Native	Introduced	Wetland indicator species	Rare or threatened species	All
TOTAL	3854	588	255	119	4519
Animals	781	28	122	43	814
Amphibians	42	1	24	3	43
Birds	384	10	64	16	398
Bony fish	18	3	21	1	21
Insects	64	0	0	2	64
Malacostracans	1	0	0	0	1
Mammals	110	14	3	14	125
Reptiles	161	0	10	7	161
Uncertain	1	0	0	0	1
Fungi	254	0	0	0	255
Plants	2783	560	131	76	3414
Protists	36	0	2	0	36

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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