Whitfield dingo predation management zone

Work plan 2025–26

Whitfield DPMZ 2025 2026

Whitfield dingo predation management zone work plan document and map [PDF File - 1.5 MB]

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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 Whitfield dingo predation management zone include:

  • Archerton
  • Barwite
  • Bobinawarrah
  • Bridge Creek
  • Carboor
  • Cheshunt
  • Cheshunt South
  • Dandongadale
  • Docker
  • East Wangaratta
  • Edi
  • Edi Upper
  • Everton
  • Glenrowan
  • Greta
  • Greta South
  • Greta West
  • Hansonville
  • King Valley
  • Laceby
  • Lima South
  • Markwood
  • Meadow Creek
  • Merrijig (Mount Buller)
  • Milawa
  • Molyullah
  • Moorngag
  • Mount Buller
  • Moyhu
  • Myrrhee
  • North Wangaratta
  • Oxley
  • Oxley Flats
  • Rose River
  • Samaria
  • Swanpool
  • Tarrawingee
  • Tatong
  • Tolmie
  • Upper Ryans Creek
  • Wabonga
  • Wangaratta
  • Wangaratta South
  • Whitfield
  • Whitlands.

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:

  • north and south of Toombullup
  • south-east of Molyullah
  • west of Whitfield.

Within the Whitfield dingo predation management zone there is 112,441 hectares of public land, 73,336 hectares of land under the 3 km livestock protection buffer and 122,760 hectares of private land. There is one Vertebrate Species Management Officer and 22 km of targeted ground baiting transects.

The map should be read in conjunction with the accompanying Whitfield dingo predation management zone plan.

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: 03 Dec 2025