Collier Range National Park

Collier Range National Park Western Australia
IUCN category II (national park)
Collier Range National Park
Nearest town or city	Newman
Coordinates	24°37′25″S 119°16′19″E
Established	1978
Area	2,351.62 km^2 (908.0 sq mi)[1]
Managing authorities	Department of Parks and Wildlife
See also	List of protected areas of Western Australia

Collier Range National Park is a national park in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, 878 km (546 mi) northeast of Perth.

The nearest major town to the park is Newman located about 166 km (103 mi) north near Kumarina.[2] The park is one of many in the Pilbara and was established in 1978.[3]

The ranges vary from low hills to high ridges with many cliffs. The vegetation found in the area is mostly spinifex and mulga with creeklines being surrounded by eucalypts. Mulga scrub and mulla mulla are found in dense scrubland in the northeastern plains with spinifex and sand dunes being found in the western end.[4]

The park is the home of the threatened Pilbara Pebble-Mound Mouse Pseudomys chapmani which is also found in the Millstream-Chichester National Park and the Karlamilyi National Park.[5]

The mulga habitat is a refuge for the critical weight range mammals such as Macrotis lagotis (greater bilby), Dasycercus cristicauda (mulgara) and dasyurids.

The standard of management in the park is poor and is only visited occasionally by Department of Parks and Wildlife staff from Karratha. The park is baited for wild dogs but suffers damage from feral donkeys and wandering cattle. No fire management is in practice and weed problems are unknown.[6]

See also

• Protected areas of Western Australia

References

1. "Department of Environment and Conservation 2009–2010 Annual Report". Depa. 2010: 48. Archived from the original on 11 January 2011. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
2. "RAC Travel- National Park Camping Areas". 2008. Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
3. "Rundle Range National Park". 2002. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
4. "Cape Range Area (Place ID 10830)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government. 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
5. "Department of Environment - Action Plan for Australian Rodents". 1995. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
6. "Gascoyne Subregion Biodiversity values" (PDF). 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2010.