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20.01.2022 Dear Kookaburras, we hope you like your new home! BirdLife Australia’s East Gippsland Nest Box Project launches today! Over 1,000 nest boxes were delivered to G...unaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation (GLaWAC) near Lakes Entrance where they will soon be installed across 1,900 ha of fire-affected private property throughout East Gippsland. Hundreds of people from community groups, nursing homes, schools, men’s sheds and prisons have helped build the boxes, worth more than $100,000 in donated materials and time. Many included special messages of hope and love for the new owners like one student who wrote, Dear Kookaburras, we hope you like your new home. The Bushfire Nestbox Recovery Program is a feel good, hands-on, healing movement to help bushfire-affected communities and wildlife and has the potential to become one of the largest ever nest box projects in Australia. This is about love, hope and recovery, says Sam Monks, who has been coordinating the project on behalf of BirdLife Australia. Special thanks to all volunteers and major partners including Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Regional Landcare East Gippsland, Gunaikurnai Land Land & Waters Aboriginal Corp. (GLaWAC) and BugBlitz. In order: Laughing Kookaburra by Andrew Silcocks; nextboxes ready for delivery; some of the staff involved in the East Gippsland Nest Box Project

20.01.2022 NUMBAT NEWS The results from the annual November numbat drive are in - the survey has recorded an incredible 35 numbats! This is an exciting result for the en...dangered species and the highest number recorded in more than 26 years. In fact, last year only 10 individuals were spotted. Plus, a number of the marsupials were also spotted in areas where they have been absent for years. Collecting this valuable data takes around 4-5 days to complete. Together, three observers drive a 62km route throughout Dryandra Woodland six times The survey is carried out annually by the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, with the help of volunteers at the Numbat Task Force. Well done and thank you to all the volunteers who have dedicated their time to this important research. Numbats in Dryandra Woodland - Jacqui McGhie

20.01.2022 It’s not every day Australia gains a new marsupial species, let alone two. But it turns out the greater glider, which lives in forests along the Great Dividing ...Range, is not a single species it’s three. A team of Australian researchers analysed the genetic make-up of these possum-sized creatures and discovered profound DNA differences between populations. So, why does this matter? Once commonly found from northern Queensland all the way to southern Victoria, greater glider numbers are declining. At the moment, they’re listed as ‘vulnerable’. Australian National University’s Dr Kara Youngentob, who was part of the research team, said identifying and classifying species is essential for effective conservation management. The work was published in Scientific Reports. The photo shows the three species. Top left is Petauroides minor, bottom left is the central species P. armillatus and the one on the right is the southern species, P. volans. Credit: Denise McGregor and Kara Youngentob

19.01.2022 More evidence that we need to move beyond crap methods for monitoring koala populations (No pun intended ) - Chad Beranek https://www.instagram.com/berac...hester/ I have coauthored on a publication along with Dr. Ryan Witt @drrrwitt, Lachlan Howell, Shelby Ryan, As. Pro. John Clulow (all from The University of Newcastle, Australia), Dr. Neil Jordan (associated with Taronga Zoo Sydney and UNSW ), Bob Denholm and Dr. Adam Roff @adam_antly from Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, investigating how drone thermal surveys compare to spotlighting and the spot assessment technique (SAT). This was an interesting project to be involved in, as the intent was to compare the drone survey technique with commonly used techniques for koala population estimation. However, it was bizarre when we found many consultant reports to contain an adjusted version of the SAT (traditionally focused on counting koala poo) which now includes a 25 m radial search to count actual koalas (not just their poo). This extra add-on to the SAT has not been presented in the peer-reviewed literature and hence seems to have avoided scientific scrutiny. We have included it in the comparison of this latest publication and we found it to be an inaccurate method of estimating koala populations compared to drones and spotlighting. With the speed of increases in drone technology, it is likely that this method will be the future of koala monitoring Follow the links below to open access versions of the scientific article: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242204 https://www.researchgate.net//345973706_Real-time_drone_de Michael Weinhardt Photography @drrrwitt @tarongazoo @uni_newcastle @unswbees @unsw FAUNA Research Alliance #conservation #science #koala #mammals #ecology #cuteanimals #universityofnewcastle #tarongazoo #uon #unsw #research #environment #methods

19.01.2022 #PhDOpportunity #HDRdegree at the University of Sydney For more information go to the AWMS jobs board https://www.awms.org.au/Jobs-Board

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11.01.2022 Registrations for AWMS2020 conference are now open: www.awms.org.au/2020-conference. We'd like to thank our sponsors for this years conference support: www.atsaustralia.com www.hogeyecameras.com.au/... www.faunatech.com.au/ www.wildlifeacoustics.com www.wildlifefertilitycontrol.org www.helisurveys.com.au www.hollowloghomes.com www.holohil.com www.lotek.com www.microchips.com.au www.wildlifehealthaustralia.com.au See more

03.01.2022 Hi all We are looking to help out our friends over at ACT Wildlife in hopes to get them some much needed equipment. This is to help them look after local rept...iles that have come into their care. They are looking for donations of some of the following equipment/items, all to aid in husbandry for native turtles and lizards Vivariums- terreriums for lizards and WATER TIGHT and SEALED aquariums for turtles. Heat lamp hoods (including yellow basking globes and ceramic/purple/blue heat bulbs) Heat matts and heat pads Aquarium heaters Light hoods Fresh (non-used) UVB globes (5-14%) Thermostats Thermometers If you have any items listed here that you can donate, we assure you, they will be going to an amazing cause, to aid in the rehabilitation of native reptile. These donations can be made to the ACT Wildlife Centre at Jerrabomberra Wetlands If you wish, you can also make a $$$ donation using the link below https://actwildlife.net/donate/ Cheers, CSRR

03.01.2022 #PhDOpportunity at the University of Sydney For more information go to the AWMS jobs board https://www.awms.org.au/Jobs-Board It comes with full scholarship or top-up scholarship option!