Dargo and Bairnsdale wild dog management zone
Work plan 2023–24
Dargo and Bairnsdale wild dog management zone work plan document and map (PDF - 4.7 MB)
Localities within the Dargo and Bairnsdale wild dog management zone include:
- Bairnsdale
- Billabong
- Briagolong
- Bruthen
- Budgee Budgee
- Bullumwaal
- Clifton Creek
- Cobbannah
- Cowa
- Crooked River
- Dargo
- Deptford
- Double Bridges
- Eastwood
- Ellaswood
- Fairy Dell (Bairnsdale)
- Fernbank
- Flaggy Creek
- Glenaladale
- Granite Rock
- Hawkhurst
- Iguana Creek
- Llowalong
- Lucknow
- Marthavale
- Merrijig (Bairnsdale)
- Miowera
- Moornapa
- Moroka
- Mount Taylor
- Munro
- Ryans
- Sarsfield
- Stockdale
- Stratford
- Tabberabbera
- Toolome
- Valencia Creek
- Walpa
- Waterholes
- Wongungarra
- Woodglen
- Woolenook
- Wuk Wuk
- Wy Yung.
Trapping and priority 1 ground-baiting transects are located on public land:
- north and east of Crooked River
- surrounding Dargo
- north-east and north-west of Castleburn
- north of Tabberabbera
- west of Seldom Seen
- north and south of Stockdale
- north and west of Glenaladale
- north of Lindenow
- east and south of Bullumwaal
- north and north-east and Fairhope
- west of Bruthen.
Trapping and priority 2 ground-baiting transects are a network of tracks. These are located on public land:
- surrounding Crooked River, Dargo, Waterford, Castleburn, Deptford, Bullumwall and Tabberabbera
- north, south and west of Stockdale
- north of Glenaladale
- north of Lindenow
- north, east and west of Fairhope
- north, east and west of Bruthen
- west of Seldom Seen.
The map shows within the Dargo and Bairnsdale wild dog management zone there is 203,898 hectares of public land, 101,262 hectares of land under the 3 km livestock protection buffer and 59,271 hectares of private land. There are 2 wild dog controllers, with a capacity for 6,000 trap nights and 163 km of priority 1 ground-baiting transects.
There is one community wild dog control group located within the Dargo and Bairnsdale wild dog management zone. The Glenaladale Community Wild Dog Control group includes private land near Briagolong, Stockdale and Glenaladale.
Aerial baiting occurs in remote areas of public land within the Dargo and Bairnsdale wild dog management zone. Aerial baiting occurs twice a year on public land:
- south of Crooked River
- surrounding Waterford
- north of Castleburn
- east and south of Dargo.
A remote ground baiting area covers public land south of Dargo.
The map should be read in conjunction with the accompanying Dargo and Bairnsdale wild dog management zone plan.
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