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 […]
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
