Bye bye to gliders and potoroos? Concerns urban growth could lead to local extinctions

A leading Scenic Rim environmental advocate has added her concerns to a plan to build 11,000 new houses in the Scenic Rim over the next two decades. Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland Scenic Rim Branch chair Ronda Green said that urban growth could lead to localised extinctions of a range of native species. “Squirrel Gliders, […]

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