Oakview National Park bushfire recovery assessment
Fire impacts:
- 1,438 hectares of land burnt.
Fauna prioritised for recovery efforts:
Oakview National Park is 3,490 hectares in size and includes a range of ecosystems such as ironbark woodlands, eucalypt forests and rainforests with hoop pine emergents. The park protects critical habitat for threatened species, particularly the Critically Endangered Oakview leaf-tailed gecko Phyllurus kabikabi and Nangur spiny skink Nangura spinosa.
The Nangur spiny skink also occurs at Nangur National Park, which was fortunately not impacted by bushfire. However, with only two remaining populations it was important to apply on-ground recovery efforts to both populations, to ensure that maximum protection from threats, such as predation from feral cats and foxes.
The 2019–20 bushfire impacted over 40% of Oakview National Park, elevating concerns for the conservation of both the Oakview leaf-tailed gecko and the Nangur spiny skink.
The project’s recovery actions comprised the following:
Read the full report Bushfire Recovery 2020–2021: Priority actions for threatened species in Oakview and Nangur National Parks, South East Queensland .