Ironbark Nature Reserve and Bornhardtia Voluntary Conservation Area Plan of Management

Ironbark Nature Reserve and Bornhardtia Voluntary Conservation Area protect significant remnants of dry open forest and woodland in a landscape of substantially cleared or altered pastoral land. They are significant as a region of overlap between tablelands and western slopes communities and species. Flora surveys in Ironbark Nature Reserve and Bornhardtia Voluntary Conservation Area have identified 30 species of regional significance and 10 species of state or national significance.

Ironbark Nature Reserve and Bornhardtia Voluntary Conservation Area also support a diversity of native fauna. Surveys have identified 115 bird, 33 mammal and 44 reptile or amphibian species within Ironbark Nature Reserve and Bornhardtia Voluntary Conservation Area.

The primary emphasis of this plan is the conservation of the natural and cultural values of Ironbark Nature Reserve and Bornhardtia Voluntary Conservation Area. Public access to Ironbark Nature Reserve for nature appreciation will continue. However, there is no public access to Bornhardtia Voluntary Conservation Area, which is private land.