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  • Extending efforts to protect Swan galaxias – new project announced

    NRM South is pleased to announce that a new Swan galaxias project has been approved, funded through an Australian Government…

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  • New Swan Galaxias Settle Into New Habitat, Signalling Promising Population Growth

    Six months ago, through a project to help boost the survival of endangered Swan galaxias in Tasmania, NRM South worked…

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    Wilderness Grand Designs Helping A Rare Parrot

    MEDIA RELEASE Wilderness Grand Designs – new infrastructure aids recovery efforts for Orange-bellied Parrots Every spring, a small troupe of…

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    Fire and Food: The effect of planned burning on the abundance and availability of Orange-bellied Parrot food plants at Melaleuca.

    Melaleuca, located in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, is the last remaining breeding site for the critically endangered Orange-bellied…

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  • Genetics can give powerful insights on Forty-spotted Pardalote population dynamics

    The Forty-spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus quadragintus) is a rare Tasmanian bird that is now largely confined to Bruny Island, Maria Island…

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  • Feathering the Nest – Build Your Own Feather Dispenser And Help An Endangered Bird Thrive

    MEDIA RELEASE Tasmania’s tiny Forty-spotted Pardalote is a bird species that faces significant challenges – but recent research has shown…

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  • PODCAST: Forest on Farms – what’s the value?

    Recently, Sophie Golding – NRM South’s senior project officer with our Biodiversity team – caught up with Rodney Rowe, a…

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  • Moving to Survive: Translocation Efforts Protecting a Fragile Species

    As well as being one of Australia’s most at-risk freshwater fish, the Swan Galaxias is also one of our most…

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    Captive bred birds help buy time for critically endangered Orange-bellied Parrots

    MEDIA RELEASE Faced with imminent extinction less than a decade ago, the slow and steady recovery of the critically endangered…

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  • More than one approach to protect a critically endangered forest community

    Conservation efforts often work on protecting large areas of intact landscapes. Actions may focus on one or several species within…

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  • MEDIA RELEASE: It’s in the bag – wild seed collection helping to keep an endangered plant from extinction

    Treading carefully across sections of flat rock and bracing against the strong winds whipping up from the Southern Ocean, a…

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  • Nest hollow study – are there enough tree hollows for a growing Orange-bellied Parrot population?

    Orange-bellied Parrots (Neophema chrysogaster) are one of Australia’s most endangered birds. Although they would once have been more widespread, these…

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  • Searching for Swan Galaxia – one of Australia’s most at-risk freshwater fish

    Over the last couple of weeks, our Project Officer Zak Wheaton, accompanied by staff from Tasmania’s Inland Fisheries Service, visited…

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