Table .1 High Priority Conservation Areas within the Lower Hunter region Parameters used to identify High Priority Conservation Areas High Priority Connectivity to Threatened Threatened Threatened Patch size Habitat Identified in Additional notes Conservation nature reserves Ecological flora habitat fauna connectivity expert Area Community habitat workshop N Vegetation occurs Lowland Yes Yes Large patch Occurs within the No adjacent to and Rainforest of size Lower Hunter forms part of Subtropical Regional Green Watagans Australia Corridor National Park R Yes, contains Contains small Yes, provides Yes, provides Large Not within an Yes. Wallarah Wallarah National areas of Littoral habitat for a habitat for a identified Peninsulat Park and of Rainforest range of of fauna corridor. identified as Munmorah threatened flora including having some of National Park including Grey-headed best examples Tetratheca Flying-fox of Littoral juncea and Rainforest Diuris praecox L Contains and is in Subtropical and Yes, Euphrasia Yes, Forms part of Yes RAMSAR listed, proximity to temperate arguta specifically Lower Hunter specifically due to Hunter Estuary coastal migratory Regional Corridor triggering RAMSAR National Park saltmarsh- wading birds threshold numbers for nominated migratory wading birds community Identified in expert workshop as high priority Hunter River estuary includes: Kooragang Island, Ash Island C Yes, is adjacent to Subtropical and Not known Yes, important Forms part of the Yes and forms part of temperate habitat for Lower Hunter Worimi Nature coastal migratory Regional Corridor Reserve saltmarsh- species nominated community
Table .1 High Priority Conservation Areas within the Lower Hunter region Parameters used to identify High Priority Conservation Areas High Priority Conservation Area Connectivity to nature reserves Threatened Ecological Community Threatened flora habitat Threatened fauna habitat Patch size Habitat connectivity Identified in expert workshop Additional notes N Vegetation occurs adjacent to and forms part of Watagans National Park Lowland Rainforest of Subtropical Australia Yes Yes Large patch size Occurs within the Lower Hunter Regional Green Corridor No R Yes, contains Wallarah National Park and of Munmorah National Park Contains small areas of Littoral Rainforest Yes, provides habitat for a range of threatened flora including Tetratheca juncea and Diuris praecox Yes, provides habitat for a of fauna including Grey-headed Flying-fox Large Not within an identified corridor. Yes. Wallarah Peninsulat identified as having some of best examples of Littoral Rainforest L Contains and is in proximity to Hunter Estuary National Park Subtropical and temperate coastal saltmarsh- nominated community Yes, Euphrasia arguta Yes, specifically migratory wading birds Forms part of Lower Hunter Regional Corridor Yes RAMSAR listed, specifically due to triggering RAMSAR threshold numbers for migratory wading birds Identified in expert workshop as high priority Hunter River estuary includes: Kooragang Island, Ash Island C Yes, is adjacent to and forms part of Worimi Nature Reserve Subtropical and temperate coastal saltmarsh- nominated community Not known Yes, important habitat for migratory species Forms part of the Lower Hunter Regional Corridor Yes
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