Sounds of the Bush - Using acoustic monitoring in fauna conservation

This event will explore how we learn from, and respond to, the sounds of the bush and will carve a path for citizen scientists to be part of a catchment wide wildlife monitoring program deploying monitors across the landscape and analysing the data.

This program contributes to strategic planning for conservation action for our Northern Rivers koalas and other species.

Presentations from experts in the field will be followed by a Q&A session and general discussion.

Presentations followed by a Q& A session and general discussion.

• Thursday 17 Aug

• 6:00pm - 8:00pm (AEST)

• Places are limited and registration is essential.

Presenters:

Dr David Newell is an ecologist from Southern Cross University with a long history in using acoustic monitoring devices to inform conservation efforts for threatened species, specialising in amphibians.

Jane Baldwin from the Border Ranges Alliance has been involving the community in acoustic monitoring, to improve records of Albert's Lyrebird on private land. She has also used this method to inform recovery actions to repopulate koalas in the Southern Richmond Range, from fire refugia areas back to the Busbys Flat bushfire footprint.

Pete Knock is the Large Forest Owls Coordinator with the Nature Conservation Council of NSW. He has been implementing an acoustic monitoring program on the Richmond and Clarence floodplain to determine owl occupancy and distribution.

Mark Ambrose is an ecologist from Border Ranges Richmond Valley Landcare and will be sharing Landcare's koala acoustic monitoring project and the opportunities for local community citizen scientist involvement.

To register go to: https://form.jotform.com/231848804728062 or email mark@brrvln.org.au