Article 6GCQE NSW forestry agency given another stop work order after EPA identifies endangered greater glider habitat

NSW forestry agency given another stop work order after EPA identifies endangered greater glider habitat

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Lisa Cox
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State-owned Forestry Corporation must halt operations in parts of Flat Rock state forest, months after similar issues raised in Tallaganda

The state-owned Forestry Corporation of New South Wales has again been ordered to stop work in an area of forest after the Environment Protection Authority identified endangered greater glider habitat nearby.

It has prompted the NSW Greens to reiterate calls for a plan to end native forest logging, while environment groups urged the Minns government to immediately suspend operations in other parts of the state with high glider records.

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