A DELICATE operation recently saw 17 Eastern Bristlebirds successfully translocated from Booderee National Park and Jervis Bay National Park in NSW to Wilson’s Promontory National Park.
The Eastern Bristlebird’s population stronghold in New South Wales was used as a launchpad for establishing Victoria’s second population at Wilsons Promontory.
The Commonwealth, Victorian and New South Wales Government’s joined forces to conserve the species, listed as endangered nationally, critically endangered in Victoria and under increasing threat, due to increasing frequency and intensity of fire caused by climate change.
The lone Victorian population of Eastern Bristlebird at Howe Flat, Croajingalong National Park, in far East Gippsland is under imminent threat from climate change, predation and habitat loss.
This project is jointly delivered by the Australian Government’s Bushfire Recovery package for wildlife and their habitat, Parks Victoria and the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) as part of the Victorian Government’s Bushfire Biodiversity Recovery program.
In-kind support and facilitation made this project possible, through the contributions of the NSW Government’s Saving our Species (SoS) program, Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary and Zoos Victoria.
