Newcastle councillors have voted to support a proposal for Link Road Forest to become a national park amid continued concern about the Eden Estates development.

The Link Road Forest Campaign has launched a new push to have Link Road Forest protected as a national park.

Newcastle Weekly has covered strong community resistance to the proposed rezoning of Link Road Forest, where campaigners say important native habitat should be protected rather than cleared for development.

Community groups and councillors are continuing to raise concerns about the proposed rezoning of Link Road Forest, following NBN News coverage of the potential impacts on threatened species habitat and native bushland in Newcastle’s west.

A Newcastle Herald report on widespread land clearing across the Hunter highlights why the Eden Estates proposal should not proceed, with the project threatening more bushland and wildlife habitat connected to Link Road Forest at a time of accelerating biodiversity loss.