Quoll network allies with WPSQ

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Quoll Seekers Network

The former peak body for collecting and disseminating quoll information in southern Queensland has come under the umbrella of Wildlife Queensland.

The Quoll Seekers Network (QSN), founded in 2001, has decided to offer its resources of information and data on the spotted-tailed quoll to be administered by Wildlife Queensland with the aim of running the highest quality quoll monitoring and awareness projects in Queensland.

‘This decision by QSN will maximise the resources and expertise available to research and support this species that is considered vulnerable in Queensland and New South Wales,’ said Dr Scott Burnett, Wildlife Queensland’s Wildlife Projects Manager. QSN, having exhausted its original grant from the Threatened Species Network, faced having to be wound up with the resultant loss of its valuable data and information on south Queensland’s spotted-tailed quoll populations.

Wildlife Queensland had successfully run a similar project in North Beaudesert that conclusively proved the existence of spotted-tailed quoll (also known as the tiger quoll or tiger cat) populations in that area, and is now the recipient of a major grant from the Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority and SEQ Catchments to run a larger monitoring and awareness project in the Border Ranges. ‘With the added resources from QSN, we look forward to extending our quoll projects throughout the State,’ said Dr Burnett.

The QSN website, including the projects fact sheets and other quoll information, will be available through the Wildlife Queensland website. During its existence, QSN achieved its aims of involving community members in growing awareness of the spotted-tailed quoll, distributing information through fact sheets and newsletters, becoming the central body for collecting and distributing information about the spotted-tailed quoll in southern Queensland and northern NSW; and is now a well-recognised ‘brand’ among wildlife enthusiasts and land managers.

Read more about the Spotted Tail Quoll or visit the Quoll Seekers Network website.

For more information on Wildlife Queensland's activities, contact us by email or call +61 7 3221 0194.

Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland

May 2007