Parks Victoria Meeting
Date: February 7th Location: Brambuk, Halls Gap The National Park and Cultural Centre
- Brush Tailed Rock Wallabies
- Population: 60 animals across two sites in Victoria
- Reintroduction: Since 2008
- Recent post fire Feeding Operations:
- 5 aerial operations using helicopters
- Drone attempts were unsuccessful
- Deer and Pest Control
- Animals Controlled:
- 10 foxes
- 30 red deer
- 3 out of 4 Sambar
- Feeding Programs for Other Animals
- Heath Mouse
- River Blackfish:
- Depend on hollow logs in rivers for spawning and hiding
- Relocation Efforts – farm dams
- Agile Antechinus
- Long nosed Potoroo
- Southern Brown Bandicoot
- Shelter Pods:
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- Purchased by DEECA
- Monitored by Deakin University
- 160 installed across two sites (80 pods per site)
- Clusters: 16 pods × 5 locations
- Monitoring: 2 cameras per cluster
- Small Mammal Trapping Program:
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- Conducted by Dr John White (Deakin University)
Funding: Possible funding for a team dedicated to fire recovery
Pest Plants
- Sallow Wattle:
Issues :
- Regenerates