Bool Lagoon Game Reserve

Bool Lagoon Game Reserve
South Australia
Bool Lagoon Game Reserve; South Australia
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
	Bool Lagoon. The red plant is samphire.
	Bool Lagoon Game Reserve
Nearest town or city	Naracoorte
Coordinates	37°07′S 140°41′E / 37.117°S 140.683°E
Established	8 June 1967
Area	31.03 km2 (12.0 sq mi)
Managing authorities	Department for Environment and Water
Website	Bool Lagoon Game Reserve
Footnotes
Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Bool and Hacks Lagoons
Designated	1 November 1985
Reference no.	322
See also	Protected areas of South Australia

Bool Lagoon Game Reserve is a protected area located in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia, about 24 kilometres (15 miles) south of the town of Naracoorte.^[2]

History

The game reserve began as land in sections 223 and 224 of the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Robertson which acquired protected area status on 8 June 1967 simultaneously as a game reserve declared under the Fauna Conservation Act, 1964-1965 and as a Fauna Conservation Reserve under the Crown Lands Act, 1929-1967 in association with land in section 249.^[3]^[4] On 17 February 1972, section 356 was added to the game reserve.^[7] On 27 April 1972, land in sections 223 and 224 and 356 was reconstituted as the Bool Lagoon Game Reserve under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972.^[8]

In 1980, it was listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate.^[9]

In 1985, the area covered by both the game reserve and the Hacks Lagoon Conservation Park was added under the name "Bool and Hacks Lagoons" to the List of Wetlands of International Importance maintained by the Ramsar Convention.^[10]

Ecology

While Bool Lagoon is officially a game reserve, in dry years it attracts many waterbirds of many species, and is frequently a point of contention between duck hunters and animal rights activists. The adjacent Hacks Lagoon Conservation Park also provides refuge for waterbirds. There are a number of boardwalks and bird hides at both lagoons to facilitate birdwatching. The lagoons are visited by up to 150 species of birds, many having migrated from the Northern Hemisphere. The reserve is classified as an IUCN class VI protected area.^[1]

Another ecological issue is that in the past, hunters used much lead shot. In recent times, even when the lagoon is opened for hunting, only steel shot may be used.

Hydrology

Mosquito Creek flows into Hacks Lagoon, and any overflow flows into Bool Lagoon. Mosquito Creek used to continue out of Hacks Lagoon to spread out on the plains near Naracoorte, but is now blocked and any excess water is directed through a drain from Bool Lagoon to the coast near Beachport.

References

^ ^a ^b "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab )". CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Bool Lagoon Game Reserve and Hacks Lagoon Conservation Park Management and Ramsar Plan" (PDF). Department for Environment and Heritage. 2006. pp. iii, 1, 2, 5 & 9. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
^ ^a ^b Walsh, Frank (8 June 1967). "Fauna Conservation Act, 1964-1965: Hundred of Robertson—game Reserve Declared" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian government. p. 1746. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
^ ^a ^b Walsh, Frank (8 June 1967). "Crown Lands Act, 1929-1967: Hundred of Robertson—fauna Conservation Reserve Dedicated" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian government. p. 1746. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
^ "Protected Areas Information System Reserve List" (PDF). Government of South Australia. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
^ "Bool and Hacks Lagoons". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
^ Shard, A.J. (17 February 1972). "Fauna Conservation Act, 1964-1965" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian government. p. 575. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
^ "No. 56 of 1972 (National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1972)". The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 660, 703 & 704. 27 April 1972. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
^ "Bool Lagoon Game Reserve, Naracoorte (sic), SA, Australia - listing on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate (Place ID 8006)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government. 21 October 1980.
^ "Bool and Hacks Lagoons". Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention. Retrieved 12 March 2015.

External links

[CAPAD2016SASum-1] "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab )". CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.

[MP-2] "Bool Lagoon Game Reserve and Hacks Lagoon Conservation Park Management and Ramsar Plan" (PDF). Department for Environment and Heritage. 2006. pp. iii, 1, 2, 5 & 9. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

[SAGG-1967-3] Walsh, Frank (8 June 1967). "Fauna Conservation Act, 1964-1965: Hundred of Robertson—game Reserve Declared" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian government. p. 1746. Retrieved 23 September 2018.

[SAGG-1967a-4] Walsh, Frank (8 June 1967). "Crown Lands Act, 1929-1967: Hundred of Robertson—fauna Conservation Reserve Dedicated" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian government. p. 1746. Retrieved 23 September 2018.

[ReserveList-5] "Protected Areas Information System Reserve List" (PDF). Government of South Australia. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.

[6] "Bool and Hacks Lagoons". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[SAGG-1972-7] Shard, A.J. (17 February 1972). "Fauna Conservation Act, 1964-1965" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian government. p. 575. Retrieved 23 September 2018.

[NPWact-8] "No. 56 of 1972 (National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1972)". The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 660, 703 & 704. 27 April 1972. Retrieved 23 September 2018.

[NRE-9] "Bool Lagoon Game Reserve, Naracoorte (sic), SA, Australia - listing on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate (Place ID 8006)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government. 21 October 1980.

[10] "Bool and Hacks Lagoons". Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention. Retrieved 12 March 2015.

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v t e Protected areas of South Australia
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Game reserves	Bool Lagoon Bucks Lake Chowilla Currency Creek Lake Robe Loch Luna Moorook Mud Islands Poocher Swamp Tolderol
Recreation parks	Anstey Hill Blackwood Forest Brownhill Creek Caratoola Cobbler Creek Granite Island Greenhill Long Island O'Halloran Hill Onkaparinga River Shepherds Hill Sturt Gorge Totness
Regional Reserves	Chowilla Innamincka Nullarbor Strzelecki Yellabinna
Conservation reserves	Bernouilli Buckleboo Bunbury Bunkers Cortlinye Cox Scrub Cunyarie Desert Camp Hardings Springs Lacroma Moongi Mootra Pinkawillinie Reservoir Poolgarra Tola Former conservation reserves
Wilderness Protection Areas	Billiatt Cape Bouguer Cape Gantheaume Cape Torrens Danggali Hambridge Hincks Investigator Group Memory Cove Nullarbor Nuyts Archipelago Ravine des Casoars Western River Yellabinna
Other protected areas	Arkaroola Protection Area
Former protected areas	Investigator Group Isles of St Francis Katarapko Mount Rescue Mount Shaugh Port Gawler Scorpion Springs Telowie Gorge
Related topics	Marine protected areas of South Australia List of protected areas in Adelaide

v t e Ramsar sites in Australia
Australian Capital Territory	Ginini Flats
New South Wales	Blue Lake Central Murray Forests Fivebough and Tuckerbil Swamps Gwydir Wetlands Hunter Estuary Wetlands Lake Pinaroo Little Llangothlin Lagoon Macquarie Marshes Myall Lakes Narran Wetlands Paroo Wetlands Towra Point
Northern Territory	Cobourg Peninsula Kakadu National Park
Queensland	Bowling Green Bay Currawinya Lakes Great Sandy Strait Moreton Bay Shoalwater Bay
South Australia	Banrock Station Wetland Complex Bool and Hacks Lagoons Coongie Lakes Coorong and Lakes Alexandrina and Albert Wetland Piccaninnie Ponds Riverland
Tasmania	Apsley Marshes Cape Barren Island east coast lagoons Interlaken Lakeside Reserve Jocks Lagoon Lavinia Little Waterhouse Lake Logan Lagoon Lower Ringarooma River Moulting Lagoon Pittwater–Orielton Lagoon
Victoria	Barmah Forest Corner Inlet Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands Gippsland Lakes Gunbower Forest Hattah-Kulkyne Lakes Kerang Wetlands Lake Albacutya Port Phillip Bay and Bellarine Peninsula Western District Lakes Western Port Bay
Western Australia	Becher Point Wetlands Eighty Mile Beach Forrestdale and Thomsons Lakes Lake Gore Lake Warden System Lakes Argyle and Kununurra Muir-Byenup System Ord River Floodplain Peel-Yalgorup System Roebuck Bay Toolibin Lake Vasse-Wonnerup System
External territories	Ashmore Reef Coral Sea Reserves The Dales (Christmas Island) Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Hosnies Spring (Christmas Island) Pulu Keeling

History

Ecology

Hydrology

See also

References

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