Report a koala sighting
Reporting your koala sightings helps us better manage and conserve the species in the wild.
What is the program?
The NSW Government adopted the new Koala Strategy which aims to double the koala population by 2050 and has committed over $193 million in funding to meet this goal.
We have entered into a four-year regional partnership, the MidCoast Regional Koala Partnership, to provide more habitat for koalas, support local community action, improve koala safety and health, and build our knowledge to improve koala conservation.
Here's how you can help
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Plant koala feed trees
Click here for a list of trees you can plant on your property to support a koala safe space.
Slow down on tree-lined roads
Especially from dawn to dusk, during breeding season and where koala and wildlife warning signs appear
Here's how we are going to help:
- Conservation of priority koala habitat including corridors
- Creation of new koala habitat and corridors
- Restoration and linkage of koala habitats and corridors
- Elimination, reduction or management of priority threats to koalas
- Community empowerment, education and engagement
- Partnering with landholders to protect and restore koala habitat on private land
- Research to fill applied knowledge gaps, including – population dynamics, disease, genetic fitness and threat severity and management
- Vehicle strike mitigation
Vehicle strike mitigation
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Vehicle strike mitigation
We’re installing about 4km of virtual fencing along Bucketts Way, Tinonee to help protect koalas and other wildlife from vehicle strikes.
Virtual fencing uses light and sound to discourage wildlife from crossing the road when a vehicle is approaching. Posts are spaced every 25 metres on both sides of the road and activate in sequence when they detect headlights. The system operates from dusk to dawn.
Koala rehabilitation areas
More information
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MidCoast Koala Conservation Strategy
Read the strategy infomed by Safe Spaces dataThis is the guiding strategy for conserving and managing koalas and their habitat across the MidCoast region for the next five years.
MidCoast Regional Koala Partnership
Learn more about the partnershipFunding is being provided to the MidCoast and Port Stephens region for koala habitat restoration, vehicle strike mitigation and to develop koala habitat maps and koala monitoring.
NSW Koala Strategy
Learn how this project will target these threatsThe NSW Government has set an ambitious goal to double koalas in NSW by 2050, guided by a series of 5-year plans and investments under the NSW Koala Strategy.
Got a question?
Ask your questions about the project here and read what other's have asked.
We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we work and live, the Gathang-speaking people and pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who now reside in the MidCoast Council area. We extend our respect to elders past and present, and to all future cultural-knowledge holders.
Contact us
Email: haveyoursay@midcoast.nsw.gov.au
General enquiries - (02)7955 7777
Open Monday - Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm (excluding public holidays)
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