Bon Bon Reserve
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IUCN category II (national park)
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 Bon Bon Reserve
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| Nearest town or city | Roxby Downs |
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| Established | 2008 |
| Area | 2,164.53 km2 (835.7 sq mi)[1] |
| Managing authorities | Bush Heritage Australia |
| Website | Bon Bon Reserve |
| Footnotes | Coordinates [1] |
| See also | Protected areas of South Australia |
Bon Bon Reserve is a Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value). private protected area located in South Australia west of the town of Roxby Downs in the Woomera Prohibited Area.[2] It is owned and managed by Bush Heritage Australia (BHA). It forms an important link of protected land between Yellabinna Regional Reserve and Wabma Kadarbu Mound Springs Conservation Park.[citation needed]
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History
Bon Bon Reserve was a sheep station for 150 years before being purchased by BHA in 2008 with assistance from the Australian and South Australian governments.[3] The station ran an average of approximately 15,000 head of sheep between 1970 to 1989 with flocks exceeding 23,000 at times prior to this.[4] The owner of Bon Bon Station, Grazier Paul Blight, sold the property to Bush Heritage Australia in 2008 for A$4 million with the state and federal governments sharing in the cost. Blight had kept stock numbers low to give the vegetation a chance to regenerate and wanted the property to continue to be managed in an environmentally sensitive manner.[5]
Landscape and vegetation
Bon Bon Reserve is characterised by arid-zone woodlands, mulga shrublands, bluebush plains and salt lakes. At the heart of the property is Lake Puckridge, a large (8 km by 4 km), ephemeral freshwater wetland that only fills, on average, every ten years, when it becomes an important site for many waders and waterbirds. The property also contains stands of Sandalwood.[3]
Fauna
Threatened animal species either known or thought likely to be present on Bon Bon Reserve include plains-wanderer, Major Mitchell's cockatoo, chestnut-breasted whiteface, thick-billed grasswren and southern hairy-nosed wombat.[3]
Protected area status
Bon Bon Reserve has protected area status within the Australian National Reserve System due to the property being subject to a conservation covenant where BHA has agreed to it being “reserved in perpetuity.’’[1][6] Bon Bon Reserve is classified as an IUCN Category II protected area.[1]
See also
References
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