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Johnstone Basin - Wetland Summary Information
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Area Profile:

Name: Johnstone
Area Type: Basin
Total Area: 2,324.18 km²
Major Towns: Innisfail, Malanda
Drainage Divisions:
  • North East Coast
Climate Zones:
  • Subtropical
  • Tropical
Bioregions:
Intersecting Areas:
Local government areas
NRM regions
World Heritage Areas:
Internationally Important
Wetlands (Ramsar)		 none
Nationally Important
Wetlands (DIWA)
Protected Areas:
Total number: 31   
  • Carello Palm Swamp Conservation Park
  • Clump Mountain National Park
  • Ella Bay National Park
  • Etty Bay Road Conservation Park
  • Eubenangee Swamp National Park
  • Herberton Range Forest Reserve
  • Japoon Forest Reserve
  • Japoon National Park
  • Kurrimine Beach Conservation Park
  • Kurrimine Beach National Park
  • Malaan National Park
  • Malanda Falls Conservation Park
  • Maria Creek National Park
  • Meingan Creek Conservation Park
  • Moresby Range National Park
  • Moresby Range Resources Reserve
  • Mount Fisher Forest Reserve
  • Mount Mackay National Park
  • Palmerston Forest Reserve
  • Palmerston Rocks National Park
  • Tam Oshanter Forest Reserve
  • Tam Oshanter National Park
  • Topaz Road National Park
  • Tully Falls National Park
  • Tully Falls National Park (Recovery)
  • Tully Gorge National Park
  • Walter Hill Range Conservation Park
  • Warrina Conservation Park
  • Warrubullen Conservation Park
  • Wooroonooran National Park
  • Wooroonooran National Park (Recovery)
Fish Habitat Areas: none
Completed Regional Coastal Plans:
Coastal Management Districts:
Nature Refuges:
  • Barne's Pikle Nature Refuge
  • Brooks Beach Nature Refuge
  • Bulurru Nature Refuge
  • Cassowary Corner Nature Refuge
  • Cloudland Nature Refuge
  • Dirran Creek Nature Refuge
  • Doug Clague Nature Refuge
  • Galaji Nature Refuge
  • Garriya Nature Refuge
  • Gurrubay Nature Refuge
  • Hypsi Forest Nature Refuge
  • Johnstone River Nature Refuge
  • King George Falls Nature Refuge
  • Litoria Springs Nature Refuge
  • Maple Leaf Nature Refuge
  • New Glenrock Nature Refuge
  • Palmerston Rocks Corridor Nature Refuge
  • Pembers Scrub Nature Refuge
  • Rayner Nature Refuge
  • Ringtail Crossing Nature Refuge
  • Sweetwater Valley Nature Refuge
  • Topaz Rainforest Nature Refuge
  • Towalla Park Nature Refuge
  • Wundajilla Forest Nature Refuge
Wild Rivers: none
Wetland Management Profiles:
  • Coastal Melaleuca Swamp Wetlands
  • Crater Lakes
  • Mangrove Wetlands
  • Palm Swamp Wetlands
Water Resource Planning Areas:
Water Quality Sampling:
Number of current sites: 0
Number of historical sites: 0

External Links / Description:

Additional information may be available via the Intersecting Areas listed above.

Statistics:

Non-Marine Wetland System Summary for Johnstone Basin
System # Wetlands Area (km²) % Wetlands Area % Total Area
Total non-marine 1081 104.70 100.0% 4.5%
Estuarine 116 50.84 48.6% 2.2%
Lacustrine 108 2.91 2.8% 0.1%
Combined Lacustrine/Palustrine 1 0.00 0.0% 0.0%
Palustrine 663 34.93 33.4% 1.5%
Riverine 193 16.02 15.3% 0.7%

Wildlife:

Wildlife recorded from Johnstone Basin
Kingdom
Class
 Native Introduced Wetland
Indicator
species		 Rare or
Threatened
species		 All
TOTAL 1592 187 133 123 1781
Animals 495 17 83 42 514
Amphibians 28 1 12 9 29
Birds 299 6 63 17 307
Bony fish 55 6 0 1 61
Insects 14 0 0 1 14
Mammals 51 3 2 8 54
Reptiles 48 1 6 6 49
Fungi 75 0 0 0 75
Plants 1015 170 50 81 1185
Protists 7 0 0 0 7

Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the EPA WildNet database.

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