We’d like to thank Damian Michael for the past 9 years he has supported Albury Conservation Company as a Director. We have lent heavily on Damian and his expertise as Associate Professor in Ecology and Herpetology at the Gulbali Institute, Charles Sturt University. He has been instrumental in many of our scientific initiatives, providing leadership […]
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
