Townsville Town Common
Bohle River
SITE DESCRIPTION
- Wildlife habitat corridor: Contigous habitat corridors
- Heritage Listing and Zoning: Part of National Estate registered as Townsville Town Common and Environs by AHC
- Natural Habitat Quality: Natural Habitat
- Conservation value: Conservation reserve
- Conservation Park
- Important bird feeding and breeding habitat ( subject to Japan Australia and China Australia Migratory Bird Agreements)
- Fish nursery (including Barramundi)
- Diversity of habitat type
USES AND ISSUES
- Nature-based recreation
- Eco-tourism
- Requires control of exotic weed (rubber vine, noogoora burr, chiney apple, guinea grass, lantana, stinking passionfruit, snake weed, para grass, martinia)
- Introduced fish (Tilapia, Gambusia)
- Industrial catchment, requires water quality control
- Recreational vehicle disturbance
- Feral animals
- Fire
ENVIRONMENTAL VALUE
(not yet defined)