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The Conservation Partnership is proudly supported by:

For further information please contact:

Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service Nature Refuge Officer Ph: (07) 3202 0223 E-mail: tanya.pritchard@epa.qld.gov.au

Oxley Creek Catchment Association Ph: (07) 3278 2899 E-mail: occa@flatrate.net.au

How can you help? There are many things we can do to help retain this important green corridor and to protect native fauna and flora, like the sugar gliders, that live within it.

Retain native vegetation The retention of native vegetation on privately owned land is critical in the success of the corridor. Even isolated trees provide habitat for many species,

Plant local native species Revegetation of land with local native species provides habitat and helps ensure the connectivity of the corridor for native species. Plant nectar producing native plants for food for wildlife.

Keep pets indoors at night Unfortunately, even the most tame domestic dog or cat will kill native animals. Many native species are most active at night. Keeping your pet indoors at night allows native animals to move more freely as nature intended.

Nature refuges Benefits are available if you would like to manage your land for conservation – contact QPWS for further information (details below).

Conservation agreementsContact your local Council for information on a range of ways in which you can be recognised for contributing to conservation on your property.

VolunteeringThe Oxley Creek Catchment Association is a community group active in the Corridor area and welcomes volunteers. (contact details below).

Why is this corridor important?

• Provides critical Greenspace to the people of south-east Queensland.

• It is home to at least 20 rare and threatened species including the brush-tailed rock wallaby, powerful owl and the wallum froglet.

• Provides recreational opportunities for thousands of people.

• Help to provide lungs for the growing western corridor area.

• Includes critical landscapes such as rock wallaby hill country, wetlands and extensive tracts of lowland eucalypt forest.

What is the Flinders to Greenbank-Karawatha Conservation Partnership?The Flinders to Greenbank-Karawatha (FGK) Conservation Partnership was established to address the major threats to this vital green corridor through co-ordinated planning and management.

The FGK Conservation Partnership includes representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency, Ipswich City Council, Beaudesert Shire Council, Brisbane City Council, Logan City Council, Oxley Creek Catchment Association, SEQ Catchments and the Department of Defence.

The protection of this significant corridor is an important issue requiring planning at a regional level. The FGK Partnership aims to encourage both government and community action in the planning and management of the corridor.

What is the corridor?The 40km corridor stretches from south of Ispwich at Flinders Peak to the suburbs of Brisbane City at Karawatha Forest, passing through Beaudesert Shire and the Greenbank Military Reserve.

The corridor includes a mosaic of lands under a variety of ownerships, tenures and jurisdictions. The major bushland areas of Flinders Peak, Mount Perry, White Rock, Greenbank Military Reserve and Karawatha Forest are linked by important bushland remnants most of which are privately owned.

What is the FGK Conservation Partnership doing?The FGK Conservation Partnership is developing a framework for co-ordinated management of the ecologically significant bushland corridor from Flinders Peak to Karawatha Forest.

The partnership is working towards a multiple-use corridor linking naturally vegetated lands in Ipswich City with those adjoining Brisbane, Logan City, Beaudesert and Boonah Shires. An integrated management area of this scale will have the capacity to deliver a range of environmental,

economic and social benefits for the broader regional community.

The commitment of the FGK Conservation Partnership to a co-ordinated approach is recognised through a Memorandum of Understanding signed by the partner organisations.

What are the threats to the corridor?Disturbances and pressures to this vital corridor include clearing of vegetation for residential, industrial and infrastructure developments, feral animals, weed invasion and inappropriate fire regimes.

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DISCLAIMERWhile information presented here wasbelieved to be accurate at publication,nature and circumstances are changingconstantly. The Environmental ProtectionAgency accepts no liability for any decisionsor actions taken on the basis of this map.

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