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Dave Green, National Parks ranger, par excellence, and long-time co-ordinator of the famous Pied Imperial-Pigeon monitoring surveys on North Brook Island, died peacefully at home on July 26th. A funeral service and celebration of his life of devotion to family, … Continue reading
Congratulations to three James Cook University PhD candidates who each received one of the $1000 student research grants awarded each year by Wildlife Queensland. The grants are administered by the Society’s Endangered Species Trust and support research projects which investigate methods of … Continue reading
On our recent walk on the Town Common Marty McLaughlin, Operations Manager with the Dept of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing, spoke to us about works being done on the Common – see separate write-up on this blog. Marty … Continue reading
How lucky we have been with the weather for each of our four field trips this year! We could not have had a more perfect morning for our Town Common walk on 22 July, despite the cold, wet, grey days … Continue reading
Did you know that one of the rarest birds in Australia is still managing to find a refuge in our local region – even as close to the city as Ross River Dam? The southern form of the striking Black-throated … Continue reading
It’s a very long name for a very small frog but the Hinchinbrook Island nursery-frog (Cophixalus hinchinbrookensis) has grabbed headlines recently as one of two new frog species identified by Dr Conrad Hoskin and colleagues at JCU. In probing the … Continue reading
What a great time we had on our Tyto wetlands weekend on 23-24 June! Despite grey skies and rain in Townsville the previous day, as we drove north on Saturday under blue skies it was clear that we would get … Continue reading
That comic saying about “how much can a koala bear?” has become a lot less funny as our iconic species is pushed to the brink in many parts of its range. But I’ve had a similar saying running through my … Continue reading
14th June was a landmark (or should that be ‘seamark’?) day for Australia’s seas with Federal Environment Minister, Tony Burke, announcing a national network of marine reserves. This process began in 1998 under the Howard Government and Mr Burke’s announcement … Continue reading
Another month, another great morning in the bush for Townsville WPSQ members and friends – this time, thanks to access provided by AIMS staff member Beth Ballment, it was a trip to Cape Ferguson on May 20th. Ten enthusiastic people, … Continue reading