The Clarence River is no longer considered the cane toad southern front line, with populations found as far south as Wooli and inland near Grafton, their migration helped by favourable conditions.
Fires and La Niña years have helped cane toad s accelerate their spread in northern New South Wales.State government surveys will redraw the map of the cane toad range, but will delay controls until the end of summer.When Rick Ensby spotted cane toad s on his Woodford Island property, he was quick to call the local Clarence Landcare group.
"We grow hay and we don't want getting wrapped up in our bales of hay and possibly transported elsewhere." "We could spend money now where control has been done in the past, but if it is 10 or 15 kilometres off the front line, then it's not really effective management of incursion."While cane toads have been spreading west at a rate of up to 60 kilometres a year in the tropical north of Australia, their spread south has generally been much slower.
Biosecurity Local Land Services NSW Clarence Landcare Clarence Valley Farmers Department Of Primary Industries Woodford Island Rick Ensby DPI Cane Toad Biosecurity Zone Dr Matthew Greenlees Cane Toad Map
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