Fraser Coast January BioBlitz: birds, bats, bugs & more…

Fraser Coast January BioBlitz: birds, bats, bugs & more…

  31 January 2022 Strong wind may have made photography difficult and heat added to the intractability of insects – which sometimes zipped around too much to have their portraits taken – but Wildlife Queensland’s Fraser Coast Branch members and nature...
Beach clubs raise red flags on the Gold Coast

Beach clubs raise red flags on the Gold Coast

27 January 2022 The Gold Coast’s 52-km coastline from Point Danger to Jumpinpin attracts some 12 million visitors each year, but it also attracts endangered wildlife, which needs protection as the city’s swelling nightlife and tourism ventures spill out onto the sand....
Putting the heat on fire ants in the suburbs

Putting the heat on fire ants in the suburbs

25 January 2022 The red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta), a native of Paraguay and Southern Brazil, is a highly invasive species that colonises quickly and stings en masse whenever a nest of up to 400,000 fiercely territorial ants is disturbed. The Federal...
Have Your Say: ePetition against Mt Cotton quarry expansion

Have Your Say: ePetition against Mt Cotton quarry expansion

24 January 2022 The proposal for privately owned Karreman Quarries to expand its existing 88-ha West Mount Cotton Road site in the Redlands has passed Redland City Council and State Government approval and is now being assessed under the Federal EPBC Act. The...
Make 2022 even more plastic-free

Make 2022 even more plastic-free

14 January 2022 The problems caused by plastics, and their breakdown into even more minute microplastic particles that litter our entire planet, are well-documented and make striving for a plastic-free future a goal. Alternatives are available, so with the help of our...

The 2021 Regional Wellbeing Survey is now open…

11 January 2022 Our regional wildlife carers and conservationists need a voice, too, and that’s why we urge any friends of Wildlife Queensland who inhabit rural or remote regions to complete the Regional Wellbeing Survey.   Australian conservationists are...

Grants available for partners in grime to clear illegal waste

11 January 2022 A helping hand is on the way to the tune of $500,000 to assist primary producers and landholders with the cost of removing and safely disposing of hazardous waste. Environment Minister Meaghan Scanlon said the Keeping Queensland Clean: Illegal Dumping...
Vale Suzie Smith 1952–2021

Vale Suzie Smith 1952–2021

10 January 2022 Authors: Daryl Dickson, Liz Downes & Carol Muller, Cassowary Coast & Hinchinbrook Branch Vale Suzie Smith 1952–2021 Suzie Smith, founder and long-time office-bearer of WPSQ’s Cassowary Coast and Hinchinbrook Branch, died peacefully in Tully...

Join a national research effort for orchids

4 January 2022 Orchid hunting has come a long way. In 5 steps you can join a national research effort     Heidi Zimmer, CSIRO This article is part of a series first published on The Conversation explaining how readers can learn the skills to take part in...

Planning even more plastic-reduction in the New Year

30 December 2021 Boomerang Alliance organisations like Wildlife Queensland are looking forward to a rewarding year of campaign work planned for 2022. 2021 has been a big year for Wildlife Queensland’s cooperation with Boomerang Alliance, as the alliance’s...

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