A specialist team of remote area firefighters have helped to save the prehistoric Wollemi Pines from this season’s bushfires, confirmed Environment Minister Matt Kean.

Mr Kean said the Wollemi Pines survived the dinosaurs and now they look like they’ll survive these bushfires thanks to the work of the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) firefighters and the NSW Rural Fire Service.

Read more on the NSW Department of Industry, Planning and Environment website:

https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/news/fire-fighting-mission-saves-prehistoric-pines