TAMWORTH Regional Council will roll out an education campaign to help reduce “the fear factor associated with flying foxes” in the region.
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Councillors voted in favour of a strategy to coax towards the habitat on the western side of the Peel River away from the Tamworth CBD after an extensive consultation process.
Council will start developing and installing signage at flying-fox camp areas and a community education campaign to help reduce the fear factor associated with flying-foxes and carry out a survey of householders living adjacent to camps.
“Right now the Peel River camp is fairly inactive, but in the meantime it is important to get a action plan in place to ensure council is able to do what is needed to try and manage flying-foxes to make it easier for residents and the animals to co-exist,” council manager of regulatory services Ross Briggs said.
Cr Glenn Inglis moved an amendment at Tuesday night’s meeting to ensure the state government matches council’s funding implementing the management plan on a one-to-one basis.
Jacob McArthur
Jacob McArthur is opinions editor for The Canberra Times and Australian Community Media. As part of the Canberra Times' production team, he helps the people of Canberra and beyond get the stories they need, when they need them across a range of platforms, while helping maintain a high editorial standard. Before moving to Canberra in 2020, he started with Australian Community Media in 2015 as a journalist for The Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he kept a close eye on Tamworth Regional Council. Jacob was also the co-host of ACM's Water Pressure podcast where he and Jamieson Murphy took a deep dive on issues and key decisions arising during one of the region's worst droughts on record.
Jacob McArthur is opinions editor for The Canberra Times and Australian Community Media. As part of the Canberra Times' production team, he helps the people of Canberra and beyond get the stories they need, when they need them across a range of platforms, while helping maintain a high editorial standard. Before moving to Canberra in 2020, he started with Australian Community Media in 2015 as a journalist for The Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he kept a close eye on Tamworth Regional Council. Jacob was also the co-host of ACM's Water Pressure podcast where he and Jamieson Murphy took a deep dive on issues and key decisions arising during one of the region's worst droughts on record.
