Conservation and community groups are calling for 56,000 hectares of State Forests in the southern Richmond River Valley and along the Richmond Range to be protected.
The aim of this proposal is to:
- Ø Safeguard a nationally important Koala population, genetically distinct from those in the Great Koala National Park.
- Ø Protect the habitat of more than 130 threatened species.
- Ø Improve the health of the Richmond River.
- Ø Create a regionally significant wildlife corridor linking Bundjalung National Park on the coast to the Border Ranges National Park.
- Ø Advance NSW’s target of 30% land protection by 2030 in one of Australia’s richest biodiversity hotspots.
As part of the campaign Ballina MP Tamara Smith has arranged an information session about the new national park proposal in the Macquarie Room at Parliament House on Wednesday 17 September from 6-7 pm.
Speakers will be Dailan Pugh OAM from NEFA and koala expert Dr Steve Phillips.
