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Parks
Volunteering Network Australia 2006 Forum
The Foundation will
be hosting this national forum of park support groups and volunteer managers
from Tuesday 28th to Thursday 30th March 2006 at The Gap Bluff Centre
in Sydney Harbour National Park.
Representatives from
all states and territories in Australia will workshop key issues for parks
volunteering, including fundraising, risk management and government relations.
These biennial forums provide an opportunity to exchange ideas and consider
future issues to sustain community participation in Australia’s
national parks network.
The PVNA 2006 Forum
is sponsored by the Parks and Wildlife Division of the NSW Department
of Environment and Conservation.
Threatened
Species Recovery
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Barking
Owl
Photo Simone Cottrell DEC |
Woodland
Birds Poster
This poster will
describe the ecological requirements of four main groups of declining
and threatened woodland birds to encourage community conservation of the
species.
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Bush
stone-curlew
Photo Max Herford FNPW |
The poster also describes
the crisis facing our woodland birds and their habitats and provides information
about how the community can help save these birds. The poster will be
distributed to schools, community groups and the general public throughout
the state.
The Woodland Birds
poster features an icon species from each of the four main groups of woodland
birds, Swift Parrot, Barking Owl, Bush stone-curlew and Grey-crowned Babbler,
with the centrepiece a Red-capped Robin which is declining locally in
many parts of NSW.
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Osprey
Breeding Survey
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Dramatic
osprey nests are easy to spot in tall trees, on power poles or in
the middle of estuaries
Photo Michael Murphy DEC |
This research will
complement the Foundation’s 2003 survey of this threatened raptor
by providing an up-to-date record of active Osprey nests during the 2006
breeding season. The community-based survey will take in the entire coastal
zone of NSW.
An interactive web-site
will provide the community with information on the Osprey, including up-to-date
information, volunteering opportunities and progressive confirmation of
community sightings by the project manager, Peter Ekert of Ekerlogic Consulting.
This research is
a priority recovery activity of the Osprey Recovery Plan, highlighting
key Osprey habitat and identifying and prioritising management actions
to preserve the species in NSW.
This project was
funded with generous donations to our 35th birthday appeal. Thanks to
all our supporters who gave so generously.
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