NSW forestry agency ordered to stop logging after greater glider found dead
by Adam Morton Climate and environment editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#6EA5F)
One of the endangered marsupials was found dead close to the controversial operation in Tallaganda state forest near Canberra
The state-owned New South Wales forestry agency has been ordered to immediately stop logging in parts of a state forest after the Environment Protection Authority found a dead greater glider - an endangered species - nearby.
Conservation groups had written to the state government and EPA to investigate Forestry Corporation logging in the Tallaganda state forest, east of Canberra, as it was one of the last known strongholds of the southern greater glider.
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