A big step forward for conservation in western NSW 

The National Parks Association of NSW has congratulated the NSW Government on today’s announcement that it has acquired the former Thurloo Downs property to create a major new National Park in the state’s northwest.    

‘This is a fantastic day for conservation in NSW’ stated NPA President Dr Grahame Douglas.  ‘Not just because of the sheer size of the acquisition, which is more than 400,000 hectares, but because those hectares have been carefully selected to bring protection into bio-regions that are chronically under-represented in the current reserve system’  

New national park in western NSW welcome

National Parks Association of NSW president, Dr Grahame Douglas has welcomed Environment Minister Matt Kean’s announcement of a new national park near Broken Hill.  

Dr Douglas stated, ‘Western NSW has long been recognised as the big gap in the NSW reserve system.