A word from the Sustainable Agriculture Facilitator (September 2025)
Here at Riverina Local Land Services, we’re passionate about the wellbeing of our natural ecosystem and recognise the responsibility we have to protect the environment and biodiversity.
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Tree hollows and fallen logs provide important homes for Australian wildlife, but they’re disappearing at an alarming rate.
- Trees provide critical habitat for native wildlife to forage, shelter, roost and nest. Hollow bearing trees are particularly important, as many species use hollows on a daily and seasonal basis to nest and raise their young.
- Across NSW, at least 174 animal species are hollow-dependent. 40 of these are listed as threatened, and the availability of trees, particularly large hollow-bearing trees, across the landscape is key to their on-going survival.
- Tree hollows take hundreds of years to form but are quickly disappearing from our landscape, and they’re not easily replaced. But the good news is, we have an opportunity to do something about it.
Let’s work together to protect the homes of the wildlife we love:
- Retain and protect all trees with hollows, even dead ones
- Allow for the regeneration and re-growth of native vegetation
- Leave fallen logs and debris on the ground
- Educate yourself, neighbours and your community about the importance of tree hollows as homes.
Find out more at www.environment.nsw.gov.au/hollows-homes.
This article was written by Jade Auldist. Jade is the Sustainable Agriculture Facilitator for the Riverina region. Her role supports farmers, industry and community groups (including Landcare Groups) to adopt new and innovative sustainable agriculture practices.
For further information on this article, please contact Jade at jade.auldist@lls.nsw.gov.au.
