The 100 nest boxes for Squirrel Gliders being built by the Thurgoona Men’s Shed are starting to be installed in backyards of Thurgoona and Splitter’s Creek. Albury Conservation Company is managing the project on behalf of the Slopes to Summit (S2S) partnership of the Great Eastern Ranges Initiative with funds from the NSW Government’s Environmental […]
The NSW Office of Environment & Heritage has just released an ‘Interim Habitat Guide & Management Recommendations’ document for theĀ Sloaneās Froglet (Crinia sloanei), a threatened amphibian and local resident of Thurgoona / Wirlinga. The document has been authored by Alexandra Knight from Charles Sturt University under the guidance of theĀ Sloaneās Froglet Working Group (SFWG), an
The Albury Conservation Company’s Squirrel Glider Urban Nest Box Project was in The Border Mail today. The article features Paul Frauenfelder, a resident at Thurgoona Park who is taking part in the project. Click here to read the article.
Albury Conservation Company has just received news that it was successful in securing $54,560 from the NSW Government’s Environmental Trust (Education Stream) for the project “Urban Developers constructing a hollow future for Albury’s wildlife“. This two-year project aims to increase retention of hollow-bearing trees (HBTs) in Thurgoona/Wirlinga through collaboration with key stakeholders that have responsibilities
Do you live in a built up area ofĀ Thurgoona or Splitters Creek, NSW? Do you want to help conserve local Squirrel Gliders, a nativeĀ animal threatened with extinction? Does your property have a large tree that is within safe gliding distance (approx 40m) to gum trees in a
