Koala song meter survey resumes
The National Parks and Wildlife Service has told the Pearl Beach Patonga Koala Group that a koala "song meter survey" of Brisbane Water National Park was expected to have started on Monday, October 16.
The Service contacted group convenor Ms Ann Parsons to say that work would continue on the Brisbane Water Koala Project once the fox baiting had been completed.
"The main aim of our song meter survey for koala this spring is to assess occupancy throughout the entirety of the Brisbane Water National Park to assess its potential as a future conservation translocation site under the NSW Koala Strategy," Ms Parsons was told.
"Song meters will be deployed at 42 sites across Brisbane Water National Park and the adjoining NSW Office of Sport, Broken Bay Sport and Recreational Facility.
"These sites create a good spread throughout the area.
"Each song meter will be left out for a minimum of 14 nights.
"The bulk of the deployment work is being undertaken by ecology contractors and some sites are being set-up by National Parks Central Coast area staff.
"The survey is one step in this process, and it alone will not necessarily result in a translocation.
"For example: threats which may have resulted in the decline of koalas in the area would need to be shown to be adequately addressed.
"If translocations are considered feasible in Brisbane Water National Park, it will be delivered by the National Parks and Wildlife Service, under the NSW Koala Strategy, to re-establish koalas in unoccupied habitat, improve koala genetic diversity, or to increase the viability of existing koala populations."
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Social media, 2 Oct 2023
Ann Parsons, Pearl Beach Patonga Koala Group