Further funding for Yaegl Country biodiversity hotspot

North Coast Local Land Services is working with key project partners to protect the natural and cultural values of a biodiversity hotspot on Yaegl Country.

Now in its third year, the project is funded through Catchment Action NSW and centres around Pillar Valley on the North Coast of NSW. Our staff collaborate with the Yaegl Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation, Clarence Environment Centre and Yuraygir Landcare to carry on work started in 2013 by the Nature Conservation Council.

The Upper Coldstream area is part of the largest coastal wildlife corridor on the North Coast. It provides the connectivity and landscape diversity required by several iconic species including the coastal emu. The area is home to some of the most diverse eucalypt forests and forested wetlands in the world and supports an exceptionally high diversity of native plants with over 1030 species recorded so far and over 110 threatened species.