Wandella - Peak Alone
Wandella - Peak Alone lies next to Wadbilliga National Park, an area of steep, rugged country surrounding Peak Alone. It contains wet valleys with tall old-growth forest, exposed ridges with dry forest, and significant rainforest pockets.
Wandella - Peak Alone covers much of Wandella State Forest, on the eastern side of Wadbilliga National Park, inland from Narooma and Tilba
Wandella - Peak Alone covers 10,293 ha of state forest.
Some of the conservation values of Wandella - Peak Alone are listed below:
Wandell- Peak Alone is largely wilderness much of it has been nominated under the NSW Wilderness process as wilderness.
Wandella - Peak Alone adjoins the Wadbilliga National Park and the Brogo Wilderness it would add to the size, diversity and viability of this National Park and wilderness area.
Wandella - Peak Alone contains eight threatened species. These are the Giant Burrowing Frog, Glossy Black-Cockatoo, Powerful Owl, Masked Owl, Sooty Owl, Olive Whistler, Tiger Quoll, Koala, and Yellow-bellied Glider.
Wandella - Peak Alone contributes to JANIS scientific targets. It is likely to contribute to the target for Wilderness, along with contributing significantly to rainforest ecosystems 79 and 151. It also contributes to fauna targets for the two threatened species Koala and Sooty Owl.
Wandella - Peak Alone contains most of the catchment for the lower Wadbilliga River, a river which is largely undisturbed and natural along its entire length, apart from a section of the tributary Yowrie River. Most of the Wadbilliga River is contained within the Wadbilliga National Park and Brogo Wilderness - river systems in such a natural condition have enormous conservation value.
Wandella - Peak Alone is an area of community concern. It recently held a blockade of logging operations in the Wandella wilderness assessment area, strongly supported by the local community. A large number of local residents are now active and vocal in rejecting the logging of Wandella, and are calling for its protection.