__NOTOC__ Shannon Conservation Park (formerly the Shannon Conservation Reserve) is a

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood ...

in the Australian state of

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located on the

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in the gazetted locality of Karkoo about north of

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and about south of

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. It was proclaimed under the ''

National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 Protected areas of South Australia, consisting of protected areas located within South Australia and its immediate onshore waters and which are managed by South Australian Government agencies. As of 2018, South Australia contained 359 separat ...

'' in 2007 on land all in Section 100 of the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Shannon which was previously dedicated as a

conservation reserve A conservation reserve is a protected area set aside for conservation purposes. Conservation reserves by country Australia In South Australia, a conservation reserve is a type of protected area declared under the ''Crown Land Management Act 200 ...

on 2 September 1993 under the ''Crown Lands Act 1929''. As of 2007, the Shannon Conservation Park was reported as being “dominated by mallee” and included a

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woodland which was considered to be “a regionally threatened community.” As of 2007, there was no access for visitors into the interior of the conservation park and nor was there any plans to create such access. The conservation park is classified as an

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Category VI protected area.

References

External links

Entry for Shannon Conservation Park on the Protected Planet website
{{Protected areas of South Australia, state=collapsed Conservation parks of South Australia Protected areas established in 1993 1993 establishments in Australia Eyre Peninsula

See also

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