Yanga National Park, Yanga State Conservation Area and Yanga Nature Reserve Plan of Management

Yanga National Park, Yanga State Conservation Area and Yanga Nature Reserve are located on the floodplain of the Lower Murrumbidgee River at the western edge of the Riverina agricultural region, approximately 8 kilometres outside of Balranald. The parks cover approximately 71,711 hectares.

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Date
13 November 2020
Publisher
Department of Planning, Industry and Environment
Type
Publication, Plan of management, Final
Cost
Free
Language
English
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  • ISBN 978-1-922493-38-5
  • ID EES20200477
  • File PDF 2.9MB
  • Pages 102
  • Name yanga-national-park-plan-of-management-200477.pdf

The parks are in the traditional Country of the Wathi Wathi, Daddi Daddi, Mutthi Mutthi and Nari Nari Aboriginal peoples. They are important in protecting part of a rich cultural landscape which includes significant Aboriginal cultural heritage as well as shared heritage associated with the former 160-year-old Yanga Station.

The Yanga parks protect significant vegetation and landscape types within the largely cleared Riverina Bioregion, that are poorly represented in the reserve system at a national and state level. These include part of the third largest contiguous stand of river red gum forest in Australia. A range of threatened species are also found there.

As well as providing a scenic open air museum, the Yanga parks provide for boating and fishing, camping and birdwatching. These parks were not impacted by the 2019-20 bushfires.

This is the first plan of management for these parks.