Editing Collier Range National Park

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| name                   = Collier Range National Park
| state                  = wa
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| nearest_town_or_city   = [[Newman, Western Australia|Newman]]
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'''Collier Range National Park''' is a national park in the [[Pilbara|Pilbara region]] of [[Western Australia]], {{convert|878|km|abbr=on}} northeast of [[Perth]].

The nearest major town to the park is [[Newman, Western Australia|Newman]] located about {{convert|166|km|abbr=on}} north near [[Kumarina, Western Australia|Kumarina]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rac.com.au/Travel/Self-drive-holidays/Caravans-and-camping/National-park-camping-areas.aspx|title=RAC Travel- National Park Camping Areas|year=2008|access-date=4 May 2010|archive-date=29 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129121039/http://rac.com.au/Travel/Self-drive-holidays/Caravans-and-camping/National-park-camping-areas.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> The park is one of many in the Pilbara and was established in 1978.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pheeds.com/Rundle_Range_National_Park.html|title=Rundle Range National Park|year=2002|access-date=4 May 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715074335/http://pheeds.com/Rundle_Range_National_Park.html|archive-date=15 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The ranges vary from low hills to high ridges with many cliffs. The vegetation found in the area is mostly [[Triodia (plant)|spinifex]] and [[Acacia aneura|mulga]] with creeklines being surrounded by [[eucalypt]]s. Mulga scrub and [[mulla mulla]] are found in dense scrubland in the northeastern plains with spinifex and sand dunes being found in the western end.<ref>{{cite AHD|10830|Cape Range Area|date=2010|accessdate=26 November 2010}}</ref>

The park is the home of the threatened Pilbara Pebble-Mound Mouse ''Pseudomys chapmani'' which is also found in the [[Millstream-Chichester National Park]] and the [[Karlamilyi National Park]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/action/rodents/rodap5.html|title=Department of Environment - Action Plan for Australian Rodents|year=1995|access-date=4 May 2010}}</ref>

The [[Mulga (habitat)|mulga]] habitat is a refuge for the critical weight range mammals such as ''[[Macrotis lagotis]]'' (greater bilby), ''[[Dasycercus cristicauda]]'' (mulgara) and ''[[dasyurid]]s''.

The standard of management in the park is poor and is only visited occasionally by [[Department of Parks and Wildlife (Western Australia)|Department of Parks and Wildlife]] staff from [[Karratha, Western Australia|Karratha]]. The park is [[Bait (luring substance)|baited]] for wild dogs but suffers damage from [[feral]] [[donkey]]s and wandering cattle. No fire management is in practice and weed problems are unknown.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/pdf/science/bio_audit/gascoyne03_p240-251.pdf|title=Gascoyne Subregion Biodiversity values|year=2001|access-date=28 September 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312125757/http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/pdf/science/bio_audit/gascoyne03_p240-251.pdf|archive-date=12 March 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Protected areas of Western Australia]]

== References ==
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{{National Parks of Western Australia}}


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[[Category:National parks of Western Australia]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1978]]
[[Category:Western Australian mulga shrublands]]

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