Coastal forests from Newcastle to Sale to be protected under national environment laws

Katie Burgess
Updated December 17 2020 - 5:53pm, first published 11:30am
After the fires on Mt Agony road in December 2019: coastal forests will soon have greater protections. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong
After the fires on Mt Agony road in December 2019: coastal forests will soon have greater protections. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

A large stretch of coast hit by the Black Summer bushfires will be protected under national environment laws, after its eucalypt forests were listed as critically endangered.

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Katie Burgess

Katie Burgess

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