Grampians Ark Team
This week the ARK team sling loaded 13 cache boxes into Moora Moora Reservoir to support the nearby Brush Tail Rock Wallaby (BTRW) colony recovery works and set up 18 ground feeding stations.… Read the rest
Category: 2025 Brush-Tailed Rock Wallaby post fires
2025 Brush-Tailed Rock Wallaby post Grampians fires
2025 From Sarah Cole:
Gariwerd Pest Plant Project Officer
In the coming weeks, until we have sufficient rain to stimulate the growth of foraging foods, we are supplying some supplementary macropod foods via helicopter to our Critically Endangered Brush-Tailed Rock Wallaby colony. Gariwerd is home to one of only two colonies in Victoria and its numbers are estimated to be around 20 individuals. Supplementary feeding is not always recommended and only applied in very specific circumstances, we are working with DEECA, researchers and Zoos Victoria and our feeding rates and schedules are overseen by veterinarians with wildlife specialities.
We are currently working on a weekly cycle and we would like to invite FOGG members to work in partnership with Halls Gap Landcare to create the food supplies.
There are positions available for FOGG / Halls Gap Landcare members for Tuesday mornings to assist in the packing of the foods.
We … Read the rest