Timber harvesting has ceased near where an endangered coastal emu nest was discovered in a state forest near Grafton on the NSW North Coast. The Forestry Corporation of NSW had initially found nine eggs in the nest, but the state’s environment department confirmed that its Saving our Species (SoS) team later found another egg had been laid. SoS collected and transferred seven of the 10 eggs to an incubator, where two have hatched so far. …Coastal emus are endangered, with fewer than 50 believed to remain in the wild. Forestry Corporation senior ecologist Chris Slade said they voluntarily ceased timber harvesting in the state forest on Tuesday afternoon this week. …Retired ecologist Dr Greg Clancy, who has had an interest in coastal emus for decades, said he was excited by the recent find. However, he said with so few nests discovered it had been difficult to monitor the species, with several factors impacting their chances of survival.