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Aiding Bushfire Recovery on K’gari
On the morning of 2 June 2022, a team of volunteers recruited by the Fraser Island Defenders Organisation (FIDO) converged on Eurong to participate in the K’gari Coastal Foreshore Rehabilitation and Pandanus Project.
(more…)FINIA Annual Field Trip 2022
From May 26 to 27, FINIA members participated in their annual two-day Field Trip to K’gari.
(more…)Frog Team Surveys K’gari
Mary River Catchment Coordinating Committee (MRCCC), QPWS, Butchulla Land and Sea Rangers, Butchulla Aboriginal Corporation staff, Burnett Mary Regional Group (BMRG), and students from the University of the Sunshine Coast braved the mozzies and undertook frog surveys across K’gari as part of the post-fire K’gari Ecological Action Plan.
(more…)K’gari Fish Health
In April 2021, as part of the federal government’s Wildlife and Habitat Bushfire Recovery Program, rapid on-ground ecological surveys of the distribution and abundance of priority threatened species were undertaken to determine the extent and severity of threats to habitats and populations.
(more…)Tackling Litter and Marine Debris on K’gari
In 2021, funded through a Queensland Community Sustainability Action Grant, The Butchulla Land and Sea Rangers (BLSR) commenced the Butchulla Country – Marine Debris Clean-Up Project.
(more…)Turtle Monitoring & Egg Relocation Training
In December, three members of the Butchulla Land and Sea Ranger (BLSR) team (Myles Broome, Blayde Foley and Jodie Rainbow) undertook training with volunteers from Sandy Cape Lighthouse Conservation Association and Aub Strydom, learning how to monitor marine turtles and relocate nests up at Sandy Cape.
(more…)K’gari Research Symposium – K’gari towards 2050
The K’gari Research Symposium was held on Friday, 26 November, at the University of the Sunshine Coast’s Fraser Coast Campus.
(more…)Cooloola BioBlitz – Rainbow Beach May 13, 14 and 15
What is a Bioblitz? A BioBlitz is an intense period of biological surveying aiming to record the living species within a designated area.
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