Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary

June 2017: AWC has started work establishing the largest feral cat-free area on mainland Australia.

The Newhaven project will be the first project in Australia’s history to deliver a significant increase in the population of more than 10 nationally threatened mammal species including the Bilby, the Numbat and the Mala.

Stage 1 of the project involves building 45 kilometres of conservation fencing to create a feral-free area of 9,450 hectares, protecting a diversity of habitats, such as a rugged quartzite range (home to a remnant population of endangered rock-wallabies), vast spinifex plains (with ghost gums) and red sand dunes (with desert oak).

A suite of regionally extinct mammals will be reintroduced into this vast cat-free area.

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