Exciting milestones in ecological conservation in national parks have been few and far between in the past few decades, so we feel very privileged to have been involved in an amazing event in the Grampians. Ten critically endangered brush-tailed rock-wallabies were released into a remote part of the Grampians today. ABC news has a story and video of the event here.
Sean has been flat out like a lizard drinking the past couple of weeks helping to get ready for the big event and for the extensive monitoring program to track the animals in their new home. They will be tracked around the clock for the first few weeks to see how they settle in.
Aiden and his class were fortunate enough to be involved as well. They were able to get in to see the wallabies before they were released and talk with the project manager, Tony Corrigan and one of the charismatic vets, Shultzy who shared the wonder of the occasion with the future stewards of the park.
With all the challenges and amazing background work that was required to be able to bring the wallabies back into the wilds of the Grampians, Sean feels very proud to be part of the Parks Victoria team that was key to making it happen.
For more information about Brush-tailed rock-wallabies in Victoria here is the recovery team website.
Sean has been flat out like a lizard drinking the past couple of weeks helping to get ready for the big event and for the extensive monitoring program to track the animals in their new home. They will be tracked around the clock for the first few weeks to see how they settle in.
Aiden and his class were fortunate enough to be involved as well. They were able to get in to see the wallabies before they were released and talk with the project manager, Tony Corrigan and one of the charismatic vets, Shultzy who shared the wonder of the occasion with the future stewards of the park.
With all the challenges and amazing background work that was required to be able to bring the wallabies back into the wilds of the Grampians, Sean feels very proud to be part of the Parks Victoria team that was key to making it happen. For more information about Brush-tailed rock-wallabies in Victoria here is the recovery team website.
2 comments:
Sean is quite right to be proud. The GIS and IT skills (amongst other skills of course) that Sean brought to the BTRW team have proved invaluable.
Oh to be a Halls Gap Primary school student so I too could get to see the BTRWs being released.
Yes I was quite envious of the boys getting to see that too. It looks like we miss counted as one of the females has a joey making it 11 animals released all together.
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