Travelling Stock Reserves
Travelling Stock Reserves (TSRs) are parcels of Crown land reserved under legislation for use by travelling stock. Rural Lands Protection Boards manage over 500 000 hectares of TSRs in NSW.
TSRs provide pasture reserves for travelling or grazing stock. These reserves can be beneficial in times of drought, bushfire or flood. They are also used for public recreation, apiary sites and for conservation.
RLPBs manage the land to strike a balance between the needs of travelling or grazing stock and the conservation of native species.
RLPB management of TSRs includes:
- authorising and monitoring stock, recreation and apiary site use
- controlling noxious weeds
- controlling pest animals and insects
- provision and maintenance of fencing, watering points and holding yards
- consideration of land management and animal health legislation.
To ensure that TSRs are managed in a sustainable manner, RLPBs work cooperatively with drovers, apiarists, adjoining landholders, community groups, Catchment Management Authorities, all levels of government and conservation organisations.