5 miles from Cooma (not a western).
A large area of the Monaro (almost 2,000 sq miles), from Cooma to Jindabyne, NSW, has been devastated by "dieback". Mostly affected are the manna gums.
No one knows for sure the primary cause with many opinions ranging from a past drought causing the trees to weaken and becoming more prone to eucalyptus weevil, lack of seasonal ground cover burning, soil fungus or the trees just naturally dying off at the edge of their range.
5 miles from Cooma (not a western).
A large area of the Monaro (almost 2,000 sq miles), from Cooma to Jindabyne, NSW, has been devastated by "dieback". Mostly affected are the manna gums.
No one knows for sure the primary cause with many opinions ranging from a past drought causing the trees to weaken and becoming more prone to eucalyptus weevil, lack of seasonal ground cover burning, soil fungus or the trees just naturally dying off at the edge of their range.