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The North East region of Victoria retains a high percentage of native forests in the catchments of the King River, Ovens River and the Kiewa, Mitta and Upper Murray rivers.
About 41 per cent of the North East region is private land. Only six per cent of this private land contains remnant native vegetation.
The plains, river valleys and more gentle slopes on private land have been extensively developed for agriculture. As a result a range of bushland types are under threat and decline.
Many types of bushland such as Box Ironbark Forest, Grey Box Woodland and Valley Grassy Forest are now reduced to predominantly small and isolated remnants with a range of threatening impacts.
The decline in habitat has resulted in a range of species becoming rare and threatened in the region including the Regent Honeyeater, Barking Owl and the Purple Diuris (Diuris punctata).
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