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23.01.2022 Sky-rocketing plastic production + industry churning out single-use plastic and packaging = the creation of a massive waste and pollution crisis! We have sa...dly seen the increasing effects of plastic pollution on marine life and in just a few years our clean-ups have removed over 3 million pieces of trash. This environmental problem facing our coastlines and oceans is only going to get worse - without swift ACTION! Australia needs a nationwide ban on single-use plastics and packaging, and we need your help to #StemTheTide. Next Monday the Australian Senate will vote on the Recycling and Waste Reduction Bill 2020 this legislation will not address the increasing effects of plastic on our oceans and must be amended! Join with us TODAY and contact your local Senator: https://bit.ly/3mwtwvT Defend...Conserve...Protect #ForTheOcean #seashepherd #EveryPieceCounts #singleuseplasticfree #pollution #BanSingleUsePlastic #Australia #Plastic #australianpolitics #savetheplanet #seashepherdtoowoomba #oceanhome #fortheoceans

22.01.2022 This image might not look like much but it's very exciting for our Yellow-bellied Glider project! This is a textbook feeding mark of a Y-B Glider who will use t...heir teeth to bite through the bark and drink the sweet sap oozing out. This is one of the main reasons these gliders are so hyperactive at night.... and they are so hard to find! We had the pleasure of visiting a beautiful property yesterday and the landholders have this Yellow-bellied Glider feeding site at the front of their property. We are so fortunate that they're kind enough to allow us to install some acoustic monitors so we can start investigating this newly discovered South East Queensland population of Yellow-bellied Gliders!We will keep everyone up to day with our progress! If you have ever seen strange cuts/bite marks on trees like the image attached - please feel free to comment/message or email us at [email protected] Feedmark image taken by Josh Bowell Yellow-bellied Glider feeding taken by Todd (@todds_wildlife)

22.01.2022 Thursday 12th. November 2020 - On Tuesday morning we had the pleasure of the company of Janet and John from "Birds Queensland". They were visiting Yarraman and... its hinterland, to reconnoitre possible good bird watching sites for their early December "Birds Queensland" Camp Out. While staying at our excellent Yarraman Caravan Park, Janet and John saw the magnificent Regent Bowerbirds, which were also in our garden for close up viewing while we shared morning tea. We look forward to showing 40 "Birds Queensland" members "The Friends of the Yarraman Creek" Inc. riparian restoration project and hope that our 'feathered friends' appear in force during the weekend of the 4th to the 7th December 2020. "Birds Queensland" are always most welcome in Yarraman. See more

22.01.2022 Endangered bilby numbers bouncing back It wasn't just regional Queenslanders getting busy during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Native bilbies ha...ve been getting loved up in their underground burrows in Queensland's south-west, with conservationists recording a furry baby boom. MORE: https://ab.co/3yKugEG The Save the Bilby Fund has estimated bilby numbers to be about 150 inside the 25 square kilometre predator exclusion fencing in the Currawinya National Park. That was five times what the population was two years ago. "It's almost like a bilby hydroponic project we've got down here at the moment," CEO of Save the Bilby Fund Kevin Bradley said. "There are fourth generation wild-born bilbies in there now, it means they've had two or three litters each," Mr Bradley said. It seemed the native marsupials, with their huge ears and pointy snouts, were living up to their reputations as rapid breeders. "They've got one of the shortest pregnancies of any mammal on earth at 14 days," Mr Bradley said. "They exit the pouch at three months and are sexually mature around six to eight months of age." : Save the Bilby Fund

21.01.2022 Thursday 5th. November 2020 - Yesterday, Wednesday 4th. November 2020 we welcomed a new member to The Friends of the Yarraman Creek Inc. Michael is a local, h...as worked in Forestry from a Forestry family and he has OH&S qualifications, he is younger than us all and will be a significant asset to our group. Scott, Tony and Michael spent the morning planting out 50 tough plants on the steep slope of "Stage 6". This will be an experimental planting, as cattle access this area and during hard times may eat these plants. Kay, Val, Della and I planted 23 of the TRC donated plants on "The Tight Little Triangle" and "Della's Delight". This area is tough, having loads of gravel dumped over the bank following the erosion caused by the 2011 flood event. Our previous plantings suffered during the years of drought. We have chosen pretty low growing shrubs, Dianella's and Lomandra. These plants will enhance this very public site and surround our new TRC Partnership sign. It was a really beautiful morning to be out working with and for the natural environment of the Yarraman Creek. We trust that we will receive more gentle rain and a few good downpours to refresh the creek and replenish the aquifers. See more

18.01.2022 Land for Wildlife is B.A.C.K. After a hiatus of several years, #toowoombaregion will join most of our neighbouring locals councils to re-introduce this program ...in the new financial year. Let me tell you why this program is amazing. It works with existing private landholders to - help with weed detection and prevention - educate on local ecosystems and tree planting - promote ways to help native animals thrive on your land - longer term it will look to start mapping our involved properties and wildlife corridors and this is a TREMENDOUS OUTCOME! It will be funded with other initiatives through your rates under the existing Natural Resource Management (NRM) levy. After meeting with local groups like Friends of Land for Wildlife Toowoomba back on the election campaign, it has been great to bring this program into Council’s environmental initiatives. Look for more of these signs popping up on private land across our Region. Land for Wildlife South East Queensland Land for Wildlife Western AustraliaLand For Wildlife Top End Land for Wildlife Central Australia Toowoomba World Environment Day Darling Downs Environment Council The Friends of Yarraman Creek Friends of the Escarpment Parks Toowoomba Toowoomba Bird Observers

13.01.2022 Updates on Save the Bilby Fund and their newest plans at the Charleville Centre.

13.01.2022 Two new Greater Glider species? What’s the deal with that?! Over the past few days, you would have seen a bunch of articles about two newly discovered Greater G...lider species, the Central Greater Glider and Northern Greater Glider (both of which only occur in Queensland). We have seen a bit of misinformation being shared around, such as claims that this is the first time these animals have been seen and photographed etc. So we thought we would try to clear a few things up. These species have been known for a long time, they were just previously listed as subspecies of the Greater Glider (Petuaroides volans). For example, the Northern Greater Glider was known as Petauroides volans minor and is now Petauroides minor. This split has certainly been talked about for some time. For those who are keen mammal watchers, many of us have accepted them at a species level for the past 5 years as listed by Jackson and Groves (2015). However, apart from some scientists and keen mammal enthusiasts, this was never widely known or accepted as there was a lack of evidence to support this elevation to a species level. A recent paper from McGregor et al. (2020) now provides us with this evidence with both genetic and morphological data to support that these are three distinct species as Jackson and Groves have claimed. What does this all mean and why is this important? Well, what was once considered one species with a large distribution is now recognised as three distinct species which may mean that the conservation status of these species needs revising. Understanding the distribution, abundance, and requirements of these three species will help better inform planners, land managers, and state and federal government departments enabling more effective management and conservation outcomes for these three species of Greater Glider. We have been fortunate enough to see all three species, Southern Greater Glider (Petauroides volans), Central Greater Glider (P. armillatus), and the Northern Greater Glider (P. minor) which are pictured and labelled. If you want to read the paper it is available to anyone at the below link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-76364-z

11.01.2022 A common identification mistake for the Crested Pigeon and the Topknot Pigeon, we found this particularly during the recent backyard bird count. It's a common error as the old-fashioned slang name for the Crested Pigeon was "topknot". We have seen Topknot Piegeons at Ravensbourne before, near the national park, however they aren't really found in open areas like the Crested are. A great little FYI.

08.01.2022 The Darling Downs Environment Council will host the Save Redwood information tent will be at Cobb&Co Markets from 7-12 on Saturday June 5. Come along and pick u...p a copy of our new sticker. Our fundraiser with 'Chuffed' https://www.chuffed.org/project/save-redwood will be launched as part of our facebook live coverage. Image: Powerful Owl.

05.01.2022 World Parrot Day is held annually on May 31st. It is a opportunity to celebrate these beautiful birds. There are several threats to the population and wellbeing... of parrots including habitat loss, climate change, and wildlife trade. Many parrot species are in decline and we can help to support them by planting trees, donating to the conservation projects and discouraging friends and family from keeping all wild birds. Red-rumped Parrot photographed at Lake Coolmunda.

01.01.2022 Swift parrots (Lathamus discolor) have made a return to Queensland. 10 birds were seen in Durikai State forest west of Warwick feeding in flowering ironbark. T...hese beautiful parrots are very rare with numbers estimated at 1000 breeding pairs. They breed in Tasmania only and disperse to the mainland in the winter months in the Eastern states. They are the furtherest traveling parrot species in the world with individuals covering 2000 kilometers a year. They live in woodland and feed on flowering eucalypts, fruit and small insects. Large numbers of Swift parrots were observed by the famous ornithologist John Gould in Hobart in the early 1800s with birds filling local gardens and forests around the city. But the numbers crashed when both summer and winter habitats started to be cleared. 70 percent of their breeding blue gum forests are gone in Tasmania including 97 percent of Swamp gum habitat. 80 percent of Victorian box-iron bark forest is gone and the situation is similar in NSW and QLD. Droughts, increased predation by sugar gliders, increased competition with other nectar feeders and hollow breeding animals and changes to fire regimes are also contributing to their decline. They are listed as Critically endangered under the Federal EPBC Act and Endangered under Queensland's Nature Conservation Act. Photos by Matthew Head