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Recovery strategy: Habitat management: grazing

There are 57 priority actions under the "habitat management: grazing" recovery strategy. These actions apply to 53 threatened species, populations and communities.

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Habitat management: grazing - priority actions
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Acacia acanthocladaShrubsEndangered1. (Grazing Control) Control grazing activity including kangaroo grazing at known sites. (High priority)
 
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Acacia carneorumShrubsVulnerable1. At priority sites, close, or prevent access to artificial watering points by feral goats and kangaroos. (Medium priority)
 
2. Fence off populations from grazing by rabbits, stock, goats and kangaroos; allow for population growth in fenced areas; include these areas in ecological monitoring programs for the species. (High priority)
 
3. Give high priority to further rabbit control in areas on pastoral leases, particularly leading into drought and after a series of good rains. (Medium priority)
 
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Acacia curraniiShrubsVulnerable1. Close, or prevent access to artificial watering points by feral goats and kangaroos in regions where the species occurs. (Medium priority)
 
2. Fence off populations from grazing by rabbits, stock, goats and kangaroos; allow for population growth in fenced areas; include these areas in ecological monitoring programs for the species. (High priority)
 
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Acacia notabilisShrubsEndangered1. (Grazing Control) Fence off populations from grazing by goats, stock, and rabbits; allow for population growth in fenced areas; include these areas in ecological monitoring programs for the species. (High priority)
 
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Acacia petraeaTreesEndangered1. (Grazing Control) Fence off populations from grazing by goats, stock, and rabbits; allow for population growth in fenced areas; include these areas in ecological monitoring programs for the species. (High priority)
 
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Aepyprymnus rufescensMarsupialsVulnerable1. Where appropriate, undertake strategic stock grazing or exclusion to maintain habitat. (Medium priority)
 
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Amaurornis olivaceusBirdsVulnerable1. Reduce grazing and drainage of vegetated floodplain wetlands through the implementation of targeted programs such as landholder education, fencing of reserve boundaries, weed control programs and wetland restoration programs. (High priority)
 
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Atriplex infrequensHerbs and ForbsVulnerable1. Encourage management of livestock grazing so as to maintain habitat and reduce trampling. (Medium priority)
 
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Atriplex sturtiiShrubsEndangered1. Encourage management of livestock grazing so as to maintain habitat and reduce trampling. (Medium priority)
 
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Cacophis harriettaeReptilesVulnerable1. Reduce domestic stock grazing pressure in areas where species is known to occur to maintain ground and litter cover. (High priority)
 
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Coeranoscincus reticulatusReptilesVulnerable1. Reduce domestic stock grazing pressure in areas where species is known to occur to prevent soil compaction and to maintain ground and litter cover. (High priority)
 
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Cratystylis conocephalaShrubsEndangered1. Encourage livestock management so as to maintain or improve habitat for this species. (Medium priority)
 
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Ctenotus brooksiReptilesVulnerable1. Encourage livestock management so as to maintain or improve habitat for this species. (Medium priority)
 
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Ctenotus pantherinus ocelliferReptilesEndangered1. Encourage livestock management so as to maintain or improve habitat for this species. (Medium priority)
 
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Cullen parvumHerbs and ForbsEndangered1. Encourage livestock management so as to maintain or improve habitat for this species. (Medium priority)
 
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Cyclodomorphus venustusReptilesEndangered1. Encourage livestock management so as to maintain or improve habitat for this species. (Medium priority)
 
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Cyperus semifertilisHerbs and ForbsEndangered1. Protect areas from grazing. (High priority)
 
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Desmodium campylocaulonHerbs and ForbsEndangered1. Encourage livestock management so as to maintain or improve habitat for this species. (Medium priority)
 
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Dichanthium setosumHerbs and ForbsVulnerable1. Encourage livestock management so as to maintain or improve habitat for this species. (Medium priority)
 
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Digitaria porrectaHerbs and ForbsEndangered1. Encourage livestock management so as to maintain or improve habitat for this species. (High priority)
 
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Dipteracanthus australasicus subsp. corynothecusHerbs and ForbsEndangered1. Encourage livestock management so as to maintain or improve habitat for this species. (Medium priority)
 
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Eucalyptus cannoniiTreesVulnerable1. Encourage livestock management so as to maintain or improve habitat for this species. (Medium priority)
 
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Eucalyptus robertsonii subsp. hemisphaericaTreesVulnerable1. Encourage livestock management so as to maintain or improve habitat for this species. (Medium priority)
 
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Falco hypoleucosBirdsVulnerable1. Encourage grazing regimes that create or protect large areas of good quality habitat to enhance the prey biomass. (Medium priority)
 
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Geophaps scriptaBirdsEndangered1. Encourage livestock management so as to maintain or improve habitat for this species, including removal from areas during the nesting season. (High priority)
 
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Halosarcia lylei low open-shrubland in the Murray Darling Depression BioregionThreatened Ecological CommunitiesEndangered Ecological Community1. Encourage landholders to manage livestock to prevent over-grazing and trampling. (Medium priority)
 
2. Encourage location of livestock watering points to ameliorate grazing pressure on the community. (High priority)
 
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Hamirostra melanosternonBirdsVulnerable1. Encourage grazing regimes that create or protect large areas of good quality habitat to enhance the prey biomass. (High priority)
 
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Lepidium monoplocoidesHerbs and ForbsEndangered1. Encourage livestock management so as to maintain or improve habitat for this species. (Medium priority)
 
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Lowland Rainforest in NSW North Coast and Sydney Basin BioregionThreatened Ecological CommunitiesEndangered Ecological Community1. Fence the community to prevent grazing and Encourage management of livestock grazing so as to maintain habitat and reduce trampling. (. (Medium priority)
 
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Macropus dorsalisMarsupialsEndangered1. Where appropriate, undertake strategic stock grazing or exclusion to maintain habitat. (Medium priority)
 
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Neophema pulchellaBirdsVulnerable1. Encourage management of livestock grazing so as to improve understorey (foraging) habitat at priority sites. (Medium priority)
 
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Neophema splendidaBirdsVulnerable1. Encourage management of livestock grazing so as to maintain or improve understorey habitat at priority sites. (Medium priority)
 
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Ningaui yvonneaeMarsupialsVulnerable1. Encourage management of livestock grazing so as to improve ground cover and reduce soil compaction in vicinity of known populations. (Medium priority)
 
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Osteocarpum scleropterumShrubsEndangered1. Create alternative watering points for livestock. (High priority)
 
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Paralucia spiniferaInvertebratesEndangered1. Manage grazing to prevent impacts on habitat. (High priority)
 
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Pedionomus torquatusBirdsEndangered1. Maintain and improve the condition of Plains-wanderer habitat on Oolambeyan National Park. (High priority)
 
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Phaps histrionicaBirdsEndangered1. Encourage management of livestock grazing so as to maintain or improve habitat grass cover and seed production. (Medium priority)
 
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Picris evaeHerbs and ForbsVulnerable1. Encourage livestock management so as to maintain or improve habitat for this species. (High priority)
 
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Platyzoma microphyllumFerns and CycadsEndangered1. Create alternative watering points for livestock. (Medium priority)
 
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Polygala linariifoliaHerbs and ForbsEndangered1. Encourage landholders to manage livestock grazing so as to maintain or improve habitat for this species. (Medium priority)
 
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Pomatostomus halliBirdsVulnerable1. Encourage management of livestock grazing so as to maintain or improve understorey habitat at priority sites. (Medium priority)
 
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Pseudonaja modestaReptilesEndangered1. Encourage management of livestock grazing so as to maintain or improve understorey habitat at priority sites. (Medium priority)
 
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Rutidosis leptorrhynchoidesHerbs and ForbsEndangered1. Implement strategic stock grazing at Gundary TSR. (Medium priority)
 
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Santalum murrayanumShrubsEndangered1. Encourage management of livestock grazing so as to maintain or improve habitat and prevent erosion. (Medium priority)
 
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Sclerolaena napiformisShrubsEndangered1. Liaise with landholders to manage livestock grazing so as to maintain or improve habitat for this species. (Medium priority)
 
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Sminthopsis macrouraMarsupialsVulnerable1. Through incentives, encourage management of livestock grazing so as to improve ground cover in vicinity of known populations. (High priority)
 
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Thesium australeHerbs and ForbsVulnerable1. Implement control programs for rabbits and reduce impact of cattle through strategic grazing or exclusion. (High priority)
 
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Thylogale stigmaticaMarsupialsVulnerable1. Where appropriate, undertake strategic stock grazing or stock exclusion to prevent habitat degradation for the species. (Medium priority)
 
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Tiliqua multifasciataReptilesVulnerable1. Encourage management of livestock grazing so as to improve ground cover in vicinity of known populations. (Medium priority)
 
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Tiliqua occipitalisReptilesVulnerable1. Encourage management of livestock grazing so as to improve ground cover in vicinity of known populations. (Medium priority)
 
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Underwoodisaurus sphyrurusReptilesVulnerable1. Control and monitor feral and domestic ungulate disturbance in known and potential habitat. (High priority)
 
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Upland Wetlands of the Drainage Divide of the New England Tableland BioregionThreatened Ecological CommunitiesEndangered Ecological Community1. Reduce total grazing pressure to allow natural regeneration by controlling rabbits and avoiding prolonged or heavy grazing by domestic stock. (High priority)
 
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Xerochrysum palustreHerbs and ForbsVulnerable (Commonwealth listed only)1. Reduce or eliminate grazing pressure on sites containing this species. (Medium priority)
 
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