School of Environmental and Information Sciences and The Johnstone Centre, Charles Sturt University, PO Box 789, Albury NSW 2640. Prior to this study there had been no systematic survey of the mammal fauna of the reserve since its declaration in 1979, and not since expeditions at the turn of the century, have in depth studies of the regions fauna been undertaken. Little is known of the effects of human activities on the fauna of WBR, as no previous studies have been attempted.
Results indicate that the extension of the bamboo industry poses a significant threat to diversity.
The most threatening process was found to be poaching. Information collected shows that most of the reserves mammals inscribed on the IUCN Red List of Threatened species still occur in the reserve. The presence of tiger and leopard could not be confirmed.