Following on from the Fire presentation we were lucky enough to meet and hear from Joe Terry. Twenty members and non-members attended.
Grampians Ark Project is led by Coordinator Joe Terry has been in this role since June 2024 having taken over from Kailee Savoia. Joe is assisted by two rangers.
Currently:
860 continuous bait stations and 160 seasonal bait stations
Deploy 15,000 1080 baits per year
Bait take of 3% average
Equates to 450 foxes controlled per year, but this is an estimate
125 foxes shot or trapped this financial year
1500 soft jaw (aim foxes) and cage trapping (aim cats) nights per year
Over 10,000 camera traps night per year – over 1 million images
75 Candid pest ejectors deployed at any one time
Ground and aerial shooting program targeting herbivores and predators
Community baiting program involving 38 neighbour properties – in the Victoria Valley
Then the 2024-2025 … Read the rest
Category: 2025 Brush Tail Rock Wallaby post Grampians fires
2025 Feeding program
Brush Tailed Rock Wallaby Feeding program 21st February update
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