Australian farmers plant one million native trees to connect koala corridors
A grassroots coalition of two hundred family cattle farmers across New South Wales planted their one-millionth native eucalyptus tree, successfully completing a fifty-mile continuous wildlife corridor connecting two national parks.
Fragmented agricultural land previously isolated vulnerable wildlife populations, leaving native koalas, wallabies, and sugar gliders susceptible to dog attacks and vehicular strikes on rural roads. Working through Landcare Australia, farming families voluntarily fenced off creek banks, gully erosion zones, and steep hillsides to plant climate-hardy native saplings grown from local seeds.
In October 2026, wildlife cameras deployed along the corridor captured footage of three koala mothers carrying healthy joeys across the newly connected forest canopy. "Working hand-in-hand with farm families shows that productive agriculture and thriving native wildlife can flourish on the very same land," the regional Landcare coordinator said. The trees also stabilized crumbling riverbanks and improved pasture shade for livestock.
Landcare groups are now planning to expand the corridor southward, linking an additional twenty thousand hectares of private conservation acreage to coastal state forests.
Endangered koalas and native marsupials safely traverse fifty miles of newly connected forest habitat protected by cooperative farm families.
Source: Landcare Farmers Plant 1,000,000 Native Trees for Koala Corridor (Landcare Australia / ABC News Good News).
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