Greater glider hotspot logged against Victorian government's own advice
by Gregg Borschmann from on (#3MDS0)
Exclusive: State government-commissioned survey shows Strathbogie forest has very high densities of threatened species
A nationally significant hotspot for the greater glider, a federally listed threatened species, is being logged by the Victorian forest agency, VicForests.
The logging started at Barjarg Flat in the Strathbogie forest in north-east Victoria in February. This was two months after a preliminary update of a government fauna survey conducted by the Arthur Rylah Institute (ARI) documented what are claimed to be the highest-ever densities of greater gliders in the state in that area.
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