WHAT started as a query into the possibility to collect firewood from Yanga National Park near Balranald has turned into a fight by locals and the formation of action group Yabba for Yanga to be able to work and preserve the 1,932 hectare reserve.

Formerly an important pastoral station, Yanga station was purchased by the NSW Government in 2005 for the creation of a national park, and officially became a one in 2007.