Vast national park to be created and native animals protected after NSW government land purchase
by Stephanie Convery from Environment | The Guardian on (#698Q1)
Dominic Perrottet lauds tourism benefits of buying 440,000 hectare site Thurloo Downs in state's north-west
Habitat for more than 50 threatened species will be preserved as part of a new land acquisition by the New South Wales government that will become the state's third-largest national park.
The 437,394 hectare site, which is called Thurloo Downs and is about 250 kilometres from Bourke in the state's north-west, contains globally significant arid zone wetlands, as well as salt lakes, playas and other geological formations that are unprotected elsewhere in NSW.
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