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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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Kennedy Range National Park - Photo Sean Scott

Kennedy Range National Park and Proposed Additions

The park and its proposed additions encompass 319,037 hectares approximately 150 km east of Carnarvon and 15 km north of Gascoyne Junction.

Midwest
Approved
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Karijini National Park - Photo Paul Letts

Karijini National Park

Best known for it’s gorges, the park also features waterfalls, plateaus and broad grasslands, and has some of the oldest rock formations exposed on the Australian continent.

Pilbara
Approved
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Kalgulup Regional Park - Photo Bronwyn Wells

Kalgulup Regional Park

A plan to conserve the special features of the park and sustainably manage the park’s natural and cultural values while allowing an appropriate level of use by the community.

South West
Approved
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Kalbarri Skywalk - Photo DBCA

Kalbarri National Park

Natures Window - covering 183,004 hectares, the park is located about 160km north of Geraldton, and surrounds the town of Kalbarri on Western Australia’s Coral Coast.

Midwest
Approved
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Jurien Bay Marine Park - Photo DBCA

Jurien Bay Marine Park

The Jurien Bay Marine Park is located on the central west coast of Western Australia about 200 km north of Perth and covers an area of 82,375 ha.

Wheatbelt
Approved
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Jansz - Photo DBCA

Jurabi and Bundegi Coastal Parks, and Muiron Islands

A plan to complement the management plans prepared for Cape Range National Park and Ningaloo Marine Park.

Pilbara
Approved
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Eighty Mile Beach Marine Park - Photo Roxanne Pendreigh

Eighty Mile Beach Marine Park

Eighty Mile Beach Marine Park covers an area of approximately 200,000ha and will make a significant contribution to Western Australia’s representative system of multiple-use marine parks and reserves.

Kimberley
Approved
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John Forrest National Park - Photo Kevin Smith

John Forrest National Park

A plan for Western Australia’s first national park.

Perth Metro / Swan
Approved
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Jandakot Regional Park

Jandakot Regional Park

A mosaic of land comprising approximately 2,362 hectares, it stretches over 17 kilometres from the southern end of Jandakot Airport.  

Perth Metro / Swan
Approved
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Lennard River Gorge - Photo DBCA

Jalangurru Manyjawarra Bunuba Muwayi Yarrangu

A plan to formalise the partnership between DBCA and the Bunuba people to jointly manage the parks.

Kimberley
Approved
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Houtman Abrolhos Islands National Park - Photo Tourism WA

Houtman Abrolhos Islands National Park

Within an archipelago of 210 islands, islets and rocks, this plan covers 189 islands that make up the Houtman Abrolhos Islands National Park, created in 2019, about 60 kilometres west of Geraldton.

Midwest
Approved
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Herdsman Lake Regional Park - Photo Kevin Smith

Herdsman Lake Regional Park

One of 11 regional parks in the Perth Metropolitan area, the park is 400 hectares in size and located approximately seven kilometers northwest of Perth’s central business district.

Perth Metro / Swan
Approved
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Sunset over Cable Beach. Photo – Nyamba Buru Yawuru Ltd.

Guniyan Binba Conservation Park

Spanning 2,511 hectares with the existing Yawuru conservation estate, the park is an intertidal area north of Broome to Willie Creek.

Kimberley
Approved
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Thursday Rock - Photo Anne Storrie

Goldfields Region

Covering a total of 77.4 million hectares, the Goldfields Region is characterised by open plains, eucalypt forests, freshwater swamps and salt lakes.

Goldfields
Approved
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Forestdale lake Nature Reserve

Forrestdale Lake Nature Reserve

This plan covers Forrestdale Lake Nature Reserve, located approximately 25 kilometres south-east of Perth

Perth Metro / Swan
Approved
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Fitzgerald River National Park - Photo Bronwyn Wells

Fitzgerald River National Park

The park covers about 329,039 hectares on the central south coast between Bremer Bay and Hopetoun.

South Coast
Approved
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Lucky Bay - Photo Bronwyn Wells/DBCA

Esperance and Recherche Parks and Reserves

Occupying over a million hectares, including approximately 490 kilometres of southern coastline near the town of Esperance, the plan covers 71 existing national parks and nature reserves.

South Coast
Approved
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Dampier Archipelago Island Reserves - Photo Tourism WA

Dampier Archipelago Nature Reserves

This plan applies only to the 25 islands in the Dampier Archipelago classified as nature reserves, located within a 50 kilometre radius of Dampier and Karratha. 

Pilbara
Approved

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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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Wedge and Grey reserves

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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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Acknowledgement of Country

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