Trails for Tails

With the majority of Albert’s Lyrebird and Marbled Frogmouth distribution outside of protected National Parks, private lands containing good areas of connecting habitat are likely to be important to the survival of these species and maintenance of their geographical range.

This Threatened Species project, co-funded by FNPW and the NSW Government, involves:

• Holding workshops and on-site mentoring that focus on improving skills in invasive weed identification and control, native plant ID, plant propagation and bush regeneration techniques.
• Wildlife camera monitoring and data recording, fire awareness, wildlife friendly fencing, and feral animal monitoring and control.
• Undertaking baseline surveys on selected properties and establishing an ongoing monitoring program that landholders can participate in.
• Collating data and reporting overall results from the project, focussing on new records, threat assessments, improved knowledge around patterns of movement and population health.

The project area Yabbra, Toonumbar, Border Ranges and Nightcap National Parks in NSW.

Encouraging site-based management to mitigate threats and restore habitat will assist in maintaining rainforest Threatened Ecological Communities in these areas and also benefit a range of other fauna species.