Wild Deserts news

Merry Christmas from Wild Deserts. Thanks to our growing team and all our supporters for a very successful year. We wish everyone a safe and happy festive season 🎄 Some brief updates on further releases of bilbies and quolls, and post-translocation monitoring of burrowing bettongs, as well as trials of innovative monitoring technology.

The latest (and final) species to be reintroduced at Wild Deserts, burrowing bettongs and western quolls ~ visit from the Federal Environment Minister ~ sculpture unveiling ~ bilby translocation, the first step in implementing the 'Beyond the Fence' Strategy ~ Rotary Club of Frankston visit ~ cat control update ~ farewells and welcome

Wet weather fills Lake Pinaroo and greens the desert ~ planning for the arrival of western quolls and burrowing bettings ~ feral cat research ~ a profile of our summer caretakers and what's coming up in the next few months at Wild Deserts

Big rain dodges Wild Deserts during January ~ Ecological Monitoring, December track counts ~ International Conservation Translocations Conference ~ Woma Python Research ~ Cat control intensifies ~ Congratulations Brianna ~ Farewell to Ellie

NSW Environment Minister visit ~ Annual Bird and Reintroduced Mammal Monitoring ~ Spring wildflowers ~ National Science Week Rewilding Panel ~ Rotary Club of Frankston volunteers ~ Field Station upgrade ~ Free tours a hit

Lake Pinaroo dries ~ Greater stick-nest rat translocation to Sturt NP ~ Annual ecological monitoring 2023 ~ Mutawintji Board of Management visit ~ New Info shelter at Fort Grey Camground ~ Student research update

Golden Bandicoots establishing well ~ Lots of large reptile activity at Wild Deserts ~ Visitors at the Talpero Lookout ~ Banksia Foundation NSW Conservation Award ~ Bandicoots not the only rapid breeders at Wild Deserts ~ New detector dog in training

Golden Bandicoot post release monitoring ~ A feral cat sneaks in ~ New Wild Deserts staff ~ Visitors and Volunteers ~ Pilot public tours of Wild Deserts

Golden Bandicoots thriving at Wild Deserts ~ 2022 annual ecological survey ~ NSW Environment Minister visits Wild Deserts ~ Student research update ~ Peggy

Golden Bandicoots return to NSW ~ New Visitors Area in Sturt National Park complete as part of Wild Deserts Project ~ More rain for Wild Deserts ~ Research Update 

Early success for newly-released Shark Bay Bandicoots ~ Lake Pinaroo ecological surveys ~ Cat control and research ~ Wild Deserts to feature on ABC's Australian Story ~ Golden Bandicoots coming to Wild Deserts in 2022

Spring rains during COVID lockdown at Wild Deserts ~ Inaugural monitoring of all reintroduced mammals ~ More Shark Bay bandicoots arrive ~ Annual bird surveys ~ Student research at Wild Deserts ~ Threatened Species Bakeoff

Shark Bay Bandicoots released ~ Bilby and Mulgara updates ~ Waterbirds Breeding after rain ~ Cat-control research projects ~ Welcome Tom Hunt our new field ecologist ~ Visitor area construction continues

Rain and more rain - great for the desert ~ Annual surveys ~ Netting sculptures arrive

Our changing environment ~ Bilbies and Mulgaras return to Sturt National Park ~ Breeding smarter threatened species ~‘Wild Training Zone’ ~ Thanks