Will Braemar Forest be the first koala habitat sacrificed under new laws?

David Lowe

This article first appeared in The Echo in September 2019

Koala advocates say they may end up blockading the Braemar State Forest if the NSW Forestry Corporation tries to start logging there soon.

Logging was due to start Friday 13 September but has been delayed after more than a hundred protestors gathered in the forest south of Casino.
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Tim Watson came from Lawrence for the event, attending because of concerns both for the global extinction crisis and threats to his local koala population. 'They're going extinct at a massive rate because of land-clearing and forestry commission, loss of habitat, fires, roadkill,' he said. 'We're destroying all their homes'…READ MORE