Stotts Island Nature Reserve Plan of Management
Stotts Island Nature Reserve covers an area of approximately 160 hectares and is located in the Tweed River in far north eastern New South Wales, 12 kilometres south east of Murwillumbah. The whole island was gazetted as a nature reserve in 1971.
Publisher: NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service
Cost: Free
Language: English
ISBN: 0-73136-9777
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ID: NPWS20010135
File: PDF 130.07 KB / Pages 15
Name: stotts-island-nature-reserve-plan-of-management-010135.pdf
The reserve is low lying and subject to periodic flooding. The island is the largest remnant of subtropical floodplain rainforest remaining in New South Wales. Floodplain rainforest is listed as an endangered ecological community under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995. Areas of wetland also occur within the reserve. The reserve contains important habitat for at least 7 species of threatened fauna, including the Mitchell’s rainforest snail, for which a separate recovery has been prepared.
The plan of management recognises the conservation and research values of the reserve. In order to minimise impacts to the sensitive habitat and threatened species in the reserve, visitor facilities will not be provided.