BY ALICE PEART
The Hunter Yengo National Park has been airdropped a thousand kilos of carrots and sweet potatoes in an emergency state-wide response to feed the already endangered Brush-Tailed Rock-Wallaby.
The Yengo population has been effected by drought and fires, as have the other hundreds of species living in the habitat including koalas, glossy black-cockatoos, and squirrel gliders.
The Gosper Mountain Fire beginning in November spread to the Wollemi and Yengo National Parks early December and is still burning, although contained.
Local Area Coordinator for Hunter Wildlife Rescue, Judy Hopper described the area as a "moonscape".
"The fires have been heartbreakingly devastating, they have't left anything. It's all a palate of black and grey.
If you take a photograph of a forest and turn it into a black and white photograph and remove all the leaves you're starting to get some idea of what it's like", she said speaking to 2NURFM today.
Ms Hopper welcomed the food drop over the park but urged for a longer-term response, saying the habitat will not be self-sustaining for at least another six months.
The independent group is calling for community support in the form of volunteers to replenish feeding stations, donations and is in need of a shipping container to store their supplies for the next six months to keep animals alive until they can be safely returned to their habitat.
