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Management of roost sites of the Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus on the north coast of NSW: a National Parks & Wildlife Service perspective

Martin Smith

NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service, PO Box J200 Coffs Harbour NSW 2450

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https://doi.org/10.7882/FS.2002.053

Published:

2002

In May 2001 the Grey-headed Flying-fox was listed on Schedule 2 of the Threatened Species Conservation (TSC) Act. The NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS) now has a regulatory role in the protection of the ‘camps’, or roosting colonies, of this species wherever they may occur in NSW. Camps can be locally contentious, particularly in the Coffs Harbour area where four camps are found adjoining urban areas.

The approach taken in this region in relation to the management of the camps has been pro-active and consultative. In essence there exist 5 main options for addressing community concern about Grey-headed Flying-fox camps. These options can be summarised as ‘do nothing’, ‘engage and discuss’, ‘modify habitat’, ‘attempt relocation’ or ‘cull’. By adopting the ‘engage and discuss’ approach public concern regarding the presence of this species in urban areas has been significantly alleviated. The adoption of this option then puts in place a sound foundation for information gathering and the development of site planning with appropriate community involvement.

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Managing the Grey-headed Flying-fox: As a Threatened Species in NSW

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7882/9780958608541

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978-0-9586085-4-1

Publication date:

2002

Anonymous, 1999 Bellingen Island Conservation Plan (draft). Supplied by Bellingen Shire Council.

Churchill, S. 1998 Australian Bats, Reed New Holland, Sydney, NSW.

Eby, P. 1995 The biology and management of flying foxes in NSW Species management report number 18 New South Wales National Parks & Wildlife Service, Sydney, NSW. 72pp.

Hall, L. and Richards, G. 2000 Flying Foxes; Fruit and Blossom Bats of Australia UNSW Press, Sydney, NSW.

Strahan, R. (ed.) 1995 The Mammals of Australia, Reed Books, Sydney.

Wilson, D. E. 1997 Bats in Question; the Smithsonian Answer Book, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.

Management of roost sites of the Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus on the north coast of NSW: a National Parks & Wildlife Service perspective

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