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Management Plans

The department is responsible for preparing and implementing management plans for marine and terrestrial parks and reserves in accordance with the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984.

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Thomson's Lake Nature Reserve - Photo Bronwyn Wells

Thomsons Lake

Thomsons Lake Nature Reserve (Thomsons Lake) is a 'Class A' reserve, of 551 ha, gazetted for the purpose of 'Fauna Conservation and Research and Drainage'.

Perth Metro / Swan
Approved
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Swan Estuary Marine Park - Photo Tourism WA

Swan Estuary Marine Park and Adjacent Nature Reserves

The Swan Estuary Marine Park and Adjacent Nature Reserves is comprised of estuarine lands and waters within the Swan River at Alfred Cove, Milyu and Pelican Point.

Perth Metro / Swan
Approved
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Leschenault Peninsula Conservation Park - Photo DBCA

Swan Coastal Plain South

Many of the parks and reserves in the Swan Coastal Plain South are known for their high quality landscapes and cultural values.

South West
Approved
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Mount Trio - Photo Bronwyn Wells

Stirling Range and Porongurup National Parks

Stirling Range National Park (SRNP) and Porongurup National Park (PNP) are located in the south of Western Australia inland from the town of Albany.

South West
Approved
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irwin Inlet Walpole nornalup National Park - Photo Bronwyn Wells

South Coast Region

The South Coast Region extends from Irwin Inlet (near Walpole) in the west to the South Australian border in the east and inland to include the Stirling Range, the Johnston Lakes area and the southern Nullarbor.

South Coast
Approved
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Cape Peron Rockingham Lakes - Photo Bronwyn Wells

Shoalwater Islands Marine Park

The marine park is located within the Perth metropolitan area adjacent to the City of Rockingham and covers approximately 6658 hectares.

Perth Metro / Swan
Approved
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Shark Bay Marine Park - Photo Tourism WA

Shark Bay Terrestrial Reserves and Proposed Reserve Additions

Shark Bay will remain a place of nationally significant cultural values, Indigenous and non-Indigenous, requiring protection, appreciation and respect.

Midwest
Approved
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Shark Bay Marine Park - Photo Tourism WA

Shark Bay Marine Reserves

Shark Bay Marine Park is valued for its rich and abundant marine life. It’s part of the Shark Bay World Heritage Area.

Midwest
Approved
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Shannon National Park - Photo Bron Anderson

Shannon and D’Entrecasteaux National Parks

The Shannon and D’Entrecasteaux national parks are located south of Manjimup on the south coast of Western Australia and cover a total area of 171,778 hectares.

Warren
Approved
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Kitty's Gorge Walk Trail Serpentine National Park - Photo Kevin Smith

Serpentine National Park

Serpentine National Park is located on the edge of the Darling Scarp, 49 km south east of the centre of Perth and 28 km inland from the coast at Rockingham.

Perth Metro / Swan
Approved
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Rowley Shoals Marine Park - Photo Tourism WA

Rowley Shoals Marine Park

The Rowley Shoals Marine Park is characterised by spectacular intertidal and subtidal coral reefs, exceptionally rich and diverse marine fauna and high water quality.

Kimberley
Approved
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Rowles Lagoon Conservation Park

Rowles Lagoon Conservation Park and Clear and Muddy Lakes Nature Reserve

This area comprises two conservation reserves which are located 65 km north north west of Coolgardie in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia (WA).

Wheatbelt
Approved
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Cape Peron - Rockingham Lakes - Photo Radha Deepchand

Rockingham Lakes Regional Park

Set in a rapidly growing urban area, Rockingham Lakes Regional Park is a network of environmentally significant lands containing coastal, wetland and upland ecosystems.

Perth Metro / Swan
Approved
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Spring Creek Purnululu National Park - Photo Jacki Baxter, DBCA

Purnululu National Park and Conservation Reserve

Until quite recently, a remote and rugged part of the Kimberley region remained largely hidden from the public eye.

Kimberley
Approved
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tone-perup Nature reserve - Photo Bron Anderson

Perup

The plan covers two national parks (Greater Kingston National Park and Lake Muir National Park) and 17 nature reserves.

South West
Approved
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Eighty Mile Beach Marine Park - Photo Roxanne Pendreigh

Parks and reserves of the south-west Kimberley and north-west Pilbara

The plan describes the cultural heritage, natural, recreation, tourism, community and resource use values of the planning area and analyses management issues.

Kimberley
Pilbara
Approved
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Parry Lagoons Nature Reserve - Photo Amanda Smith

Ord River and Parry Lagoons Nature Reserves

The planning area is located in the East Kimberley region in the north of Western Australia (WA), within the Victoria Bonaparte bioregion.

Kimberley
Approved
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Nyinggulu (Ningaloo) Coastal Reserves - Photo DBCA

Nyinggulu (Ningaloo) coastal reserves

This joint management plan aims to conserve and protect the values of the planning area in the long term.

Pilbara
Approved

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Western Australia’s conservation lands and waters extend over more than 31 million hectares.

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Pilbara

The Pilbara is recognised as one of Australia’s biodiversity hotspots, and is an area of high conservation value with a largely intact ecosystem that can be protected, and potentially enhanced, through focused and directed land management.

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Swan Canning Riverpark

The Swan Canning Riverpark and the rivers at its heart are the centrepiece of Perth.

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Threat management

Managing key invasive pest animals, weeds and plant diseases.

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Threatened species and communities

The Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 provides for the listing of threatened native plants, animals and ecological communities that need protection.

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Urban Nature

Providing technical advice and on-ground support for land managers working to protect, manage and restore bushlands and wetlands in the department's Swan Region and beyond.

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Wedge and Grey reserves

Wedge and Grey reserves on the Turquoise Coast.

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Lake Joondalup Photo Fiona Felton/DBCA
Wetlands

Western Australia is home to many different varieties of wetlands, from tidal mangroves and billabongs, to salt lakes and fresh water springs.

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Cathedral Gorge, Purnululu National Park Photo by Sean Scott Photography
World Heritage areas

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Acknowledgement of Country

The department respectfully acknowledges Aboriginal people as the traditional owners of the land and water it manages, and recognises their continuing connection to land, water and community.

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