Threatened Species Recovery Projects

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Greater Glider Bushfire Recovery Project Byron Shire

Providing immediate habitat and extensive monitoring efforts to better understand the challenges impacting Gliders and other arboreal marsupials including Squirrel Gliders and Brush-tailed Phascogale

In partnership with Brunswick Valley Landcare and funded through the Landcare Bushfire Recovery Grant

Arboreal Marsupial Bushfire Recovery Project - Northern Rivers 

In 2020-2021 under the Saving our Species program (SoS), the Worldwide Fund for Nature Australia (WWF) funded the post-fire monitoring of arboreal marsupials at Bundjalung National Park, Tabbimobile Swamp Nature Researce, Minyumai IPS and Ngunya Jargoon IPA - all site were heavily impacted by the fires.

Crossing the Theshholds - NE NSW

Expanding the project (above) in partnership with SoS, WWF, NPWS, Southern Cross University, Minyumai Land Holding Aboriginal Corporation and Jali Local Aboriginal Land Council - more to come on this exciting initiative soon.

Glossy Black Cockatoo Conservation Project - Byron Shire

Major funding partners are Brunswick Valley Landcare and Santos Organics through Wildlife Safe Havens.

Glossy Black Cockatoo Conservation Project - Cabarita NSW

Private landholder project near the coast - more to come

Glossy Black Cockatoo Conservation Strategy Northern Rivers NSW

In development - more to come soon

Large Forest Owl Conservation Project - Byron Shire

In partnership with Brunswick Valley Landcare and NPWS and funded through Wildlife Safe Havens.

Major funding partner Santos Organics.

Target Species: Powerful, Sooty and Masked Owls

Project includes bioacoustic monitoring using Audio Moths and MALA machine learning

Wildlife Safe Havens - Byron Shire

In partnership with Brunswick Valley Landcare and engaging businesses, community groups and individuals to support wildlife across the Byron Shire

Big Tree / Feed Tree & Hollow Audit

Climbing and documenting the Big Trees and scoping the natural available hollow habitat for Large Forest Owls, Glossy Black Cockatoos and Gliders.

Feed Tree Audit

Documenting Allocasuarina feed trees for Glossy Black Cockatoos across the Byron Shire

Hunk-of-Trunk Workshop 

Informed by the Big Tree Audit's scan of hollows, the Hunk-of-Trunk nest boxes replicate the most ideal natural hollows for a range of threatened species.