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Joanna Beard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a crisp, June morning on the outskirts of Gisborne. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stolen glances of Mount Macedon and the comforting smell of woodsmoke are among the wintry delights here. But there\u2019s something that distracts from the beauty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s the dead animals splayed along the roadside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two eastern grey kangaroos, one ringtail possum, one crimson rosella and one magpie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a body on almost every road. Twisted and flattened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This isn\u2019t an unusual sight. The shire has the highest rate of animal road strike in Victoria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rates of animal rescue in the Macedon Ranges are 200 per cent higher than the second highest shire in the state, according to Macedon Ranges Shire Council\u2019s 2024 Reducing the Wildlife Road Toll Community Forum<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Animal Justice Party MP for Northern Victoria, Georgie Purcell, says she sees the carnage every day during her commute to her Woodend office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI can\u2019t tell you how many times I\u2019ve stopped on Black Forest Road myself to do a pouch check,\u201d Ms Purcell says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s absolutely traumatic and confronting. Particularly in spring, you\u2019ll see a deceased or injured native animal every couple of hundred metres.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms Purcell is currently chairing a parliamentary inquiry into wildlife roadstrike in Victoria. She says the inquiry will investigate whether planning legislation adequately protects native animals. It will also look at the contributions of wildlife carers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn my opinion, what [wildlife carers] do is essentially an emergency service but it\u2019s not recognised as such, like the CFA or the SES,\u201d Ms Purcell says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of these carers is Lynda Pope, president of the Macedon Ranges Wildlife Network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She says wildlife carers, most of whom are volunteers, spend \u201chuge amounts\u201d of personal funds on animal rescue and rehabilitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re using your money and your time to try and support the wildlife, you don\u2019t get a lot of appreciation or recognition for doing that. We do it because to our mind, it\u2019s necessary to help these animals,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms Pope believes increased housing developments could be a cause of the high levels of animal road trauma in the shire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe animals get pushed out of the area being developed. There\u2019s nowhere for them to go but on the roads. They get hit by cars, and wildlife people then need to come along and help,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ian Slattery, a wildlife rescuer from central Victoria, says while the recent drought is pushing animals like kangaroos onto our roads, habitat destruction is still the \u201cmajor factor\u201d behind animal roadstrike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe recent lack of rain is creating more roadkill, as kangaroos have lost their food source, so are coming closer to the roads to find food and water,\u201d Mr Slattery says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut habitat destruction, through things like housing developments, is what\u2019s causing the increase in roadstrikes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSome people think kangaroos have had a population explosion, but this is an absolute myth. It\u2019s just that we\u2019re seeing more of them close to our towns and houses because we\u2019re destroying their habitat elsewhere,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement, Dominic Testoni, director of assets and operations at Macedon Ranges Shire Council, accepts there\u2019s a connection between increased developments and wildlife road strikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe acknowledge the link between development, increased traffic, and wildlife trauma, and we are working to address this through both planning controls and road safety initiatives,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re involved in several initiatives specifically focused on reducing wildlife trauma on roads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCouncil believes developers also have a role to play in mitigating these impacts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked about the link between housing developments and roadkill, a spokesperson from Willow, a housing estate in Gisborne, says \u201copen space and ecological integration\u201d is a priority in their design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWillow\u2019s masterplan respects the site\u2019s natural features, promoting this through a series of walking and cycling paths, parklands, wetlands, and green spaces.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWillow has been planned and designed in line with Macedon Ranges guidelines and planning frameworks that inform development.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Development is a contentious issue in the Macedon Ranges. But despite varying opinions about it, it\u2019s an undoubtable reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A recently updated state government target proposes 13,200 new houses are to be built in the Macedon Ranges by 2051. Councils have been told they\u2019ll be penalised and stripped of planning powers if they fail to comply with the targets set for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Macedon Ranges Shire Council projects that between the years of 2021 and 2046, the shire\u2019s total population will increase by 23,723 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So how do we balance the needs of our growing population with the needs of our local wildlife?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research fellow and urban ecologist from RMIT, Jacinta Humphrey, says there are many solutions available to councils and developers, but they need to be budgeted in at the beginning of a project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor possums and sugar gliders, there are rope bridges you can put up above the road. For ground dwelling animals, you can put in underpasses to divert them away from traffic,\u201d Ms Humphrey says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese solutions can be expensive, but it\u2019s definitely possible if [councils and developers] build in these costs from the get go,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our region faces a balancing act between expansion and conservation. So if the Macedon Ranges is at the forefront of the problem of animal roadstrike, could we also be at the forefront of the solution?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Go to @jojottings on Substack if you’d like to read the extended article.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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