Bohle River - north of Bruce Highway |
Bohle River |
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SITE DESCRIPTION
- Wildlife habitat corridor: Riparian Corridor - minor drainage line
- Contiguous Habitat Corridor
- Heritage Listing and Zoning: part of National Estate registered as
Townsville Common and Environs by AHC
- Declared Fish Habitat Area - Management 'B' under Queensland
Fisheries Act
- Natural Habitat Quality: Disturbed Habitat
- Conservation value: Currently undefined
- Wetland complex composed of mangrove estuaries, saltpans, brackish
sedgelands and freshwater swamps
- Fish habitat & waterbird habitat
- Estuarine crocodile habitat
- Representation of old plains land system Habitat connectivity south
to Hervey's Range
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USES AND ISSUES
- Drainage development and land reclamation
- Loam extraction from riparian zone.
- Previous sand extraction
- Commercial and recreational fishing
- Stream bank erosion
- Exotic vegetation
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ENVIRONMENTAL VALUE
(not yet defined) |
1. RIKES (1990) p35,36. 2. Wetlands of Townsville (1996) Report 96/28
p9-10, 39. 3. Townsville - Thuringowa Strategy Plan (1996) - NCDP p14
Appendix 2 |