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The City of Busselton Council have agreed to introduce a dog ban at Barnard Park East at its council meeting last week. The area, where the ban is set to take place, is bounded by Ford Road, Geographe Bay Road, Marine Terrace and Georgette Street. City officers found the area provided habitat for the critically endangered western ringtail possums, and potentially the southern brown bandicoot. Last financial year, funds were made available to fence the area to keep dogs out after it was identified as a regional conservation Park in the Busselton Foreshore Master Plan. Dogs were permitted on the grassed areas of Barnard Park East and could be exercised off leash.

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