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The Way to Recovery Print post approved PP665002/00001 @ DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND LAND MANAGEMENT MAY-JUNE 1996 • Volunteers reach • New Manager for Migrating tortoises significant milestone Marine Conservation protected - page 9 - page 2 - page 4 • Ecovoya~ing with STS • Volunteers target • New species review leeuwin - page 9 typha weed committees - page 6 - page 3 • John Forrest NP gets • Lunchtime seminars • Observatory celebrates 'star' billing - page 12 for staff - page 5 centenary - page 8 -Western Shield: the way to recovery~ A BREAKTHROUGH in the recovery of an endan­ gered native mammal has opened the way for CALM ' to implement the biggest wildlife conservation pro­ gram ever undertaken in Australia. The initiative-Western Shield-will see a five-fold increase to almost 5 million hectares in the area baited to control introduced predators such as the European fox and feral cat. These animals have been largely respon­ sible for the extinction of 10 species of native mam­ mals, and have driven a further 31 species to the brink. Environment Minister Peter Foss said the program would build on a dramati.c recovery of the woylie. CALM's feral predator control in the past 10 years has seen natural and re-established populations of woylies increase so significantly that the Minister accepted a recommendation of the Woylie Recovery Team and the Threatened Fauna Scientific Advisory Committee to take the species off the threatened list under the WA Wildlife Conservation Act. The species is now also listed formally as 'Conserva­ tion Dependent' under World Conservation Union guide­ lines. Biggest weapon At the launch of Western Shield in The Hills Forest, Mundaring, Mr Foss said feral predator control was the single biggest weapon in the armoury to bring native wildlife back from the brink of extinction. "Existing fox-baiting programs, such as Operation Foxglove in the northern jarrah forest between Juli mar and Collie, and target areas such as the Perup Nature Reserve and Kingston forest block near Manjimup, and Dryandra Woodlan-d near Narrogin, are yielding out­ standing results," he said. Western Shield will not only play a vital role in conserving Western Australia's biological diversity, it will be a major key in the development of the State's nature-based tourism industry. Tourism benefits By controlling feral predators and re-establishing colonies of these species in their former natural range, visitors to WA will be able to see wild populations of native animals such as numbats, rufous hare wallabies, banded hare wallabies, boodies and malleefowJ: Western Shield will integrate and co-ordinate existing feral predator operations such as Foxglove, and Project Eden on the Peron Peninsula in Shark Bay. It will also establish other priority areas for fox and feral cat control. These include Cape Arid and Cape Le Grande near Esperance; Ravensthorpe Range, Stirling Range, Two Peoples Bay, Fitzgerald River, Waychinicup and Lake Magenta along the South Coast; D'Entrecasteaux, Walpole-Nornalup and the Valley of the Giants near Children from East Fremantle Primary School and Helena College, Darlington, helped Environment Minister Peter Foss release woylies Walpole; the sunklands between Na~nup and Augusta­ into The Hills Forest at Mundaring to mark the launch of Western Shield. Photo by Ross Swansborough Busselton; the eastern jarrah and wandoo forest be­ tween Collie and Walpole; Kalbarri; and many smaller reserves throughout the wheatbelt. Children•s activities to conserve wildlife Extending target areas Other target areas are_CALM-managed pastoral lands PRIMARY school chil­ tection. Environment Min­ pack was an extension of servation estate using a cies were to be found no­ in the Goldfield.s, Cape Range and the Montebello dren are being encour­ ister Peter Foss said WA the Western Shield wild­ naturally-occurring toxin where else. Islands in the Pilbara. aged to help conserve shared the worsnecord in life recovery initiative be­ that is fatal to foxes and "The Western Shield The aim is to begin expanding the area baited for foxes wildlife through an activi­ the world for mammal ing implemented this year. cats, but to which native Action Pack has been pro­ in the South West now, and to expand into the more arid ties program focusing on extinctions. Western Shield-Austral­ species have developed a duced because, without areas when further research has been carried out into Western Australia's "Already 10 species ia's biggest wildlife con­ high tolerance. doubt, conservation efforts feral cats. threatened species. have become extinct and a servation program-aims Mr Foss said he was con­ can be greatly enhanced if CALM is stepping up its $120,000 commitment to cat The Western Shield Ac­ further 31 are on the brink," to control introduced preda­ cerned that most people in people understand the na­ research by investing a further $240,000 in this work. tion Pack has been pre­ he said. tors such as foxes and feral WA-particularly chil­ ture of our wildlife, includ­ One priority is to find better bait mediums that will result pared by CALM to help "We have an obligation cats which have been key dren-were more aware of ing · the partnerships-or in a higher uptake of baits by cats. stimulate a greater public to our children, and their f~ctors in pushing species African or American wild­ synergies-our flora and As well, the Australian Nature Conservation Agency awareness of the State's children, to ensure that no of small native animals to life than ourown. Yet West­ fauna have developed," Mr is helping fund research and implementing recovery distinctive fauna, and to more species become ex­ the edge of extinction. ern Australia's native wild­ Foss said. plans for many species that will benefit from the new fox encourage positive com­ tinct because of human ac­ The program involves life was not only among the The pack has been and feral cat control initiative. munity attitudes towards tivity." baiting almost five million most biologically diverse designed for upper primary Another aim of Western Shield is to protect fauna that their. conservation and pro- Mr Foss said the action hectares of the State's con- on earth, many of our spe- • continued 011 page 2 • co11ti11ued 011 page 2 nnno 1 FROM MY DESK Staff exchange trial a success IN 1995, CALM and the South Australian Depart­ by Cliff Gillam ment of Environment and Natural Resources cave guides. ONE of the good things about CALM is its (DENR) agreed to trial a The program is 'cost neu­ diversity-in both functions and geography. one-year staff exchange tral,' with salaries costs But that also causes some management prob­ program. being met, for their respec­ lems. For example, it is hard to keep up with all The trial program has tive employees, by each seen CALM Dwellingup agency. that is going on. ranger John Hanel take up The normal accruals in I get frustrated that I am unable to ensure that a position as a ranger in the respect of annual leave, all groups and individuals are recognised for South Australian Parks sys­ sick leave, and so on con­ their achievements. tem, while Tim Fuhlbohm tinue to apply during the from South Australia, has exchange period. That is why CALM NEWS is so important­ filled the Lane Poole Re­ Removal costs are met Verna Costello and all her regular contributors serve ranger position since by the staff concerned. are doing an excellent job in mal<.ing sure that October. Where accommodation is everybody knows what is going on throughout The respective agencies, not a feature of the job ( as CALM. and the 'exchangees,' are with rangers), staff in­ This bumper issue of CALM NEWS is a good agreed that even at this early volved in exchange will stage of the trial there are snapshot of what people in CALM are achiev­ need to make appropriate real benefits in the program, arrangements. ing throughout the State. and arrangements are al­ Such arrangements may While I don't believe that we should dwell on ready under way for an­ well be made with their our achievements, I think it is important to sit other ranger exchange to counterpart involved in the back occasionally and think about where we be undertaken in 1996- exchange, but will remain were 10 years ago and where we are now. 1997. private arrangements. From the outset, DENR The agencies will try to Despite the continual whingeing and knock­ has been keen to develop 'match' exchange staff in ing by a faction of the conservation movement, the program's potential for ways that take into account we are held up as the model for land manage­ exchange opportunities for these issues, but do not ment in Australia. non-ranger staff. contribute to accommoda­ CALM Mundaring nature conservation officer John Carter (left) and Darling This is illustrated by the stream of requests I They have called for tion expenses. Range MLA John Day take a closer look at a woylie during the launch a/Western expressions of interest in receive from other State agencies and private CALM staff interested Shield. Photo by Ross Swansborough exchange from all staff and in an exchange in 1997 companies to visit CALM to see how it ie being have compiled a list of should write to the depart­ Western Shield: the way to recovery done. some 30 individuals across ment's Human Resources I am very conscious of the fact that the things a wide range of Branch. • co11ti11ued from page 1 Conservation District lishing a beachhead in the we have achieved have been the result of hard occupations who are Matches with interested may be at threat when the Committees, in · feral lead up to the main event­ work and have resulted in a lot of stress on the interested intravelling to counterparts in South Aus­ rabbit calicivirus disease predator programs to extend the introduction of biologi­ spreads--or is released for­ the total area over which cal controls.
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