Saving the Greater Glider project is a grassroots community education and habitat protection/restoration and enhancement project aimed at assisting the recovery of the species in the Upper Burnett region.
Greater Glider populations have decreased by 80% over the last 20 years and the quality of remaining private forestry habitats are now more important than ever.
Through a series of workshops, the installation of living hollows & nesting-boxes, habitation monitoring & the development + distribution of educational-resources this project will assist the long-term recovery of Greater Gliders within the Upper Burnett catchment.
Activities to improve knowledge, capacity & capability of the community include:
• Installation of living/carved hollows + natural timber nesting boxes
• Den Habitation Monitoring (wildlife cameras, thermal imaging + spotlighting)
• Development & sourcing of regionally relevant educational resources (incl. ecology, habitat, nesting-box design & installation)
• Workshops (incl. educational resource topics listed above + natural capital, environmental accounting, conservation co-benefits to agriculture, agri-ecology & biodiversity topics).
• Landholder & community education campaigns
More information about the project and associated resources can be found here: https://betterburnett.com/saving-the-greater-glider/
To get involved or report a sighting, contact Burnett Catchment Care Association on:
misty@betterburnett.com
07 4166 3898
www.betterburnett.com
With large expanses of open eucalypt forests and no-one formally or purposefully looking for koalas in the Burnett region since the statewide man hunts ended in the 1920's, gathering information of where they are was always going to be challenging.
WE NEED CITIZEN SCIENTISTS (the Sherlock Holmes of community). And lots of them!
The program is designed to engage individuals and entire communities, geographically isolated from each other across an area of approximately 43,450km², nearly 2/3 the size of Tasmania (68,401 km²) and 25% larger than the South-East corner of Queensland (35,248km²), to tell us if they had seen a koala. And if so, when, where and if possible capture a photo for the permanent record.
Although the project targeted the Burnett catchment it more broadly covered the entire area serviced by the Burnett Catchment Care Association (BCCA), which includes the drainage basins of the Burnett, Baffle, Boyne, Burrum and Kolan river catchments.
Results from 2022 - 2023 are sumarised here: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFLnNZHhuk/LOaRiK_PbBHvnEadLCe5DQ/view?utm_content=DAFLnNZHhuk&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishsharelink
The first of five (5) 'Priority Action Areas' - Develop a baseline dataset of koala population dynamics and health for the Inland Burnett via DNA testing of scats, non-invasively collected by the community (described on page 23) is now being delivered by extending on previous citizen science engagement and activities. More information can be found here: https://betterburnett.com/burnett-koala-program-establishing-baseline-data-for-koala-populations/
If you are interested in getting involved in the Burnett Koala Program please contact Burnett Catchment Care Association at:
misty@betterburnett.com
07 4166 3898
www.betterburnett.com
