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| | Friends of Chiltern Mt Pilot National Park |
 | | Today, 85% of the original forests and woodlands have been cleared, and most of the remaining fragments are being degraded by timber cutting, mining or overgrazing. |
 | | Chiltern is home to a unique assortment of birds, plants, mammals, reptiles and insects, many of which are threatened with extinction, including the Regent Honeyeater, Swift Parrot, Squirrel Glider, Bandy Bandy Snake, Barking Owl, Turquoise Parrot, Brush-tailed Phascogale (Tuan), Maroon Spider Orchid and Deane's Wattle. |
 | | The day takes the form of a hands-on park management activity in the morning, a short meeting during lunch, and a walk in the park in the afternoon; a chance to see and hear the bird life, examine the plants, insects and fungi and view the mammals that make the Park their home. |
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