This month we launched our Annual Appeal and we would ask you to please consider a generous donation to Wildlife Queensland.

Our Annual Appeal has for many years been an opportunity for you, our supporters, to demonstrate you care about the environment as well as providing encouragement and capacity for Wildlife Queensland to continue what we do. We ask you to please give generously today through our secure website facility. You can also phone us with your donation details on 07 3221 0194.

Many thanks to the members who came forward offering assistance following our call for volunteers in the last my.Wildlife ebulletin.

Developments in Pest Eradication

The Vertebrate Pest Committee has developed a series of draft codes of practice and standard operating procedures to assist industry and land owners to undertake pest management practices effectively and humanely.

Model codes of practice for humane control have been developed for pigs, rabbits, foxes and wild dogs.

Wildlife Queensland strongly supports these initiatives.

Stop The Toad Foundation

The first cane toad National Eradication Week was held in 2009 when community groups from across the Top End of Australia were involved in removing cane toads from their local areas. 82 volunteers removed almost 10,000 toads from northern NSW, QLD, NT and WA in just one week.

PlatypusWatch Gold Coast

PlatypusWatch welcomes the Gold Coast Catchment Association as the latest group to embrace Platypus Watching in Queensland! The group has been very active with surveys and a workshop starting off their activities in 2010.

Cathedral Drive – road design needs revision

The need for a revised design for the upgrade of the New England Highway from Hampton to Geham has been accepted by the Minister for Main Roads. This section of road is one of the iconic drives of the New England Highway where 1400 trees were to be removed as part of upgrade plans to widen the road.

Such extensive clearing would have had significant impacts on biodiversity and cultural, scenic and tourist value of the area. Under the Conics Report this has been reduced to 486 trees. Is this a partial win for the environment?

Democracy dismantled for the sake of growth

Through the Urban Land Development Authority, the Queensland Government will take responsibility for the creation of three new cities in the south and western growth corridors in south east Queensland as part of their plan to ‘manage’ growth.

The consequence of this is the continued destruction of the environment and our way of life. Population - how much more can we take?

Winter Wildlife goes Global!

Join in our Global Connections with 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 to WAM today.

Winners of the Wild Art tiles will be announced in the next my.Wildlife.

Draft Cane Toad Threat Abatement Plan...

...needs your input. The national draft ‘Threat abatement plan for the biological effects, including lethal toxic ingestion, caused by cane toads’ has been released for public consultation.

According to the DEH website, the focus of this draft is the protection of key biodiversity assets based on a recently improved understanding of the impacts of cane toads. Some research is demonstrating that these impacts may not be as negative as expected and that adaptation to cane toads can occur for some native species.

Nathan Dam - the situation is now crystal clear

Much of the confusion that clouded the Nathan Dam issue has now been clarified following a meeting with SunWater. Although Wildlife Queensland would have desired a different outcome - like no dam at all - we at last know where we stand, have a much better appreciation of the situation and can plan future action with some degree of certainty.

Furthermore, it is now clear how some of the apparent confusion arose. Here is a summary of the meeting.

Your Voice for Your Wildlife

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.

Nominate someone today. For more details and a nomination form, look here.

2010 Annual Appeal

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.

For your diary

Where have all the Koalas gone? Brisbane Branch Presentation by Dr Harriet Preece, DERM. Tuesday 22 June 2010.

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

Peaks to Points Festival. A 2 week program of events celebrating the diverse natural environment of greater Brisbane’s southern region. 17 July – 1 August.

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

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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