{"id":18563,"date":"2022-10-09T05:22:32","date_gmt":"2022-10-09T05:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=18563"},"modified":"2022-10-09T05:22:32","modified_gmt":"2022-10-09T05:22:32","slug":"fence-to-commence-at-newest-rewilding-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2022\/10\/09\/fence-to-commence-at-newest-rewilding-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Fence to commence at newest rewilding site"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The newest feral-free rewilding area in NSW is one step closer to welcoming locally extinct animals into the safe-haven, with fence construction due to begin soon.
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Minister for Environment James Griffin recently visited the 2,084 hectare \u2018Nungatta\u2019 site in South East Forest National Park near Bombala, which is the newest of seven feral free areas around the State.
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\u201cConstruction on 24 kilometres of specially-designed predator-free fencing will begin in December. Once complete, we\u2019ll start working to eradicate every feral predator from within it, before releasing locally extinct and threatened species that were once abundant back into Nungatta,\u201d Mr Griffin said.
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\u201cOur recent surveys have had great results, confirming the site has loads of truffles to feed bettongs and potoroos, which haven\u2019t been detected here for decades.
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\u201cFrom next year, we\u2019re planning to reintroduce native mammals that were once abundant in this habitat, such as the long-footed potoroo, eastern bettong, smoky mouse, and eastern quoll.
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\u201cThe NSW Government is establishing a network of\u00a0seven feral predator-free areas<\/a>\u00a0across the state, making us a world leader in rewilding. Once all seven sites are complete, 65,000 hectares of national parks will be feral free and provide a significant conservation benefit for more than 50 species.\u201d
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Once established, the Nungatta site will benefit more than 20 threatened species.
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Recent surveys have confirmed some threatened species like the vulnerable White-footed Dunnart are hanging on, despite the presence of foxes and cats. Feral cats alone kill more than 1.5 billion native animals nationally every year.
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The ambitious conservation project will see Nungatta\u2019s forests go back in time, and is part of the NSW Government\u2019s commitment to wildlife restoration.
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Within just three years of the NSW Government establishing three rewilding sites in national parks around the State, 10 locally extinct species are\u00a0now thriving<\/a>\u00a0after being reintroduced to the feral-free areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The newest feral-free rewilding area in NSW is one step closer to welcoming locally extinct animals into the safe-haven, with fence construction due to begin soon.\u00a0Minister for Environment James Griffin recently visited the 2,084 hectare \u2018Nungatta\u2019 site in South East Forest National Park near Bombala, which is the newest of seven feral free areas around … Continue reading “Fence to commence at newest rewilding site”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18563"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18564,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18563\/revisions\/18564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}