Lake Macquarie City Council is set to roll out surveys over the next 18 months to help identify koala populations throughout the local government area.
Manager Environmental Systems Brendan Callander said that to conserve and protect koalas in Lake Macquarie, more information was required about their population, habitat use, distribution and barriers to movement.
Surveys will likely initially use detection dogs to establish the presence of koalas in koala habitat areas.
