Fauna Initiatives
Habitat Recovery
The most significant casualty in a bushfire is the wildlife. Their survival and recovery is largely dependant on how quickly and how well the habitat recovers.
Bird Surveys
Ecologist, Mareshell Wauchope, brought her enormous talent to Upper Yango in September 2024, to follow up on the work she had undertaken, as part of the AWC survey work in 2020.
Artificial Hollows
One of the casualties in major bushfires, are the older trees that provide natural hollows, that are critical habitats for arboreal mammals and birds.
Refuge Tunnels
In 2020 Dr Angela Rana installed several experimental refuges in Upper Yango to monitor their effectiveness in a post-bushfire environment.
Koala Habitat
In 2022, 23 and 24, three koala surveys were conducted using sniffer dogs, heat sensitive drones and audio baiting in the valley in an effort to locate the allusive cuddly marsupials.
Water Stations
These cheap and simple water stations, are an ideal way to support the wildlife in the dry summer months.