The Bahrs Scrub Precinct is an area of approximately 800 hectares, mostly privately owned large holdings with some small lot housing estates, south of Beenleigh in South East Queensland, the fastest growing region in Australia. In order to accommodate unprecedented population growth of 2000 people per week, the State Government South East Queensland Regional Plan has mandated that the Logan City Council provide 28 Infill sites and 42 Greenfield sites for development. The Bahrs Scrub Precinct has been nominated as one of those Greenfield sites, and fast-tracked for development to accommodate 11,000 residents.

The Bahrs Scrub Precinct also happens to be a biodiversity hotspot. It is home to the last dry rainforest south of Brisbane, a unique type of forest that once covered the entire Albert and Pimpama River Valleys. In addition to potentially being home to rare and threatened plants, the BSP locale is also the location of at up to twelve  EVR flora species, some newly discovered and awaiting official classification. The fauna of the BSP and surrounds is also remarkable, hosting iconic, threatened species such as the platypus and the SEQ koala, which is now officially acknowledged to be under threat of local extinction. BSP locale  fauna also include very special birds, reptiles, mammals and insects thanks to its diverse regional ecosystems. The BSP is also a valuable riparian corridor for wildlife.

Besdes its biodiversity constraints, the BSP is also 70-80% steep slope, and is prone to flooding due to the numerous, important waterways of the area which is a major catchment area for the nearby Albert River. Scenic or social amenity is another constraint to BSP development since the area constitutes the last remnant of natural and very special landscape in the wider Yatala/Beenleigh/Waterford region, where urban and industrial development has devastated much of the Logan City Council natural heritage.

Bahrs Scrub values have been well known and widely doumented for at least thirty years; in the early eighties, the area was recommended in Qld Parliament as a National Park, but the recommendation was blocked by the National Party Government of the time.

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