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7 March 2025
Positive signs for long-footed potoroo monitoring project

THE 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires had a devastating impact on one of Victoria’s endangered native species – the long-footed potoroo.

The fires burnt 1.39 million hectares of forests and parks in Victoria, impacting nearly 80 per cent of the long-footed potoroo’s known habitat.

Five years on, a remote camera monitoring program has confirmed that the elusive marsupial is recovering.

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