At the outset, let me wish you a thoroughly enjoyable festive season. What follows is not an end of year summary of all the things that happened in relation to nature conservation over the previous 12 months. It is also not a commentary on the recent election and the...
December 7 marks the 25th year Fraser Island has been inscribed on the World Heritage List – a significant achievement that Wildlife Queensland together with the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (EHP) and Department of National Parks Sport and Racing...
At a recent meeting called by the Macropod Management Unit, Wildlife Queensland was encouraged by the involvement of new online technology and some significant positive changes over the past 12 months. The meeting focussed on the 2017 Quota submissions for the...
With plastic shopping bags soon to be a thing of the past in Queensland, we at Head Office are right into recycling, reusing and reducing our household waste, with composting a source of great excitement for some of us. It feels good to be putting those kitchen scraps...
True to their word both major political parties have provided statements on their intentions with regards to the environment. Wildlife Queensland appreciates the time and effort taken in communicating with our Society so that members and supporters can be better...
With the election date almost upon us all political parties have been relatively quiet about the environment and its wildlife. Wildlife Queensland has contacted the major political parties for comment and has been assured by Labor and the LNP that they are...
Thanks to the generosity of the many supporters of our recent appeal to Bring Back the Birdwing by planting 500 vines essential to the survival of this vulnerable native species, the campaign raised a total of $17,935 in just four weeks, taking us well over our...
Residents of Kingfisher Street in Albany Creek, Brisbane, have demanded that Council again disperses a local camp of flying-foxes. While we understand the potential problem of living near flying-foxes, Wildlife Queensland wishes to balance the argument with greater...
Rangers and researchers are excited by a boom in bridled nailtail (BNT) wallaby numbers at Taunton National Park (Scientific) where funds raised by Wildlife Queensland have clearly been making a difference for this endangered species. At the central Queensland site...
As Wildlife Queensland works to bring back the Richmond birdwing butterfly in south-east Queensland, an international ‘sister project’ is giving a lifeline to the endangered Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing of Papua New Guinea, bringing together conservation and palm-oil...
For all those supporting and following our current appeal to save the Richmond Birdwing Butterfly by planting 500 vines essential to the survival of this vulnerable species, we have many thanks and some great news: Bring Back the Birdwing: 500 Vines is off to a flying...
28 September 2017 Wildlife Queensland can now confirm that flying-fox populations are in decline, and a policy for the protection and conservation of Queensland’s mainland flying-fox species (spectacled flying-fox, black flying-fox, grey-headed flying-fox, and little...
