North Queensland Register
Close to 300km of old barbed wire fencing within the Diamantina National Park has been removed to protect native animals, including the rare night parrot.
Queensland’s Environment Minister Meaghan Scanlon said rangers and conservation groups have been able to progressively de-fence the former cattle station because it posed a threat to low-flying birds, gliders and bats.
The fencing was installed by graziers to manage livestock before the park in the state’s Channel Country was purchased by the government in 1992.
“It’s been close to 30 years since the land was transformed into a 507,000 hectare national park, and in that time we’ve seen many resident and migratory bird species return to the local wetlands, which act as a haven in an otherwise arid region,” Minister Scanlon said.
