Vegetation community mapping by Andy Baker, Wildsite Ecological Services, 2007-08. A NPWS Northern Rivers Region contract. This combined map represents the latest refinement of mapping across both reserve areas by the mapper. Cape Byron State Recreation Area was originally mapped in 2001 and Arakwal was originally mapped in June 2002. VIS_ID 169

Vegetation community mapping for Cooperabung Creek Nature Reserve and surrounds by Penny Kendall, 2002. Aerial photograph interpretation and field sampling. Six vegetation communities were mapped using air photo interpretation and field checking. All of the vegetation communities are forest communities including a rainforest, two wet sclerophyll communities, a moist sclerophyll community and two dry sclerophyll communities. A Mid North Coast NPWS Region contract. VIS_ID 220.

Vegetation structural mapping of Cooperabung Creek Nature Reserve and surrounds by Penny Kendall, 2002. Method was by aerial photograph interpretation and field sampling. A Mid North Coast NPWS Region contract. VIS_ID 219

Vegetation community mapping for Dowe Community Conservation Area (CCA) Zone 1 National Park by John Hunter, 2009. A Northern Tablelands NPWS Region contract. Mapped at 1:50,000 scale. Dowe NP is north east of Gunnedah immediately adjacent to the east of Lake Keepit. Five communities are defined based on classification (Kulczynski association). These five communities were mapped based on ground truthing, air photo interpretation and landform. The communities described and their status are: Floristic Community Area Reservation Status C1: White Cypress Pine – Silver-leaved Ironbark – White Box Woodland C2: White Box – White Cypress Pine Grassy Woodland C4: Yarran Shrubland A total of 170 vascular plant taxa were found from 51 families and 125 genera (22% exotic). No taxa of conservation significance were found during this or previous surveys. Reference: Hunter,J.T. (2009). Vegetation and Floristics of the Dowe National Park. A report to the NSW NPWS. VIS_ID 4888

Vegetation communites of Yanga National park(SCA and NR) 2008 were mapped by updating the linework and attributes of the 2005 Yanga National Park (McCosker 2005) using digital aerial photography (30cm pixels) and field surveys conducted in during April and November 2009. ; VIS_ID 3872

Vegetation survey and mapping of Killarney State Conservation Area in 2008, commissioned by NPWS Narrabri Region. Six communities were determined based on floristic analysis of 20 x 20 m survey sites, and described using dominant species and structural characteristics. Vegetation communities were mapped using ground truthing, position in landscape and stereo interpretation of aerial photos captured at 1:50,000. Lineage and attribution accuracy are unknown. VIS_ID 3992

Watsons Creek Nature Reserve (NR) and State Conservation Area (SCA), covering a combined area of approximately 1911 ha, are both located on the western edge of the Northern Tablelands in north-eastern NSW. In 2017, the Northern Tablelands office of the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) commissioned Eco Logical Australia (ELA) to conduct a comprehensive vegetation survey of both reserves. Given the SCA adjoins the two separate blocks of the NR it was considered appropriate to combine both reserves into a single continuous study area for the purposes of the vegetation survey and the resulting report. Vegetation across the study area was mapped using high resolution ADS40 aerial imagery via a 2D computer screen interface. A total of 23 polygons were captured collectively representing five Plant Community Types (PCTs). None of the vegetation communities were considered to meet the criteria of any currently listed Threatened Ecological Communities (TECs). VIS_ID 4695 see related dataset VIS_ID 4694