Tallaganda State Forest & National Parks

Tallaganda has been managed in diverse ways as State Forest for more than 100 years. It is a large and varied block of more-or-less continuous forest near Captains Flat, New South Wales (NSW). As well as being very beautiful, it is home to a wonderful diversity of plants and animals, including at least 5 completely different genera of velvet worms and many saproxylic animals that are new to science.

Since the Regional Forest Agreements that gave rise to new patterns of land tenure in the southern region of NSW, some sections of Tallaganda are now National Park, and others have been retained by State Forests. National Parks has a website for these new parks. More about Southern NSW new parks.

We hope that our research will contribute insights to the vital goal of sustainable use of forests. Without this, maintenance of the organismal diversity that underpins natural values (biodiversity, enjoyment by people etc) as well as forest production will suffer.