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SPottedTail Quoll - Photo QSNFunding for 'extinct quoll' survey

Beaudesert Shire Council, in South East Queensland, has given more than $5000 to WPSQ to investigate the extent of endangered Spotted-tail quoll populations (considered locally extinct until 2005) in the north Beaudesert area where large areas of native vegetation (and potential quoll habitat) are under threat from development sanctioned by the SEQ Regional Plan.

Find out more about this project.

Water mouse unharmed by Straddie fires

The Anzac Day bushfires on North Stradbroke Island did not affect local populations of the Water mouse, according to Dr Steve van Dyck of the Queensland Museum. Water mice on North Stradbroke are found in the western mangroves from Amity to Jumpinpin and have never been recorded in the freshwater wetlands between Amity and Point Lookout where the fires caused most damage

Dr Van Dyck said, 'We have monitored many nests following destructive fires along that strip and have concluded that because the mud nesting mounds are constructed with their 'feet' in the wet supralittoral zone, the fires have very little effect on the mice … and their foraging zones in the mangroves are unaffected.'

Find more information on the Water mouse and a summary of the Water mouse regional recovery plan

Carol BoothWPSQ members compete for award

Two prominent conservationists and active Wildlife Queensland members have been nominated for a Courier-Mail Pride of Queensland Award.

Carol BoothDr Carol Booth, well-known flying fox advocate, and Simon Baltais, Secretary of WPSQ Bayside Branch and author of the draft curlew management plan, have both been nominated in the Environmental section.

Three finalists in each category will be judged by a panel and medal winners announced in July 2006.

FNQ wildlife carers still caring post-Larry

Amidst the challenges of caring for wildlife after Cyclone Larry in late April, FNQ wildlife carers are also reporting support from Australia and overseas. The US-based International Fund for Animal Welfare gave a $20,000 grant to replace damaged cages, aviaries, enclosures and provide wildlife food shipments; McLaren Vale Grape Wine & Tourism Assoc volunteers sent 200kg of grapes for hungry Mission Beach cassowaries and frugivores; and Australia Zoo sent 5 pallets of supplies and facilitated donations from South Queensland.

For a full report by a noted wildlife carer in FNQ, read Lee Curtis's article in the forthcoming Winter issue of Wildlife Australia Magazine due out in June.

photo: Jasen AndersonWPSQ opens the case for protecting our bushland

Predicted rapid global climate change will raise temperatures in Queensland too fast for animals or plants to migrate or evolve to deal with the changing conditions. The results will be widespread species death and extinctions before 2070. In a groundbreaking submission Wildlife Queensland has urged the State Government to amend the Integrated Planning Act 1997 (IPA) to mitigate the impacts of climate change in Queensland.

The submission, which includes 21 detailed recommendations, has been distributed to state politicians. Read the summary, the full document and more on the WPSQ website.

Elabana Falls . photo: Jasen AndersonWildlife Queensland annual appeal

WPSQ does so much with so little: Gliders in the Spotlight; Halting Duck and Quail Hunting; Campaigning for our Bushland. You can help. Our annual appeal letter will be going by mail to supporters next week. Please be generous to help us provide a voice for wildlife in Queensland into the future and beyond. Donate online - you know we're good value for money!

For your diary

World Environment Day dinner

June 3 is world environment day. Join other environmentally focussed people at the WPSQ Bayside branches, World Environment Day dinner at Indigiscapes Centre.

Caboolture Sustainable Living Fair

Also on 3rd June, Friends of CREEC Association are hosting their annual sustainable living fair at Caboolture Region Environmental Education Centre (CREEC), 150 Rowley Rd, Burbengary. See the WPSQ Green Diary for more details.

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