Grants

This project seeks to establish a biodiversity monitoring site and the development of management recommendations for the ongoing protection of rainforest areas near Walcott Inlet in the Kimberley, WA. Caring for Country Steering Committee has previously been established and this project is to support the Ngarinyin Traditional Owners meet their objectives to care for and develop understanding of the biological values and threats to remnant rainforest using surveys and monitoring. Particular interest is the Northern Quoll and Partridge Pigeon, both classified as endangered. The results from project work will add to the development of the Ngarinyin Management Plan, and the broader Kimberley bioregional plan. Many thanks to Ann and Bruce McGregor who partnered with the Foundation to match the above funding with another $8,380.

The Malleefowl Preservation Group aims to produce a book and DVD on narratives they have collected from a variety of people in WA in relation to the Malleefowl. These stories were used to produce a film. The book/DVD will be used as an educational tool, add to their other project work, and build community awareness around the group and the Malleefowl.

The project aims to investigate the role and function of green corridors and the role of native vegetation as habitat and movement conduits for birds, using an area that has been heavily revegetated, the Western Sydney Cooks River Catchment. The project involves community collaboration and will inform future biodiversity strategies of local council. A 'bottom up' approach between council and community to be used and to be undertaken in 2 stages over 3 years. The funding from NWF will establish Stage 1.

This project will provide baseline data on the Black-footed rock-wallaby. PhD candidate Laura Ruykys aims to: analyse the habitat requirements of warru, radiotrack warru, study diet using scat analysis, collect and analyse Traditional Ecological Knowledge of warru, and determine the intra-population genetics of remnant warru population.

Grow West is a major landscape change program which has previously been supported by NWF. Evaluation of the project (Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Framework, MERF) has recommended initiatives for Grow West to undertake and the Foundation has funded some of these recommendations including community workshops, newsletters and tours.

BA is putting together a supplement for their Wingspan magazine aimed at younger children. The supplement will be 12 pages and aims to engage children with birds and their role in nature. This will accompany the December issue and is distributed free.

The group is going to create and distribute a digital archive of The Victorian Naturalist - the journal of the FNCV, reporting results of scientific studies. This project will make data from 1884-2003 easily accessible in digital format. 100 DVDs are to be produced in the first instance for distribution to libraries, government departments and environment groups, and will be made available on their website.

This is an on-going project with Parks Victoria and Corangamite CMA and works to protect and enhance the Western District Lakes Ramsar Site. The project aims to protect endangered flora and fauna, protect bird feeding, nesting and roosting sites, control erosion and salinity, enhance wildlife habitat, control stock, weed and vermin, and remove rubbish. The program now wants to determine what effect the works have had on improving waterfowl habitat as measured by the presence of target species - through observation and recording of migratory birds and other species reliant on the lakes. Monitoring and recording, training of community members, and a workshop will help plan for the future direction of the project.

The Dolphin Watch Project is one of many carried out by the KI Community Education team. It aims to observe and collect data and images of the dolphin populations on Kangaroo Island; to monitor and record movement and behaviour; to learn about habitat, biology, ecology and etology, and educate, inform and involve the community. This is the second year of funding from The Foundation.