Threatened Species Projects
Urgent Actions Project Funding 2016-17
SPECIES | REGION | DETAIL | FUNDING | PARTNERS |
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Brush-tail Rock-Wallaby | Gippsland | Intensive fox control to protect key population in Snowy River Gorge | $60,000 | Parks Victoria, DELWP - Gippsland |
Roundsnout, East Gippsland, McDowall's, Dargo, Shaw, Tapered, West Gippsland, Moroka and Morwell River galaxias (9 fish species) | Gippsland | Translocation of trout to protect nine species of endemic fish threatened by trout predation | $153,000 | DELWP - Arthur Rylah Institute, Parks Victoria, Australian Trout Foundation |
Large Brown Tree Frog | East Gippsland | Locate and assess status of populations to enable protection zones to be established | $75,000 | DELWP - Gippsland, Wildlife Unlimited |
Masters' Snake | Mallee | Undertake surveys to locate remaining populations in the Big Desert for habitat protection | $100,000 | DELWP - Loddon Mallee & Arthur Rylah Institute, Parks Victoria |
Heath Skink | Mallee | Install and evaluate predator-proof fence around burrow systems in the Big Desert, to protect from predation | $105,000 | Parks Victoria, DELWP - Loddon Mallee & Arthur Rylah Institute |
Charming Spider-Orchid, Summer Spider-Orchid, Basalt Peppercress | Port Phillip | Seed collection for future propagation; deer and rabbit proof fencing and caging | $10,000 | DELWP - Port Phillip, Royal Botanic Gardens, community volunteers and landowners |
Gaping Leek Orchid, Metallic Sun Orchid, Matted Flax-lily, Mountain Burr-Daisy | Gippsland | Exclusion fencing and caging of plants; rabbit and weed control | $41,000 | Royal Botanic Gardens, DELWP - Gippsland & Arthur Rylah Institute, community volunteers and landowners |
Concave Pomaderris, Crimson Spider-Orchid, Mt Pilot Spider-Orchid, Phantom Wattle, Stringybark Wattle, Wedge Diuris Orchid, Leek Orchid spp., Purple Donkey-Orchid, Western Silver Wattle | Hume | Steel caging of plants to prevent browsing; and weed control | $10,000 | DELWP - Hume, CFA, VLine, local government, community volunteers and landowners |
Basalt Peppercress (Lepidium hyssopifolium)/Geranium sp. 1 (Large-Flower Crane's-bill) | Grampians, Port Phillip | Seed propagation, planting and caging of plants | $5,150 | DELWP Grampians, DELWP – Port Phillip |
South-eastern red-tailed Black Cockatoo | Barwon | Population monitoring trialling GPS satellite transmitters | $12,000 | DELWP – Barwon South West |
Southern Right Whale (SRW) | Barwon | Producing video to provide guidance on vessel impact mitigation to prevent vessel strike | $10,000 | DELWP - Barwon South West |
Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby (SBTRW) | Gippsland | Genetic sampling of previously unknown population for translocation to selective breeding program. | $40,000 | DELWP – Gippsland, Parks Victoria, CESAR – Melbourne University, Wildlife Unlimited, SBTRW East Gippsland Field Management Team and Recovery Team |
Giant Burrowing Frog | Gippsland | Field surveys trialling detection methods | $40,000 | DELWP – Gippsland |
Isopogon prostratus (Prostrate Cone Bush) | Gippsland | Seed viability testing; propagation, planting and caging of plants | $10,000 | DELWP - Gippsland |
New Holland Mouse | Gippsland | Population monitoring with remote cameras | $40,000 | DELWP – Gippsland, DELWP Alpine and Greater Gippsland Bushfire Risk Landscape Team |
Southern Right Whale (SRW) | Barwon | Photo identification and cataloguing of juveniles for calf survival assessment | $30,500 | DELWP - Barwon South West |
Orchid package: Caladenia amoena, Caladenia audasii, Caladenia calcicolaa, Caladenia formosa, Calandenia flavovirens, Caladenia orientalis, Caladenia robinsonii, Caladenia sp. aff. Venusta, Caladenia versicolor, Corybas sp. aff. diemenicus Coastal, Diuris basaltica, Diuris ochroma, Prasophyllum orchids (P chasmogamum, P correctum, P frenchii, P niphopedium, P retroflexum), Pterostylis despectans, Pterostylis cucullata subsp. Cucullata, Thelymitra epipactoides, Thelymitra matthewsii | Port Phillip, Gippsland, Grampians, Hume, Barwon | Ecological burns; weed control; pollination and propagation activities; caging; surveys and research to improve habitat, protection and flowering. | $259,420 | DELWP Arthur Rylah Institute, DELWP Port Phillip, DELWP Gippsland, Parks Victoria, VicTrack, Royal Botanic Gardens (Cranbourne), Australasian Native Orchid Society (Victorian Group) |
Icon Species: $2 million from 2016/17- 2019/20
Species | Funding |
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Baw Baw Frog | $200,000 |
Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby | $200,000 |
Eastern Barred Bandicoot (mainland subspecies) | $200,000 |
Helmeted Honeyeater | $200,000 |
Leaderbeater’s Possum (lowland population) | $200,000 |
Mountain Pygmy Possum | $200,000 |
Orange-bellied Parrot | $200,000 |
Hooded Plover | $200,000 |
Regent Honeyeater | $200,000 |
Plains-wanderer | $200,000 |
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