Epping Forest National Park

Epping Forest is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 855 km northwest of Brisbane. The park is a scientific national park so it is not open to the public. Only scientists, rangers and volunteers may visit the park. The park lies within the Brigalow Belt North bioregion.[1] It is within the Drummond Basin geological basin and the Belyando River water catchment area.[1]

Epping Forest National Park
Queensland
IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)
Epping Forest National Park
Nearest town or cityClermont
Coordinates22°21′06″S 146°42′05″E
Established1971
Area31.60 km2 (12.20 sq mi)
Managing authoritiesQueensland Parks and Wildlife Service
See alsoProtected areas of Queensland

Restricted access is used to ensure Epping Forest remains very much undisturbed as it is the sole remaining natural habitat of the endangered Northern hairy-nosed wombat.[2] The last census of the animal, undertaken in 2007, estimated there was a population of about 138 of the species.[1] In the 1970s the population was estimated to have reached a low of somewhere between 20 and 30 wombats.

Most of the park is eucalypt woodland with patches of sandy soils that are used by the wombats for burrowing.[1]

See also

References
  1. "Epping Forest National Park (Scientific) Management Plan 2011" (PDF). Department of Environment and Resource Management. 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  2. "Belyando Basin". NQ Dry Tropics. Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2011.


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