SHIFT WORK: Tamworth Regional Council will consider a plan to move flying-foxes camps across the Peel River. Photo: Gareth Gardner 150515GGD03
THE NSW government has gone into bat for Tamworth Regional Council (TRC) with a $50,000 grant to help manage flying-foxes along the Peel River.
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Tamworth MP Kevin Anderson said the grant would enable TRC to consider offering subsidies on products such as car, pool or washing line covers and cleaning services. TRC will consider a draft plan at its next meeting looking at encouraging the flying-foxes to camp on the western side of the Peel River.
“It is believed that by encouraging the flying foxes into the camp opposite Bicentennial Park, they will be protected by the water on both sides of the camps and should be more settled,” regulatory services manager Ross Briggs said.
