PHOTO: A numbat enjoying peace from feral predators at Mallee Cliffs. (Image: Australian Wildlife Conservancy)
The clock has been turned back 200 years in the Pilliga, to a time when native animals roamed free of threat from introduced species.
Within three years of the rewilding project – which aims to reintroduce 10 locally extinct species to NSW national parks – Pilliga has seen promising results.
The Pilliga State Conservation Area is one of three chosen parks that have benefitted from feral-free areas to reintroduce species, as well as Mallee Cliffs National Park and Sturt National Park.
Under the program, the bilby has been able to thrive in the local forest, a miracle given they’ve been extinct in the wild in NSW for more than 100 years…