Funds: $204,591

This project will deliver on ground actions to improve the quality, quantity and connectivity of koala habitat in the Northern Tablelands, prioritising areas adjacent to the Armidale Area of Regional Koala Significantce (ARKS).

The project will address the key threats to koalas including habitat loss, fragmentation, and degradation of habitat which are considered primary ecological threatening processes to koalas. Working with local landholders land managers and community, this revegetation project will establish 20 ha of new koala habitat.

Funds: $650,000

The 2022-2026 NSW Koala Program - Northern Tablelands Regional Partnership will be run across our region from 1 June 2022 to 30 June 2026. It will deliver on-ground actions to protect local koala populations and their habitat in Northern Tablelands over the next five years. Project activities focus on the Armidale and Uralla local government areas and surrounds.

The project is funded by the NSW Department of Planning and Environment under the NSW Koala Strategy.

Funds: $22,000

To provide funds for leasing two Variable Message Signs to caution drivers of a known koala crossing on the New England Highway adjacent to Uralla Golf Club, and to provide funds under a service agreement with Uralla Golf Club to undertake a maximum of four roadside slashing actions during this time. These actions are part of the 2022-2023 Koala Vehicle Strike Strategy, a sub project of the Northern Tablelands Koala Partnership project.

Funds: $50,000

The Project objective is to restore a minimum of 25 hectares of koala habitat on private land in the Northern Tablelands in 2022-23, using restoration activities approved under the NSW Koala Strategy. The funding will supplement the on-ground works funded under the 2022-23 Federal EES Koala Investment Project and the 2022-23 NSW DPE Koala strategy.

Funded by NSW Department of Planning and Environment.