Wildlife research, on-ground action and community engagement.
Albury Conservation Company developed a monitoring program for Squirrel Gliders in 2018. Each spring and autumn carries out a scientific monitoring program to detect the gliders use of hollows and nest boxes. The program was initiated in the Thurgoona/Wirlinga area before being extended to 120 sites across the main urban growth areas of Albury and …
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Have you ever wondered how far your beloved cat travels, and where it goes? Well, now’s your chance. Get involved in ‘Cat Tracker’! The ‘Cat Tracker‘ program is coming to Albury and Thurgoona as part of a national roll-out of the program in 2018. The program was successfully trialled in South Australia by Discovery Circle and …
In case you’ve been hiding under a rock (or in a nest box), our partnership with Thurgoona Men’s Shed has been big news of late. ABC GOULBURN MURRAY – 14/07/2017 THE BORDER MAIL – 07/07/2017 http://www.bordermail.com.au/story/4778049/squirrel-glider-project-breaks-ground/
The Thurgoona Men’s Shed, on the northern outskirts of Albury, is helping to protect the local population of Squirrel Gliders, a NSW-listed threatened species. The group has received a $900 from the Albury Conservation Company to construct around 20 nest boxes to be installed as part of a glider conservation project being undertaken by Woolshed …
A study into Thurgoona’s Squirrel Glider population, funded by Albury Conservation Company, has recently been completed by Charles Sturt University. The effects of urban encroachment on the use of hollow-bearing trees by Squirrel Gliders in Thurgoona, NSW (Mitchell Francis / Peter Spooner) Urban encroachment upon the natural world is increasing globally due …
A LEADING conservation spokesman says domestic cat containment must be introduced in NSW. The chairman of Albury Conservation Company, David Sexton, said the ACT government this year legislatively expanded cat containment areas to new greenfield developments. Mr Sexton said it was the government’s aim to have cat containment areas across the ACT within three to five …
