What is happening?
Mining and conservation
The conservation effort for the bridled nailtail wallaby is being helped along by the Sojitz Minerva Mine. The mine has financially and logistically supported the management of the BNT on Avocet, for which we (and the wallabies) are very grateful. This is a great step forward and once again brings together two important land-uses in the Emerald region, mining and conservation. Well done to everyone who has worked to form this partnership, especially Conservation & Wildlife Management and Sojitz Minerva Mine.
Cat trapping
In 2008 the Trust recieved a grant from WWF for 90 cat traps. Since that time a great deal of effort has gone into the very challenging task of actually getting feral cats into the traps, but now the guys from Conservation & Wildlife Management have got the systems working well. Just in the past month 4 cats have been removed from Avocet using the traps. Good on you fellas!