In 2017, a couple moved to a remote outback station in New South Wales, fenced off 4,000 hectares and cleared it of rabbits, cats, foxes; 10 years later, bilbies, bandicoots, bettongs, gone for over 100 years, are back and breeding
- What began as an ambitious conservation experiment in one of Australia's most isolated landscapes has grown into a remarkable wildlife recovery effort.
- Nearly a decade after moving to a remote station in north-western New South Wales, ecologists Rebecca West and Reece Pedler are witnessing the return of native mammals that had disappeared from the region for morqe than a century.
- According to a September 2026 report by ABC Landline journalist Bill Ormonde, alongside updates from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the NSW Government, the couple's work through the Wild Deserts project
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- What began as an ambitious conservation experiment in one of Australia's most isolated landscapes has grown into a remarkable wildlife recovery effort.
- Nearly a decade after moving to a remote station in north-western New South Wales, ecologists Rebecca West and Reece Pedler are witnessing the return of native mammals that had disappeared from the region for morqe than a century.
- According to a September 2026 report by ABC Landline journalist Bill Ormonde, alongside updates from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the NSW Government, the couple's work through the Wild Deserts project
Sources: Times of India