BAT ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE

The New South Wales Government is set to make $1 million available to local councils to fight bat infestations.

The north west has had a problem with the pests in the last three years, after 80,000 took up residence along Tamwoth’s Peel River in 2015, and caused regular power outages.

While in Inverell, a camp stripped 150-year-old trees of vegetation.

The state will provide one dollar for every two dollars Councils spend on managing the problem.

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