The Long Paddock - Conserving Stock Routes

Many stock routes provide habitat for flora and fauna absent from surrounding areas. In many places they are the only source of connectivity in the landscape. This connectivity will be of importance for species adversely affected by climate change.

Up to now, the managers of the stock routes have maintained their grazing value, and incidentally their biodiversity values. A small extra investment will enhance the latter.

A number of interested organisations have come together as the Stock Route Coalition (see below).

Postcard to the Premier. Most of the cards have been distributed. You may like to send an email version: Save Our Stockroutes postcard.

The Long Paddock Scientists' Statement. An open letter to the Queensland Premier Anna Bligh and the New South Wales Premier Morris Iemma on the need to protect the Travelling Stock Route Networks in QLD and NSW was publicly released on Thursday 28 August Statement: pdf file (189 kb); the 513 signatories (1/9/2008): pdf file (75 kb).

The Stock Routes Coalition response to the Queensland Stock Routes Assessment Panel report has been emailed to the Department of Natural Resources and Water: pdf file(65 kb) .Fort the report see the Natural Resources and Water website. Comments are required by 31 August.

Policy on Stock Route conservation (pdf files ): Brief statement; Full policy.

The Queensland Stock Route Network Management Strategy 2006–09 is a requirement of the Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) Act 2002. Its purpose is to direct and coordinate management of the stock route network in Queensland, recognising travelling stock as the network’s primary use. It was adopted in 2007.

Courier Mail article, Thurs 8 May 2008.

The environmental case for converting stock routes into protected corridors for travelling stock and biodiversity.

Buffering against climate change. The State of Australian Birds 2007 Birds in a Changing Climate : 21-24. Available for download from the Birds Australia Website ( 944kb)

Poster by Judit Szabo displayed at Australasian Ornithological Conference Perth December 2007 ( 94kb)

Losing a biodiversity jewel( 127kb) AEDA News Issue 14 (30/11/2007)
AEDA News is a fortnightly newsletter for members and associates of the Applied Environmental Decision Analysis CERF Hub.

Waggamba Shire Stock Route Assessment (2005)

The Stock Routes Coalition: Birds Australia (BANQ, BAC, BASQ, BANN, BASNA), Bird Observation & Conservation Australia (BrisBOCA), Birds Queensland, Chinchilla Field Naturalists Club, Citizens Wildlife Corridors Armidale, Droving and Stock Routes Association, North Burnett Landcare, National Parks Association NSW, National Parks Association of Qld, Nature Conservation Council NSW, Qld Naturalists Club, Ravensbourne and District Landcare, South West NRM Ltd, Tamworth Birdwatchers, Toowoomba Field Naturalists Club, Applied Environmental Decision Analysis (UQ), Wildlife Preservation Society of Australia, Wildlife Preservation Society of Qld, and the World Wildlife Fund. A number of other organisations have indicated support of the aims of the group, including Australian Conservation Foundation, Charles Sturt University Institute of Land Water and Society, Qld Conservation Council, and the Wilderness Society.