Toolibin Lake
The lake is listed by the Australian Government as a threatened ecological community under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.It is about 300 hectares (740 acres) in area and 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) in diameter, has a maximum depth of 2 metres (6.6 ft), and is one of the last remaining inland freshwater lakes found in south-western Australia.Flooded gum, acorn banksia and rock sheoak woodland occur on the higher ground and deep sands surrounding the lake.Toolibin and its environs support more breeding waterbird species — up to 25, including the rare freckled duck, cormorants, egrets, night herons and spoonbills — than any other inland wetland in south-western Australia.[2] The main threats to Toolibin’s ecological community are salinisation and waterlogging due to clearing of the catchment for dry-land agriculture, particularly wool and cereal grain production; eutrophication caused by run-off containing agricultural fertilizers; invasive weeds changing the structure of the ecosystem and reducing natural vegetation available for food and shelter for animals; and grazing of regenerating seedlings by kangaroos, livestock and rabbits.
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