Australian Wildlife Conservancy

We need your help to protect Marion Downs

• $100 protects 5 hectares of tropical savanna
• $500 protects 25 hectares of sandstone escarpment
• $1000 protects 50 hectares of the Fitzroy River catchment

Your donation will help establish key infrastructure and implement fire management and feral animal control.

Marion Downs Property Snapshot

SIZE

289,000 ha

BIOREGION

Central Kimberley

SPECIES PRESENT

Marion Downs supports an estimated :

• 700 plant species
• 20 frog species
• 75 reptile species
• 180 bird species
• 30 mammal species

THREATENED SPECIES

Marion Downs supports at least 9 fauna species listed as threatened, including the Northern Quoll, Gouldian Finch and Rock Ringtail Possum.

ECOSYSTEMS

At least 18 diffrerent savanna types (of which 16 are not included in any national parks), as well as 7 nationally threatened ecosystems such as sandstone heaths and monsoon rainforest pockets.

MANAGEMENT PRIORITIES

Management priorities include establishment of infrastructure, control of feral donkeys, control of weeds, fire management and biological surveys and monitoring.

Marion Downs is of extraordinary conservation value, occupying a strategically significant position in the Kimberley landscape. Its acquisition for conservation will significantly increase the level of reservation in the Central Kimberley bioregion. This bioregion is listed by the Australian Government as being of very high priority for conservation.