The 153,415 hectare Narriearra Station in far north west NSW is the largest purchase of private land for national parks in the State\u2019s history.
\nEnvironment Minister Matt Kean says the purchase will help protect threatened species, important habitat and wetlands.
\n\u201cNarriearra Station stretches across the outback Channel Country and includes part of the Bulloo River floodplain, ephemeral wetlands and landscapes currently not found anywhere in NSW national parks,\u201d Mr Kean said.
\n\u201cNarriearra is an important refuge for threatened wildlife, with more than 25 threatened animal species, including nearly 90 per cent of NSW\u2019s critical habitat and breeding areas for the nationally endangered Grey Grasswren.\u201d
\nMr Kean said the acquisition secures a key section of a nationally important wetland \u2013 the Caryapundy Swamp \u2013 which can host tens of thousands of waterbirds including pelicans, straw-necked ibis, egrets and whiskered terns during inland flood events.
\n\u201cNarriearra along with the nearby Sturt National Park, will create a vast near-contiguous conservation area of almost half a million hectares, or twice the size of the ACT.
\n\u201cAdjoining the Pindera Downs Aboriginal Area, Narriearra contains many significant and valuable stone artefacts, tools and stone arrangements.
\n\u201cThe property is also linked to the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition, with two expedition campsites on the property.
\n\u201cIn August last year I stated my goal to add 200,000 hectares of land to the national parks estate. I am ecstatic that, on top of 64,860 hectares already reserved, this purchase puts us on track to exceed that.\u201d
\nThe Minister has invited the Tibooburra Local Aboriginal Land Council to suggest a name for the new national park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The 153,415 hectare Narriearra Station in far north west NSW is the largest purchase of private land for national parks in the State\u2019s history. Environment Minister Matt Kean says the purchase will help protect threatened species, important habitat and wetlands. \u201cNarriearra Station stretches across the outback Channel Country and includes part of the Bulloo River … Continue reading “LARGEST EVER PURCHASE FOR NATIONAL PARK ESTATE”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}