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Draft recovery plans open for public comment

Draft recovery plans open for public comment

Name	Comment period closes
Draft Northern Rivers Regional Biodiversity Management Plan	4 January 2010
Draft NSW and national recovery plan Acacia terminalis ssp. terminalis (sunshine wattle)	4 January 2010
Draft national recovery plan for the maidenhair spleenwort Asplenium hookerianum	4 January 2010
Draft national recovery plan for the downy star-bush Asterolasia phebalioides	4 January 2010
Draft national recovery plan for the northern bettong Bettongia tropica	4 January 2010
Draft national recovery plan for grampians pincushion-lily Borya mirabilis	4 January 2010
Draft national recovery plan for the mueller daisy Brachyscome muelleroides	4 January 2010
Draft national recovery plan for the thick-lip spider-orchid Caladenia tessellata	4 January 2010
Draft national recovery plan for the trailing hop-bush Dodonaea procumbens	4 January 2010
Draft national recovery plan for the barred galaxias Galaxias fuscus	4 January 2010
Draft national recovery plan for the sand ixodia Ixodia achillaeoides subsp. arenicola	4 January 2010
Draft national recovery plan for the spiny peppercress Lepidium aschersonii	4 January 2010
Draft national recovery plan for the basalt peppercress Lepidium hyssopifolium	4 January 2010
Draft national recovery plan for the winged peppercress Lepidium monoplocoides	4 January 2010
Draft national recovery plan for the chariot wheels Maireana cheelii	4 January 2010
Draft NSW and national recovery plan Melaleuca deanei F. Muell. (Deane's paperbark)	4 January 2010
Draft national recovery plan for the Proserpine rock-wallaby Petrogale persephone	4 January 2010
Draft national recovery plan for the lowan phebalium Phebalium lowanense	4 January 2010
Draft national recovery plan for the gaping leek-orchid Prasophyllum correctum	4 January 2010
Draft national recovery plan for the maroon leek orchid Prasophyllum frenchii	4 January 2010
Draft national recovery plan for the dense leek orchid Prasophyllum spicatum	4 January 2010
Draft national recovery plan for the sturdy leek orchid Prasophyllum validum	4 January 2010
Draft national recovery plan for the spectacled flying fox Pteropus conspicillatus	4 January 2010
Draft national recovery plan for the grey-headed flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus	4 January 2010
Draft national recovery plan for the desert greenhood Pterostylis xerophila	4 January 2010
Draft national recovery plan for the turnip copperburr Sclerolaena napiformis	4 January 2010
Draft national recovery plan for the large-fruit groundsel Senecio macrocarpus	4 January 2010
Draft national recovery plan for the red swainson-pea Swainsona plagiotropis	4 January 2010
Draft national recovery plan for the yellow swainson-pea Swainsona pyrophila	4 January 2010
Draft national recovery plan for the spiral sun orchid Thelymitra matthewsii	4 January 2010
Draft national recovery plan for the buff-breasted button-quail Turnix olivii	4 January 2010
Draft national recovery plan for the water mouse (false water rat) Xeromys myoides	4 January 2010
Draft national recovery plan for the central rock-rat Zyzomys pedunculatus	4 January 2010

Draft recovery plans closed for public comment

Name	Comment period closed
Albatrosses and giant petrels	31 August 2009

About the public comment process

You are invited to comment on these draft recovery plans in accordance with the provisions of section 275 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

The release of these draft recovery plans marks the beginning of a three month public comment period that will close on the dates listed.

At the end of this period the plans will be revised, taking into consideration any comments received. The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts will consider the revised plans as well as the comments received when deciding on adoption of the plans.

If you wish to comment on a draft recovery plan, please send your comments, quoting the title of the plan, to:

Email: recoveryplans@environment.gov.au

Mail:
Director
Recovery, Planning and Implementation Section
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
GPO Box 787
Canberra ACT 2601

Fax: 02 6274 1921

Draft recovery plans are available in hard copy from the Department's Community Information Unit

• Email: ciu@environment.gov.au
• Freecall: 1800 803 772

More information

For a comprehensive understanding of the provisions relating to nomination and listing, you should refer directly to the:

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 
• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000