The endangered Long-footed Potoroo was captured on film using movement sensing cameras to identify threatened wildlife. Where found, Long-footed Potoroos are to have 150 ha of their forest protected under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act. The magnificent stand of old growth Mountain Ash in the Yalmy River catchment is earmarked for clearfelling. It supports …
The Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (the Act) is the main Victorian legislation governing the conservation of threatened species and ecological communities and addresses the management of processes that threaten native flora and fauna. The Act applies to public and private land and establishes a listing process. Once an item is listed, there are …
The campaign video made in 2008 to bring attention to clearfell logging on Brown Mountain, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.
In August, a rare Spot-tailed Quoll was sighted at Eagle Point near the Mitchell River Silt Jetties. They were thought extinct in the East Gippsland Red Gum plains areas and along the coast. Most of these endangered large marsupial carnivores are now identified in the upper Snowy River area and occasionally in the tall wet …
After an Omeo farmer was nabbed in February 2008 for trapping kangaroos with a wire snare and leaving them to die, another farmer spoke to the media in defence of killing kangaroos. Evan Newcommen of Ensay said there needs to be a cull of Eastern Grey Kangaroos because they cause land problems. He said hundreds …
Sponsored and praised by logging unions and supporter groups like VAFI, Australia’s State of the Forests Report 2008 was launched at Bairnsdale’s Auswest sawmill in late May – a pertinent location. Intended to be ‘an essential reference for policy makers and the wider community,’ the five-yearly forest audit reads more like a marketing brochure pitching …
Out of the blue came an announcement at the end of June that three endangered species will gain some protection in Gippsland and the North East by 75,000 ha of reserves. Despite other enviro groups singing the government’s praises we were a little more careful (being hardened sceptics). When we looked into this we found …
This global list features some of Gippsland’s very own threatened mammals. The Zoological Society of London calls them EDGE species – Evolutionary Distinct and Globally Endangered mammals. Coming in at 28 is our Mountain Pygmy Possum – on the edge of its melting alpine habitat. Then there’s the Central Highland’s Leadbeater’s Possum at no. 54, …
The North-East Wild Dog Management Group says recent trials of aerial baiting show no evidence that it is effective and recommend that it be stopped. The Minister has agreed. This is great news. They also recommended more research on the effectiveness of 1080. It’s a shame that an unknown number of non-target species and endangered …
that the state has solved the problem of isolating populations of species like the endangered Leadbeaters Possum – by stringing up ropes across the fire breaks for them to cross on. For how many hundred kilometres? I hope the government will also be providing air raid shelters along those ropes so the little tackers can …
