Over the last few years fire has come to the forefront of everyone’s consciousness as we grapple with decreased rainfall and increasing temperatures. TCG has not been involved in this type of project before, but as a community-based organisation, it is an area worthy of our attention. Project activities commenced...
Saturday 5th September 1080 Baiting, Training & Accreditation Workshop book here Monday 14th September Spring predator control and camera monitoring—West Cape Howe NP more info Monday 14th September Spring predator control and camera monitoring—CoA coastal reserves more info October school holidays Possum Printmaking and Fun Facts ….more information coming soon
Project area expands to include City of Albany coastal reserves This year Torbay Catchment Group has received $280,576 in funding from Lotterywest to build and expand upon work aimed at reducing threats to the critically endangered Western Ringtail Possum . This brings the total value of this project to $927,078...
Watch this space! Funding for farmers under the new Healthy Estuaries program will be available through Torbay Catchment Group soon. Click here for more information on the Healthy Estuaries program
The Autumn and Spring 2019 camera monitoring, baiting and trapping in West Cape Howe National Park (WCHNP) is complete. This program forms part of the first year of TCG’s 3 year project to address the status of the Western Ring Tail Possum. The first year of data shows that there...
As part of our ongoing Western Ringtail Possum conservation efforts, we have recently undertaken work to identify the best route to join populations of Western Ringtail Possums along the coast with populations to the north of our catchment. We identified Redmond State Forest as being the most appropriate end point...
The Autumn and Spring 2019 camera monitoring, baiting and trapping in West Cape Howe National Park (WCHNP) is complete. This program forms part of the first year of TCG’s 3 year project to address the status of the Western Ring Tail Possum. Preliminary results suggest that there has been an...
Since late 2017 TCG have been undertaking possum surveys to try to understand more about where the Western Ringtail Possums occurs in the catchment. This work is ongoing and adds to data being collected about these critically endangered animals. The map above indicates where our surveys have found possums. As...
Fox caught on camera during Autumn monitoring
