Return of Koalas to Land South of Evans Head Being Celebrated

Return of koalas to land south of Evans Head being celebrated

Indigenous rangers are celebrating the return of koalas to a parcel of land, ravaged by the Black Summer fires, south of Evans Head. A combination of traditional knowledge and technology, is now helping boost numbers of the marsupial in the area.

Koalas return to protected area south of Evans Head

Photo supplied Indigenous rangers are celebrating the return of koalas to the Minyumai Indigenous Protected Area south of Evans Head, New South Wales. In a media release WWF Australia says, ‘It’s a reversal of the grave concerns they held for their resident koalas when 90% of Minyumai IPA burned at the start of the 2019-20 horror bushfire season’. ‘The Minyumai rangers feared koalas – Boorubee in their language – had perished in the flames. ‘It …