14 October 2019
We are excited to announce the QLD Frog Society was successfully awarded a Community Sustainability Action Grant by the QLD Government for three threatened frog species!
Over
$70k has been allocated for 3 years of surveys and monitoring of the
critically endangered Kroombit Tinkerfrog, endangered Kroombit Treefrog
and vulnerable Tusked Frog at Kroombit Tops east of Biloela to assess
their current population status and install pig exclusion fencing.
These efforts support the recovery of these threatened species and
address a number of key conservation/management issues relating to
recovery of threatened frog species at Kroombit Tops (as identified in
the Recovery Plan for Threatened Stream Frogs of South-east Queensland).
These
surveys funded by the grant will guide management and conservation of
these species and their habitat and assess the effectiveness of past
recovery/management actions in halting and/or reversing declines in
these species.
As predation and habitat disturbance by feral pigs represent a significant threat to remaining populations of the critically endangered Kroombit Tinkefrog, the construction of pig-exclusion fencing around areas of sensitive breeding habitat will also be covered by the grant to reduce the impact on this species. Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) will provide support for the delivery of these actions funded by the grant.
Find out how you can be involved!
Kroombit Tinkerfrog photo © Ben Revell. Kroombit Treefrog photo © Jono Hooper.
