Epping Forest National Park

Epping Forest National Park Queensland
IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)
Epping Forest National Park
Nearest town or city	Clermont
Coordinates	22°21′06″S 146°42′05″E / 22.35167°S 146.70139°E / -22.35167; 146.70139Coordinates: 22°21′06″S 146°42′05″E / 22.35167°S 146.70139°E / -22.35167; 146.70139
Established	1971
Area	31.60 km² (12.20 sq mi)
Managing authorities	Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
See also	Protected areas of Queensland

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 geological basin and the Belyando River water catchment area.^[1]

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]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "Epping Forest National Park (Scientific) Management Plan 2011" (PDF). Department of Environment and Resource Management. 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
^ "Belyando Basin". NQ Dry Tropics. Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2011.

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Cities:	Emerald Gladstone Rockhampton
Townships:	Bajool Banana Baralaba Biloela Bouldercombe Boyne Island Blackwater Bluff Callide Calliope Capella Carmila Clairview Clermont Comet Dingo Dysart Duaringa Gogango Gracemere Jambin Marlborough Middlemount Moranbah Moura Mount Larcom Mount Morgan Rannes Raglan Rolleston Springsure Stanwell St Lawrence Tannum Sands Tieri Westwood Wowan Woorabinda Yaamba Yeppoon
Local Government Areas:	Banana Central Highlands Gladstone Isaac Livingstone Rockhampton Woorabinda
National Parks:	Blackdown Tableland Bulburin Byfield Capricorn Coast Capricornia Cays Carnarvon Castle Tower Curtis Island Deepwater Epping Forest Eurimbula Expedition Goodedulla Humboldt Isla Gorge Junee Keppel Bay Islands Kroombit Tops Littabella Mazeppa Minerva Hills Mount Archer Mount Colosseum Mount Etna Caves Mount Jim Crow Mount O'Connell Mount Walsh Nuga Nuga Palmgrove Peak Range Rundle Range Snake Range Taunton West Hill Wild Cattle Island
Places of Interest:	Carnarvon Gorge Capricorn Caves Shoalwater Bay The Gemfields

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Former national parks	Blue Lake
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Epping Forest National Park

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