Chowilla Game Reserve

Protected area in South Australia

33°56′27″S 140°54′41″E / 33.94083°S 140.91139°E / -33.94083; 140.91139Established4 April 1993^[2]Area18.176 km² (7.0 sq mi)^[2]Managing authoritiesDepartment for Environment and WaterWebsiteChowilla Game ReserveSee alsoProtected areas of South Australia

Chowilla Game Reserve is a protected area covering the floodplain on the north side of the River Murray in South Australia from about 8 kilometres (5.0 miles) north-east of Renmark to the New South Wales border. It was proclaimed 8 April 1993 in conjunction with the Chowilla Regional Reserve, after a community consultation process which recommended that "hunting of waterfowl be a permitted activity in selected areas of the Chowilla floodplain". The game reserve is classified as an IUCN Category VI protected area.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[1]

The Chowilla floodplain is also protected as part of the Riverland Ramsar site,^[6] designated by the Ramsar Convention as a wetland of international importance.^[7]

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 "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 25 November 2014)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
^ "Chowilla Game Reserve". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
^ South Australia. Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Murraylands Region (1995), Chowilla Regional Reserve and Chowilla Game Reserve management plan : Murraylands, South Australia, The Dept, p. 1, ISBN 978-0-7308-4697-0
^ Boating Industry Association of South Australia (BIA); South Australia. Department for Environment and Heritage (2005), South Australia's waters an atlas & guide, Boating Industry Association of South Australia, pp. 147–152, ISBN 978-1-86254-680-6
^ "Riverland Ramsar site". Department for Environment and Water, Government of South Australia. 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
^ "New partnership to restore Riverland Ramsar site (Commonwealth Environmental Water Office media release)". Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Australia. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2021.