Welcome to my.Wildlife eBulletin number 3 for 2007. We aim to be your voice for your wildlife.

In this eBulletin, we highlight how active Wildlife Queensland has been on your behalf: providing information to the federal Senate inquiry into dams and water; contacting the Queensland Government about the future of Hinchinbrook Island; working in alliance with other NGOs over Cape York; creating a biodiversity policy to help inform you of our directions – not to mention a role in the new edition of Wildlife of Greater Brisbane, one of Queensland’s best selling books.

Cape York vision

Wildlife Queensland is contributing to a shared vision for Cape York Peninsula through its involvement in creating a concerted conservation agenda in alliance with peak conservation and indigenous groups. In April, Wildlife Queensland became a signatory to Cape York Peninsula: Ensuring Its Long Term Protection.

Read more...

WPSQ fronts Dam inquiry

Wildlife Queensland told the Senate Inquiry into the State’s water resources that the Traveston Dam was not a solution to the water shortage facing south-east Queensland; asked the federal government to examine the State’s compliance with the EPBC Act and related agreements, and recommended the federal government should closely examine its powers to block the project.

Read the text of WPSQ’s senate statement and the written submission.

Hinchinbrook resort lease transfer?

Wildlife Queensland has written to the State Minister for the Environment expressing concern that the developers of the environmentally controversial Oyster Point resort development on the Hinchinbrook Channel at Cardwell might be handed the lease for the Hinchinbrook Island Resort. Read the letter.

Information on Oyster Point’s development issues were covered in depth in Wildlife Queensland’s Autumn 2007 Newsletter downloadable from our website.

Biodiversity policy released by WPSQ

Wildlife Queensland has released its new biodiversity policy, which will support and enhance the Society's activities over coming years when critical decisions are made about the future of Queensland's environment.

Read the new biodiversity policy.

Get caught up in WAM

The invention of barbed wire meant cheap fencing across large territories, and also created a huge hazard for wildlife. In the next Wildlife Australia Magazine, Dr Carol Booth, who has recently compiled a barbed wire action plan now available for comment, discusses alternatives and how these hazardous and ubiquitous fences can be made less dangerous. Also in Winter WAM, we follow the long recovery of an endangered mahogany glider seriously damaged by barbed wire entanglement.

An annual subscription to WAM makes a great Mothers Day Gift - one she'll receive not just once but 4 times a year! It's only $37and if you're really quick, you will also receive a complimentary wildlife dvd absolutely free (value approx $40).

Spotted-tailed quoll gets booked!

The spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) has made its first appearance in the new edition of Queensland Museum’s Wildlife of Greater Brisbane, thanks to Wildlife Queensland’s Dr Scott Burnett. The cat-sized carnivore was presumed extinct in the Brisbane area until a two-year survey involving WPSQ found indisputable evidence of quolls living in the Greenbank area.

A review of Queensland Museum’s Wildlife of Greater Brisbane 2nd edition will appear in Wildlife Australia Magazine's Winter 2007 issue, due out in June.

Find out more about the spotted-tailed quoll.

For your diary

Upper Condamine River Consultation event

SEQ Catchments group is developing a Border Ranges Rainforest Recovery Plan. A consultation event will take place on 12 May 2007. Interested groups and individuals from the area covering Kings Creek, Darymple Creek, Swan and Emu Creeks and Upper Condamine (upstream) River, which include parts of Main Range National Park, are invited to attend. Find out more.

Queensland Rainforest Forum

Landcare Queensland is currently looking for poster presentations and inviting delegates to the Queensland Rainforest Forum to be held at Griffith University 25–27 June 2007. Find out more.

Envirofiesta for North Queensland

CAFNEC is holding its annual Envirofiesta on 4 August 2007 in North Cairns.

Recreational Fishing Grants Round 5 closing soon

The federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has announced that the 5th (and possibly final) round of grant applications has opened and the deadline for applications is 25 May 2007. The program supports local initiatives that enhance recreational fisheries and tourism, including protecting near shore aquatic environments. Download Guidelines.

For more information about this and other events visit the WPSQ Green Diary

Wildlife Queensland Newsletter

You can download a full colour copy of the Wildlife Queensland Autumn 2007 newsletter (~850kb). If you also receive a hardcopy of the newsletter, but would rather just download the pdf format file, please cancel your hardcopy by email with your name, address and reference number (if known).

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