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NRM staff hit the ground to restore rare rainforest remnant

Planting trees to restore 40 Mile Scrub National Park
A person looking up at the camera, kneeling beside a freshly planted seedling.

Gulf Savannah NRM staff worked with Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service and volunteers from Trees for Evelyn and Atherton Tablelands (TREAT) to plant about 650 native trees in the 40 Mile Scrub National Park during May.

Devastated by bushfire in 2019, the park is one of the few inland dry rainforest remnants in North Queensland— with permanent residents including the scarlet-sided pobblebonk frog, rainbow skinks, and the world’s largest cockroach.

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Published: 3 August 2025
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