There is a push to protect Queensland's Reedy Creek Reserve by having it recognised under a special state conservation law.
A giant cockroach and a tiny crayfish are being used as mascots in the push for the establishment of national-park like protections of a Queensland reserve.In a parcel of forest within eyesight of the beach, a cockroach as big as the palm of your hand burrows deep into the sandy soil.
The creatures have become mascots in the push to have the privately owned patch of land granted special protection status.Reedy Creek Reserve lies just south of the growing coastal township of Agnes Water, north of Bundaberg, on Bailai, Gooreng Gooreng, Gurang and Taribelang Bunda country. "This is a cockroach that lives for 10 years, potentially, and it's a really fascinating creature and really important for the area," Bush Heritage special wildlife reserve project officer Felicity Shapland said."Then it goes out and it does lots of the forest floor litter and nutrient recycling in the ecosystem."
Pullen Pullen, in Queensland's western desert, became the first to be protected by the laws in 2020 and was followed in June this year by Edgbaston Reserve, 140km north-east of Longreach in central Queensland. "The places they are looking to protect have exceptional biodiversity, cultural heritage and significant environmental values," she said."They also have unique ecosystems and there's a lot of significance culturally."She said Reedy Creek was "consistently" managed, which allowed its rare inhabitants to survive."They've managed to cling on in these areas.
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