Mansfield dingo predation management zone

Work plan 2026–27

Map of the Mansfield Dingo Predation Management Zone for 2026–2027

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Legend

A polygon with an inward fading blue highlight around its border.Dingo Predation Management Zone (DPMZ)

2025-2026 Dingo Predation Management

A dark purple line with rounded ends with a dark outline.Targeted Ground Baiting. May also be trapped in response to dingo incident reports

A light pink line with rounded ends with a dark outline.May be trapped in response to dingo incident reports

A polygon with a green border and evenly separated vertical and horizontal gray lines.Off track ground baiting and trapping area

A polygon with a green border and evenly separated, x-shaped, diagonal gray lines.Off track trapping area

Community Vertebrate Species Control (CVSC)

A polygon with an inward fading brown highlight around its border.CVSP group

A black solid line with evenly recurring short lines coming off at a 90 degree angle.Dingo exclusion fence

Public Land

A polygon in light green, similar to a soft pastel shade.Park and reserve

A light yellow polygon.State forest

A polygon in a medium-tone green.Plantation

A light gray polygon.Other public land

A polygon with evenly spaced diagonal light blue and white stripes.Port and coastal facility

A polygon with light blue, similar to a soft pastel shade.Marine park or reserve

A polygon in a medium-tone blue.Water body

A polygon with evenly spaced criss-crossing diagonal orange lines.3km Livestock Protection Buffer (LPB)

Details

Localities within the Mansfield dingo predation management zone include:

  • Ancona
  • Archerton
  • Barjarg
  • Barwite
  • Bonnie Doon
  • Boorolite
  • Bridge Creek
  • Creek Junction
  • Delatite
  • Eildon
  • Enochs Point
  • Goughs Bay
  • Howes Creek
  • Howqua
  • Howqua Hills
  • Howqua Inlet
  • Jamieson
  • Kevington
  • Knockwood
  • Lake Eildon
  • Lima
  • Lima East
  • Lima South
  • Macs Cove
  • Maindample
  • Mansfield
  • Merrijig (Mount Buller)
  • Merton
  • Mirimbah
  • Mount Buller
  • Mountain Bay
  • Myrrhee
  • Piries
  • Sawmill Settlement
  • Strathbogie
  • Swanpool
  • Tatong
  • Tolmie
  • Woodfield.

Trapping activities in response to dingo related incident reports can be undertaken on the majority of tracks on public land within 3 km of the private land and public land interface surrounding the above mentioned localities.

Targeted ground-baiting transects are located on public land:

  • east of Mansfield
  • north and south of Toombullup
  • north and south of Merrijig
  • east of Howqua.

The map shows within the Mansfield dingo predation management zone there is 132,123 hectares of public land, 91,020 hectares of land under the 3 km livestock protection buffer and 116,419 hectares of private land.

If you would like to receive this information in an accessible format, please phone 136 186, email customer.service@deeca.vic.gov.au, or via the Access Hub.

Page last updated: 30 Jul 2026