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A free, searchable public accountability map tracking where 1080 baiting operations are listed across NSW — kept public by the people who believe this information should be easy to find.
Why 1080 warnings matter
Sodium fluoroacetate, commonly known as 1080, is a lethal poison used across NSW parks, reserves, public lands and private landscapes to kill animals deemed ‘pests’. It is colourless, odourless and water-soluble, and can place native animals, companion animals and other non-target species at risk.
Odourless.
Lethal.
That is why public warning information should be easy to find before people enter affected areas, visit parks, walk dogs, respond to wildlife or rely on government alerts.
Check your area
Public 1080 baiting alerts are scattered across agency pages, park notices and operator updates. We turn them into a searchable monthly map so you can check what is publicly listed near you.
Use the map below to search by place, view nearby operations, download the July snapshot, and email the relevant office or program contact with prefilled accountability questions about animal protection, monitoring, evidence and transparency.
This map is free because this information should be public. Keeping it updated, auditing the gap between chemical controls and public disclosure and challenging disclosure gaps still takes research, data cleaning and technical work. Choose what this public-interest work is worth to you.
Choose your contribution →From local search to direct action
Search your suburb or park
Look up a place name, reserve, region or listed site.
Use Near me
See nearby plotted operations and switch to a distance-sorted list.
Email the contact
Send prefilled questions to the relevant office or program contact.
Share the brief
Download the monthly snapshot for supporters, MPs, media or local groups.
Safety note: do not enter baiting areas or approach bait material. Always check live source alerts, local signage and official advice before entering any area.
1080 Baiting Map
1080 poison baiting operations are publicly listed across NSW parks, reserves, public lands and private landscapes, with serious risks for native wildlife and companion animals.
July 2026 1080 baiting snapshot
The July snapshot shows publicly listed 1080 operations across NSW and turns scattered baiting alerts into a clearer monthly accountability tool.
Publicly listed 1080 operations appeared in the July snapshot across 163 distinct sites.
July had 69 fewer operations and 37 fewer sites than the June 2026 snapshot.
Five sites were newly listed, while 42 sites listed in June no longer appeared in July.
Five sites had more than one operation listed, now grouped by site while preserving each operation underneath.
Use the map controls below to search by place, view nearby operations, and email the responsible office or program contact.
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The summary will update when you change month.
Download the July 2026 snapshot as a shareable campaign PDF.
Monthly updates take research, data cleaning, source checking and technical maintenance. Help keep this public accountability tool alive.
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NSW-only dataset. Data primarily sourced from NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service public alerts. Private land and other operator sites included where publicly available. Equivalent baiting program data is not publicly disclosed by other states in a comparable format.
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After you send your email, please consider supporting the research, source checking, monthly updates and technical work that keep the 1080 Watch Map free for everyone.
Why NSW only?
The 1080 Watch Map is built from publicly available baiting alerts. NSW currently publishes enough site-level information to make a searchable monthly map possible. Other states and territories may publish park alerts, booking warnings, closure notices or local signage, but not always with the same detail, consistency, history or searchability.
No pin does not mean no poison.
If an area, state or territory is not shown on this map, that may indicate a public data gap — not the absence of 1080 use. The map shows what the public can see, and the next phase of this campaign is to expose where governments are still failing to publish clear, searchable warnings.
We look for agency alerts, closure notices, public warnings, source links and other published baiting information.
We assess whether the notice includes enough information: site, date, method, target species, operator and contact details.
Where enough detail exists, it can be mapped. Where detail is missing, the absence itself becomes part of the transparency campaign.
Minimum notice is not meaningful transparency
Minimum notification is not enough. A sign may tell someone that 1080 baits have been laid, but it does not give the public a searchable record of where baiting is occurring, how long risk may persist, what method is being used, which animals are being targeted, what monitoring is occurring, or whether non-target animals have been harmed.
That is why this map matters. It helps turn temporary notices, scattered agency alerts and hard-to-find public information into a clearer record of where 1080 baiting is visible to the public.
Official alerts can still be wrong
Official alerts are necessary, but they are not always enough. Coalition correspondence with NPWS has identified incorrect dates, vague or missing target-species information, inconsistent alert categories, and alerts corrected only after external scrutiny.
The 1080 Watch Map helps archive, compare and scrutinise public warning information that would otherwise remain scattered across individual park pages.
When warning rules fail, communities are left exposed
Minimum warning rules mean little if they are not enforced. Our EPA accountability work began with the Worrigee signage case and expanded into a broader investigation of how the NSW EPA enforces the 1080 Pesticide Control Order. Temporary signs are not enough when warning failures can go unresolved.
What the national audit is starting to show.
Status summaries are based on public systems, agency correspondence, source review and ongoing audit work. They will be refined before a formal scorecard is published.
Enough site-level public alert information is available to produce the current monthly 1080 Watch Map.
Map-readyA park alert system exists across multiple channels, including park pages and feeds, but lethal-control detail still needs structured audit.
Partial / auditLandscape-scale lethal pest control may be listed through the central Alerts system, while smaller programs are assessed case by case.
PartialAlerts may identify “Pest/Animal Control,” but target species and control techniques may not be visible to the public.
Detail gapPark status, warning banners and booking notifications exist, but integration of lethal wildlife control warnings remains unclear.
Under auditPrevious correspondence indicates online 1080/PAPP notification is not required under current practice — a regulatory transparency gap.
Gap identifiedDBCA publishes Western Shield location names, but the disclosure is not equivalent to NSW alerts: no coordinates, dates, baiting windows, site-level links or detailed metadata are provided in the July dataset.
Location names onlyThe next fight is a national public warning standard.
We are developing a state-by-state transparency scorecard and public warning standard so every government can be assessed against the same basic question: can communities easily find where 1080 and PAPP baiting is publicly listed, whether locations are precise or approximate, what method is being used, which animals are being targeted, and who is responsible?
Keep the 1080 Watch Map Public
The map is free to use because this information should be public. Governments do not provide a single, searchable national register of 1080 baiting operations — so we are building one.
Every month, we collect public baiting alerts, check source links, clean the data, update the interactive map, publish a monthly snapshot and help supporters ask responsible offices what protections are in place for animals. Expanding this nationally and challenging disclosure gaps takes careful, ongoing work.
Seen a 1080 sign, notice or alert?
If you have seen 1080 signage, a public notice, a local baiting alert, a source link, or evidence of baiting in your area, send it to us. Public reports help us identify missing notices, verify local information, and strengthen the monthly map archive.
Your report helps us compare what is happening locally with what is publicly listed, identify transparency gaps, and hold responsible agencies and operators accountable.
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