A groundbreaking Queensland project that turns invasive fish into fertiliser – helping heal the Mary River and protect endangered species – is in limbo after its funding ran out.
I’ve kayaked Moonaboola (aka Mary River) with my daughter, paddling through the stunning scenery near Kenilworth. It’s a place of incredible natural beauty, a place you want to protect for future generations. But beneath the surface, this vital Queensland river system is under threat.
A new initiative by the Australian Government to create trout-free havens for 5 native fish species on the brink of extinction may come just in time, according to the Invasive Species Council.
The Yalmy galaxias is a member of what probably counts as Australia’s most threatened group of animals. The last survey of the critically endangered species,
It was a weed that Sydney almost eliminated. In the 1970’s the NSW government banned pampas grass (Cortaderia species) and ran an effective education campaign
A coalition of environment groups have sounded the alarm about an Australian fish, the Yalmy galaxias, which is on the brink of extinction.
The Gondwanan Galaxiidae fish family has managed to survive millions of years in the freshwater ecosystems of Australia. Now, their existence hangs by a thread as ten of the species, including the critically endangered Kosciuszko galaxias have been listed as threatened under our national environmental law.
Five national conservation groups launched a report called Averting Extinctions.
In 2013 Australia’s governments decided they would not attempt to eradicate recently-established smooth newts from Melbourne’s south-eastern waterways.
New research has identified invasive trout as among the greatest threats to Australia’s most vulnerable native fish species.
Resignation of top scientists puts spotlight on refusal to take scientific advice about the environmental disaster that will unfold as a result of Snowy 2.0.
Snowy 2.0 could put native endangered fish at greater risk of extinction.
Our joint report with Monash University reveals environmentally destructive ants, bees and wasps could be hitching a ride into Australia on an international bug superhighway.
The Australian government has drawn up a hit list of overseas environmental invaders we need to keep out of the country.
Queensland farmers reeling from droughts and floods will soon face a third threat as weeds and pests ride the floodwaters into new agricultural areas.
A groundbreaking Queensland project that turns invasive fish into fertiliser – helping heal the Mary River and protect endangered species – is in limbo after its funding ran out.
I’ve kayaked Moonaboola (aka Mary River) with my daughter, paddling through the stunning scenery near Kenilworth. It’s a place of incredible natural beauty, a place you want to protect for future generations. But beneath the surface, this vital Queensland river system is under threat.
A new initiative by the Australian Government to create trout-free havens for 5 native fish species on the brink of extinction may come just in time, according to the Invasive Species Council.
The Yalmy galaxias is a member of what probably counts as Australia’s most threatened group of animals. The last survey of the critically endangered species,
It was a weed that Sydney almost eliminated. In the 1970’s the NSW government banned pampas grass (Cortaderia species) and ran an effective education campaign
A coalition of environment groups have sounded the alarm about an Australian fish, the Yalmy galaxias, which is on the brink of extinction.
The Gondwanan Galaxiidae fish family has managed to survive millions of years in the freshwater ecosystems of Australia. Now, their existence hangs by a thread as ten of the species, including the critically endangered Kosciuszko galaxias have been listed as threatened under our national environmental law.
Five national conservation groups launched a report called Averting Extinctions.
In 2013 Australia’s governments decided they would not attempt to eradicate recently-established smooth newts from Melbourne’s south-eastern waterways.
New research has identified invasive trout as among the greatest threats to Australia’s most vulnerable native fish species.
Resignation of top scientists puts spotlight on refusal to take scientific advice about the environmental disaster that will unfold as a result of Snowy 2.0.
Snowy 2.0 could put native endangered fish at greater risk of extinction.
Our joint report with Monash University reveals environmentally destructive ants, bees and wasps could be hitching a ride into Australia on an international bug superhighway.
The Australian government has drawn up a hit list of overseas environmental invaders we need to keep out of the country.
Queensland farmers reeling from droughts and floods will soon face a third threat as weeds and pests ride the floodwaters into new agricultural areas.
A groundbreaking Queensland project that turns invasive fish into fertiliser – helping heal the Mary River and protect endangered species – is in limbo after its funding ran out.
I’ve kayaked Moonaboola (aka Mary River) with my daughter, paddling through the stunning scenery near Kenilworth. It’s a place of incredible natural beauty, a place you want to protect for future generations. But beneath the surface, this vital Queensland river system is under threat.
A new initiative by the Australian Government to create trout-free havens for 5 native fish species on the brink of extinction may come just in time, according to the Invasive Species Council.
The Yalmy galaxias is a member of what probably counts as Australia’s most threatened group of animals. The last survey of the critically endangered species,
It was a weed that Sydney almost eliminated. In the 1970’s the NSW government banned pampas grass (Cortaderia species) and ran an effective education campaign
A coalition of environment groups have sounded the alarm about an Australian fish, the Yalmy galaxias, which is on the brink of extinction.
The Gondwanan Galaxiidae fish family has managed to survive millions of years in the freshwater ecosystems of Australia. Now, their existence hangs by a thread as ten of the species, including the critically endangered Kosciuszko galaxias have been listed as threatened under our national environmental law.
Five national conservation groups launched a report called Averting Extinctions.
In 2013 Australia’s governments decided they would not attempt to eradicate recently-established smooth newts from Melbourne’s south-eastern waterways.
New research has identified invasive trout as among the greatest threats to Australia’s most vulnerable native fish species.
Resignation of top scientists puts spotlight on refusal to take scientific advice about the environmental disaster that will unfold as a result of Snowy 2.0.
Snowy 2.0 could put native endangered fish at greater risk of extinction.
Our joint report with Monash University reveals environmentally destructive ants, bees and wasps could be hitching a ride into Australia on an international bug superhighway.
The Australian government has drawn up a hit list of overseas environmental invaders we need to keep out of the country.
Queensland farmers reeling from droughts and floods will soon face a third threat as weeds and pests ride the floodwaters into new agricultural areas.
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Dear Project Team,
[YOUR PERSONALISED MESSAGE WILL APPEAR HERE.]
I support the amendment to the Kosciuszko National Park Wild Horse Heritage Management Plan to allow our incredible National Parks staff to use aerial shooting as one method to rapidly reduce feral horse numbers. I want to see feral horse numbers urgently reduced in order to save the national park and our native wildlife that live there.
The current approach is not solving the problem. Feral horse numbers have rapidly increased in Kosciuszko National Park to around 18,000, a 30% jump in just the past 2 years. With the population so high, thousands of feral horses need to be removed annually to reduce numbers and stop our National Park becoming a horse paddock. Aerial shooting, undertaken humanely and safely by professionals using standard protocols, is the only way this can happen.
The government’s own management plan for feral horses states that ‘if undertaken in accordance with best practice, aerial shooting can have the lowest negative animal welfare impacts of all lethal control methods’.
This humane and effective practice is already used across Australia to manage hundreds of thousands of feral animals like horses, deer, pigs, and goats.
Trapping and rehoming of feral horses has been used in Kosciuszko National Park for well over a decade but has consistently failed to reduce the population, has delayed meaningful action and is expensive. There are too many feral horses in the Alps and not enough demand for rehoming for it to be relied upon for the reduction of the population.
Fertility control as a management tool is only effective for a small, geographically isolated, and accessible population of feral horses where the management outcome sought is to maintain the population at its current size. It is not a viable option to reduce the large and growing feral horse population in the vast and rugged terrain of Kosciuszko National Park.
Feral horses are trashing and trampling our sensitive alpine ecosystems and streams, causing the decline and extinction of native animals. The federal government’s Threatened Species Scientific Committee has stated that feral horses ‘may be the crucial factor that causes final extinction’ for 12 alpine species.
I recognise the sad reality that urgent and humane measures are necessary to urgently remove the horses or they will destroy the Snowies and the native wildlife that call the mountains home. I support a healthy national park where native species like the Corroboree Frog and Mountain Pygmy Possum can thrive.
Dear Project Team,
[YOUR PERSONALISED MESSAGE WILL APPEAR HERE.]
I support the amendment to the Kosciuszko National Park Wild Horse Heritage Management Plan to allow our incredible National Parks staff to use aerial shooting as one method to rapidly reduce feral horse numbers. I want to see feral horse numbers urgently reduced in order to save the national park and our native wildlife that live there.
The current approach is not solving the problem. Feral horse numbers have rapidly increased in Kosciuszko National Park to around 18,000, a 30% jump in just the past 2 years. With the population so high, thousands of feral horses need to be removed annually to reduce numbers and stop our National Park becoming a horse paddock. Aerial shooting, undertaken humanely and safely by professionals using standard protocols, is the only way this can happen.
The government’s own management plan for feral horses states that ‘if undertaken in accordance with best practice, aerial shooting can have the lowest negative animal welfare impacts of all lethal control methods’.
This humane and effective practice is already used across Australia to manage hundreds of thousands of feral animals like horses, deer, pigs, and goats.
Trapping and rehoming of feral horses has been used in Kosciuszko National Park for well over a decade but has consistently failed to reduce the population, has delayed meaningful action and is expensive. There are too many feral horses in the Alps and not enough demand for rehoming for it to be relied upon for the reduction of the population.
Fertility control as a management tool is only effective for a small, geographically isolated, and accessible population of feral horses where the management outcome sought is to maintain the population at its current size. It is not a viable option to reduce the large and growing feral horse population in the vast and rugged terrain of Kosciuszko National Park.
Feral horses are trashing and trampling our sensitive alpine ecosystems and streams, causing the decline and extinction of native animals. The federal government’s Threatened Species Scientific Committee has stated that feral horses ‘may be the crucial factor that causes final extinction’ for 12 alpine species.
I recognise the sad reality that urgent and humane measures are necessary to urgently remove the horses or they will destroy the Snowies and the native wildlife that call the mountains home. I support a healthy national park where native species like the Corroboree Frog and Mountain Pygmy Possum can thrive.
