'Invasive' wattle species used to rehabilitate Barraup Forest in Nannup

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Updated July 6 2021 - 4:49pm, first published 4:30pm
Barrabup Conservation Group are gobsmacked an invasive wattle was planted in a section of old growth forest being rehabilitated. Image supplied.
Barrabup Conservation Group are gobsmacked an invasive wattle was planted in a section of old growth forest being rehabilitated. Image supplied.

A section of Barrabup Forest near Nannup which is being rehabilitated after old growth was improperly cleared is now under threat from an "invasive" wattle which residents say has spread like wildfire.

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Emma Kirk

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Journalist for the Busselton Mail, Australian Community Media, and Fairfax Media.