Small reserves

The Importance of Small Reserves

Small natural reserves may be well-valued by local neighbours for their shady greenery or quiet walking trails, but they offer a lot more than that to our local native biodiversity.

Dr Sarah Lloyd from the Central North Field Naturalists (www.disjunctnaturalists.com/i ndex.htm) has recently produced a beautiful and compact booklet on the importance of small reserves in northern Tasmania, highlighting the diverse, colourful and strange creatures which inhabit our local reserves and how they interrelate. Westbury are all crucial to the survival of many different species. Copies of the booklet are available free to pick-up from Cradle Coast Authority during business hours or contact hsadler@cradlecoast.com for alternative arrangements. For an electronic version of the booklet please email the Central North Field Naturalists at disjunctnaturalists@googlegr oups.com

Although large reserves may have more ecological benefits, small reserves are also very important. However, to keep small reserves viable and maintain species diversity, it’s important to protect or restore connections in the landscape. The 40 hectare wet forest reserve at French's Road near Wynyard, the 2.6 hectare eucalypt remnant at Reid Street Reserve in Ulverstone and the 70 hectare grassy eucalypt forest at Brushy Rivulet near