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NPA Mid North Coast Branch

Posted by NPA NSWon March 1, 2018February 27, 2018in Autumn 2018, Mid North CoastLeave a comment

^{Sue Baker, Bush Regeneration Project Officer, Mid North Coast Branch}

Mid North Coast Branch is in its 39th year of bitou bush eradication and bush regeneration in the iconic coastal Crowdy Bay National Park. A severe bush fire ripped through the southern part of the park in 2013. This resulted in a mass germination of bitou seedlings. Not only did this undo years of hard work and financial investment but other fully-restored areas were under threat of reinvasion. The scale of the problem was beyond the capacity of our volunteers and NPWS to deal with. What on earth were we to do?

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Branch Profile – Far South Coast

Posted by NPA NSWon December 1, 2017November 28, 2017in Summer 2017Leave a comment

^{Gabrielle Taysom, National Parks Association of NSW Far South Coast Branch}
The Far South Coast Branch of the National Parks Association was established around 1997, most of the Branch’s original members having been involved in the 12 year campaign to secure the South East Forests National Park. With the Park’s gazettal, it was now considered timely to become part of a wider organisation lobbying on conservation issues and park management.