Thank you to all our wonderful supporters who are donating to our Annual Appeal – the funds received will help support the various programs and campaigns that Wildlife Queensland operates.

You can donate anytime through our secure online website store or you can phone us with your donation details on 07 3221 0194.

Danger in the opera house

How many more platypuses will die in Queensland before the Government acts to ban opera house traps?

Wildlife Queensland has produced postcards and posters in our ongoing campaign to ban opera house traps in all Queensland public waters. If you would like to help us distribute postcards or posters, drop by our office in Brisbane’s CBD or email us. Or you can write to the Premier by using the electronic letter on our website.

‘Best budget in years?’

The Bligh Government has established a $100m Environment Fund that will provide $54m for national park acquisition and management as well as $45m for koala conservation over 5 years. One has to go back to the 1989 Goss Government to see similar funding levels for national parks.

In addition, funding for the Great Barrier Reef protection plan will continue and $3.5m has been provided to facilitate the nomination of Cape York for World Heritage Property listing. The role private landholders play in conservation was also recognised with additional funds for Nature Assist.

Is the Government on track to expand the national park estate to 7.5% of Queensland?

Conservation projects with a bright future

We all know that our actions have an effect on wildlife, but we often don't know enough about the important details. Through its grants program Wildlife Queensland, funded by the WPSQ Endangered Species Trust, is supporting research by university students so we can all find out more.

Our inaugural program attracted many applications. Here are the 5 successful applicants who have each received $1000 towards their research project.

Surprise target caught on camera!

The Far North Quoll Seekers Network has had several historic sightings of spotted-tailed quolls in the Speewah area near Kuranda, 30km north west of Cairns. However surveillance cameras caught another elusive creature in the rainforest.

Our website is growing and we are populating it with what we hope is useful information for our visitors. Have you seen our latest species profile – Casuarius casuarius johnsonii, the southern cassowary?

New vision for North Stradbroke Island

The Bligh Government should be congratulated on their plan to phase out destructive mining practices on North Stradbroke Island by 2027. Planning for the future, protecting our unique natural heritage and taking significant action is paramount - before it is too late.

However wildlife and its habitat on Straddie remains at risk. Find out why.

Your Voice for Your Wildlife

Hurry nominations closing soon. Every year Wildlife Queensland recognises the achievements and efforts of our members through our special award ceremony held at the annual dinner in September.

Nominations are now open for the 2009-2010 year. The categories are:

1. A successful Wildlife Qld campaign in your region
2. A new or ongoing Wildlife Qld project involving the community
3. The Margaret Thorsborne Award for an outstanding contribution by a member.

Winter Wildlife Australia Magazine

Join our Global Connections theme in the Winter issue of Wildlife Australia: see New Guinea frogs on Cape York Peninsula, investigate Australia with an overseas visitor and worry about mining impacts on a biodiversity jewel of the far north or revel in the activity of rain-soaked outback wildlife.

Subscribe today.

2010 Annual Appeal - Pocket Money Please

Wildlife Queensland's strength as an organisation lies in its ability to protect wildlife, influence choices, engage communities. These are actions we undertake with your generous support.

Your donation will help protect Queensland’s wildlife through ongoing campaigns to protect and ensure proper management of coasts, national parks and all habitat land; and to influence reform of environmental laws.

This is our major fundraising activity of the year – please help us provide a voice for wildlife in Queensland today and in the future.

You can donate online now.

For your diary

Wildlife Expo Beaudesert. Meet quolls, cockatoos, bettongs, and other animal neighbours of the Scenic Rim. Sunday 18 July.

Peaks to Points Festival. A two week program of events celebrating the diverse natural environment of greater Brisbane’s southern region. 17 July – 1 August. Various locations.

Wild Logan. Join in a fun-filled morning to see if you can spot some of the many native animals that live in Logan. Sunday 25 July, 9am-12pm. Spring Mountain Reserve.

PlatypusWatch Workshop: Wolston and Centenary Catchments. Join platypus expert Anna Muscat to learn all about this enigmatic species, followed by a survey, where you might spot a platypus. Wacol, Saturday 31 July, 1-6pm.

National Tree Day Walk. Join WPSQ Bayside branch on a walk along the Thorneside to Aquatic Paradise foreshore to observe the foreshore vegetation and wildlife. Sunday 25 July 7.30am.

Wildlife Land Fund Campout. Bukkulla Conservation Reserve near Marlborough, north of Rockhampton. Well-appointed and peaceful campsite accessible by conventional vehicles. 7-13 August.

Quoll Discovery Day, Granite Belt. Join Quoll Seekers Network and find out all about one of Australia’s carnivorous marsupials, see what a quoll-proof poultry pen looks like and meet a live quoll. Ballandean Soccer Hall, Sunday 29 August, 10am-1pm.

PlatypusWatch surveys. Different places at different times. Keep an eye on our What’s On section for dates and locations.

You can find out more about these events in our What's On section.

Wildlife Queensland Newsletter

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