Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve

Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve Victoria
IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)
Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve
Nearest town or city	Yellingbo
Coordinates	37°50′S 145°29′E / 37.833°S 145.483°E / -37.833; 145.483Coordinates: 37°50′S 145°29′E / 37.833°S 145.483°E / -37.833; 145.483
Established	1965
Area	590 hectares
Managing authorities	Parks Victoria
See also	Protected areas of Victoria

Established in 1965, the Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve is located 45 km east of Melbourne in the Upper Yarra Valley, near the towns of Yellingbo, Launching Place, Yarra Junction, Hoddles Creek, Cockatoo, Emerald, Monbulk and Seville. Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve is a narrow riparian reserve with stream-frontage land along the Woori Yallock, Shepherd, Cockatoo, Macclesfield and Sheep Station Creeks.

The total reserve area at Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve is approximately 590 hectares comprising several separate areas principally along the local creek systems and is surrounded by privately owned properties.

As an outstanding protected area for habitat and species protection, the reserve is managed by Parks Victoria which also manages adjoining freehold land along Cockatoo Creek, owned by the Victorian Trust for Nature, as if it were part of the reserve.

Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve is the only place where all Victoria’s state terrestrial emblems, helmeted honeyeater, Leadbeater’s possum and pink heath, can be found in the one place.

Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve has been assigned the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Category 1A (Strict Nature Reserve) for Protected Areas. Category 1A protected areas are managed primarily for science.