Livingstone National Park

Livingstone National Park and State Conservation Area is located in the South West Slopes region of south western New South Wales.

Originally proclaimed as a State Forest in 1915, the area was intended for timber to be preserved for the town of Junee. Today, Livingstone National Park is home to a rare colony of squirrel gliders, which along with three types of orchids and over 100 species of native birds, makes it an important conservation area.

The park has four types of vegetation including grass trees, mallee, kangaroo grass and open forest. Its location is part of the South-west Slopes of NSW Important Bird Area (IBA), identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for the conservation of swift parrots and superb parrots. Visitors can enjoy various recreational activities in Livingstone National Park including a multi-use track for walking, bike riding or horse riding.

Livingstone National Park provides a rare respite for Australia's vulnerable endemic species, including regular visitors to the park such as the Superb Parrot and the Swift Parrot. These species are already overwhelmed due to fragmentation and changes to their habitat. Livingstone National Park provides an important habitat for these species to flourish.

Livingstone National Park has great potential as an area to harbour species as the climate progressively warms. The park is located in a landscape between the Riverina Plains and the South West Slopes, which allows species to move along the west to east climate gradient and rise in elevation in response to range movement over time. Livingstone National Park, and other isolated pockets of vegetation in the South West Slopes, also form an important area of intermingling, allowing large-scale natural processes to occur and reducing substantial exotic species invasion.

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