Chapter 3
3 Information base for the
Gunbower and Koondrook-Perricoota forests
3.1
Introduction
3.2
Value and condition of Gunbower and
Koondrook-Perricoota forests
3.2.1
Conservation significance
3.2.2
Hydrology and geomorphology of Gunbower
and Koondrook-Perricoota forests
3.2.3
Forest vegetation distribution and
hydrological regime
3.2.4
Health of watercourses and
wetlands
3.2.5
Colonial nesting waterbirds
3.2.6
Human use values
3.2.7
Summary of knowledge of the condition of
Gunbower and Koondrook-Perricoota forests
3.3
Factors causing loss in environmental
values
3.3.1
Hydrology-degree of change to flows due
to river regulation
3.3.2
Other factors
3.4
Opportunities to meet objectives for
this site
3.4.1
Introduction
3.4.2
Gunbower Forest-Structural and
operational options
3.4.3
Koondrook-Perricoota Forest-structural
and operational options
3.4.4
Links between ecological objectives for
Gunbower and Koondrook-Perricoota forests and management
opportunities