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In addition to being one of the largest remaining inland freshwater lakes in south-western Australia (covering some 300ha), Toolibin Lake is also a very special place for Australia’s biodiversity. It is located in the central agricultural zone approximately 220 kilometres south-south east of Perth and is situated within the Avon Wheatbelt bioregion.
Toolibin Lake is a Ramsar-listed Wetland of International Importance and has extremely high conservation significance. The lakebed contains extensive woodlands of Casuarina obesa and Melaleuca strobophylla, a Threatened Ecological Community (these are communities that exist here, and nowhere else in the world!).
We have partnered with Department Environment and Conservation, Facey Group Inc. and Wickepin Shire Council to reduce the impact of invasive species on Toolibin Lake through the funding of on-ground works to manage rabbits, foxes and Weeds of National Significance such as Bridal Creeper.
The aim of this collaborative project is to reduce the threats to the ecological character of the wetlands incurred by invasive species. This will be achieved through land managers within the Natural Diversity Recovery Catchment Zone of the lake, working together to reduce the threats from these priority pests.
Land managers that directly border the wetlands have been working together on a joint baiting initiative and individually managed identified weeds on their own properties.
400 ha
Rabbit control undertaken75 ha
Weed control undertaken23.8 ha
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