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Be a voice for the voiceless: Join the Cooloola Coast Wildlife Rescue Team
Our stunning Cooloola Coast is home to an incredible array of native neighbours—from the iconic kangaroos grazing at dusk to the vibrant birdlife that fills our mornings with song. But sometimes, these wild residents find themselves in trouble. Whether it’s a joey orphaned by a roadside accident or a sea bird tangled in fishing line, their survival often depends on the quick thinking of a local hero.
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Know your Sea Cucumbers!
The Great Sandy Strait (Korrawinga) and surrounding Hervey Bay area are known habitats for many sea cucumber species, including those that were historically targeted in the local bêche-de-mer fishery during the 1980s and 1990s.
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Lessons for K’gari: Wolf Management in Yellowstone National Park
K’gari QPWS rangers, BNTAC rangers and QPS staff were treated to an afternoon one-hour session with renowned wildlife researcher Professor Dan MacNulty, learning about the similarities of Yellowstone National Park visitor and wildlife risk mitigation management to the K’gari management program. Let’s just say the rangers were glad they don’t work with bears on K’gari.
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BAC launches Biosecurity Strategy for K’gari
After 21 months of development, the Butchulla Aboriginal Corporation (BAC), supported by the K’gari Biosecurity Advisory Group (KBAG) made up of the island’s landholders and major stakeholders, has launched a 20-year Biosecurity Strategy for K’gari.
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K’gari Conference 2025
The University of the Sunshine Coast’s 2025 conference celebrated the theme Voices of K’gari: Research, Respect and Responsibility, bringing together K’gari’s Traditional Owners, the Butchulla people, leading researchers, conservationists and artists who together explored the cultural, ecological and geological stories of K’gari and the surrounding Great Sandy region.
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Will killing dingoes on K’gari make it safer? We think it’s unlikely.
After the tragic death of Canadian backpacker Piper James on K’gari (Fraser Island) on January 19, a coroner found the 19–year–old had been bitten by dingoes while she was still alive, but the most likely cause of death was drowning. Days later, the Queensland government announced it would cull the entire pack of ten dingoes seen near where Piper’s body was found. Most of those animals have now been killed.
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Dingoes are not domestic dogs
For decades, scientists, policymakers, graziers and land managers have been locked in a surprisingly high stakes debate over what defines a dingo. Are these wild canids their own species? Or are they simply feral dogs?
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K’gari Tops the Island Charts for Frog and Freshwater Fish Biodiversity
Researchers have completed the first comprehensive database of freshwater species on Australian islands. The results of the research have been published in Diversity and Distributions journal.
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