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Understorey vegetation clearing carried out last month may have moved flying foxes out of Blackbutt’s Taromeo Creek, but all it did was shift the problem to residents living a few blocks away (Photo: Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Natural Resources Management portfolio chair Cr Scott Henschen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

October 13, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hopes that clearing bushland along a stretch of Taromeo Creek would put an end to Blackbutt’s flying fox plague have been dashed.<\/p>\n

Last month, South Burnett council workers removed 38 truckloads of vegetation from around Taromeo Creek in a bid to discourage Little Red flying foxes from roosting in the area.<\/p>\n

At Wednesday’s Standing Committee meeting, Natural Resources Management portfolio chair Cr Scott Henschen said that after the creek clean-up ended, Council received reports of extra vegetation clearing by residents.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But it seems that rather than persuading the flying foxes to leave town, clearing had simply prompted the colony to move a few blocks away to Sutton Street.<\/p>\n

Worse, it appeared the density of flying foxes has now increased.<\/p>\n

Cr Henschen said Council staff were now working with Department of Environment and Science to provide information to residents, businesses and parents of day-care children in the Sutton Street area about how to live safely with the animals.<\/p>\n

Council are also assisting compliance officers with their investigation of recent clearing activities.<\/p>\n

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