Lake Wooloweyah
Lake Wooloweyah is an intricate and unique ecological system that is greatly affected by human contact. There are fishing boats which trawl its depths, a community perched on its shores, a number of surrounding farms and much of the floodplains and creeks that feed it have been dredged, filled, redirected or cleared of vegetation.
Protection of Wooloweyah to Angourie Coastal Lands
The Angourie to Wooloweyah area is a highly ecologically valuable coastal landscape, containing a wide range of coastal and floodplain Endangered Ecological Communities, rare and poorly conserved vegetation communities, the habitats of at least 31 threatened species, an endangered population of Coastal Emu, numerous significant species and critically important coastal corridors linking the nationally recognised coastal habitats of Yuraygir and Bundjalung National Parks.
The Wooloweyah to Angourie area contains extensive areas of eight Endangered Ecological Communities (EECs) as defined within the Threatened Species Conservation Act, 1995 (TSC Act), namely:
Other vegetation communities of very high conservation value in the Wooloweyah to Angourie area include:
These areas are of national conservation significance due to their size, location, excellent condition, and the fact that they collectively provide habitat for over 31 species listed as Threatened under either the TSC Act and/or the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, 1999 (EPBC Act) and an Endangered Population of the Coastal Emu.
Any developments within the areas of native vegetation surrounding Angourie and Wooloweyah will lead to major impacts upon those areas recognised by the NSW and Commonwealth Governments as high conservation value habitats and national reservation and conservation priorities.
This is primarily attributable to:
The area has bioregionally significant coastal wildlife corridors and key habitats recognised by both the NSW and Commonwealth Governments and the Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority (NRCMA) as essential for maintenance of biodiversity. This locality is a critical component of the north-south corridor linking Yuraygir and Bundjalung National Parks.
Protection of Wooloweyah to Angourie Coastal Lands
The Angourie to Wooloweyah area is a highly ecologically valuable coastal landscape, containing a wide range of coastal and floodplain Endangered Ecological Communities, rare and poorly conserved vegetation communities, the habitats of at least 31 threatened species, an endangered population of Coastal Emu, numerous significant species and critically important coastal corridors linking the nationally recognised coastal habitats of Yuraygir and Bundjalung National Parks.
The Wooloweyah to Angourie area contains extensive areas of eight Endangered Ecological Communities (EECs) as defined within the Threatened Species Conservation Act, 1995 (TSC Act), namely:
- Saltmarsh
- Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplain
- Swamp Oak Forest
- Littoral Rainforest
- Lowland Rainforest
- Subtropical Coastal Floodplain Forest
- Freshwater Wetlands on Coastal Floodplain
- Headland Grasslands
Other vegetation communities of very high conservation value in the Wooloweyah to Angourie area include:
- Graminoid Clay Heath
- Sedgeland
- Wet Heath
- Dunal Systems
- Mangroves
- Seagrass beds
These areas are of national conservation significance due to their size, location, excellent condition, and the fact that they collectively provide habitat for over 31 species listed as Threatened under either the TSC Act and/or the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, 1999 (EPBC Act) and an Endangered Population of the Coastal Emu.
Any developments within the areas of native vegetation surrounding Angourie and Wooloweyah will lead to major impacts upon those areas recognised by the NSW and Commonwealth Governments as high conservation value habitats and national reservation and conservation priorities.
This is primarily attributable to:
- Clearance and fragmentation of existing native vegetation, particularly considering the entire area is covered in high conservation value native vegetation
- Increased sediment and nutrient loads as a result of construction activities and subsequent urban development and human occupation
- Massive increases in feral animal populations leading to increased predation of the 31 threatened species present within the area, and
- Massive increases in environmental weed invasion leading to ongoing and irreversible degradation to the high conservation value native vegetation in the area.
The area has bioregionally significant coastal wildlife corridors and key habitats recognised by both the NSW and Commonwealth Governments and the Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority (NRCMA) as essential for maintenance of biodiversity. This locality is a critical component of the north-south corridor linking Yuraygir and Bundjalung National Parks.