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Introducing K2W & Glideways

Mary Bonet

Partnership Facilitator – Kanangra Boyd to Wyangala Link

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Vision

A 3,600km ‘continental lifeline’Linking people, reserves and habitats Within and across landscapes from Western Victoria , through NSW and the ACT to the Queensland Wet Tropics GER Objectives Goal 1 - Connect landscapes and habitats – Improve the connectivity, condition and resilience of landscapes and ecosystems and halt further decline and loss of species Goal 2 - Link people and landscapes - Increase the number of people working together to improve the connectedness and resilience of landscapes Goal 3 - Communicate effectively – Improved the transfer of knowledge, skills and practices through community engagement, involvement and education Goal 4 - Apply knowledge – Improve understanding of species, ecosystems and local landscapes and their requirements for long term health

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Kanangra –Boyd to Wyangala Link (K2W)

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The K2W partnership

Community Groups

• Various Landcare Groups
• Flora &Fauna Clubs &

Birdwatching groups Aboriginal Land Councils & Groups;

• Pejar LALC
• Orange LALC
• Mingaan Wiradjuri Corporation
• Weigelli Aboriginal Corporation

Universities

• University of New South Wales
• Australian National University –

Fenner School

• Uni of Western Sydney
• Sydney Uni

Non-Government Organisations

• The Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife
• National Parks Association
• Community Environment Network
• International Volunteers for Peace
• Conservation Volunteers
• Taronga Zoo
• Land for Wildlife
• Nature Conservation Trust

Government Agencies

• National Parks & Wildlife
• Office of Environment & Heritage
• Local Lands Services
• CSIRO

Local Government

• Blayney Shire Council
• Upper LachlanShire Council
• central west councils environment &

waterways alliance

Our Funding Partners

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K2W Achievements 2012-2017

Since 2012 the partnership has engaged over 80 individual landholders and 20 Aboriginal and community groups to revegetate

• ver 800 hectares , collaborative

weed control across 5,000 hectares and a cross tenure pest management program covering over 50,000 hectares And a further 13,000 hectares covered by conservation agreement mechanisms

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K2WGlideways

• The K2W Glideways project consolidates our approach to conservation and

introduces a meaningful way to engage and inspire the wider community to be part

• f our work.
• Gliding possums make the perfect flagship species as their needs (functional

connectivity, security of management and sufficient habitat free from threats) align with the broader conservation needs of so many other native species.

• Focusing on a single species helps us simplify the conservation message and

enables more effective communication about the value and benefits of connectivity conservation in a way that people can relate to and be a part of.

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Where we are working

Glideways is a collaborative program aimed at conserving gliders and their habitat through targeted projects in strategic locations across the Abercrombie Catchment

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Mapping & Monitoring

Glider presence and distribution mapping

• Spotlighting and camera

trapping

• Nest box and tree hollow

checks Habitat survey

• Food species surveys
• Hollow-bearing trees

Monitoring

• Planting success
• Nest box usage
• Feral predators

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We encourage landholders to protect core glider habitat on their

• properties. We offer free property

habitat assessments through Land for Wildlife which highlight the conservation values of the land and promote greater understanding of how habitat management can be integrated with best farm practice.

Protect Habitat

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We will be working with landholders and community groups in the Abercrombie Corridor to Increase the area of effective habitat available to gliders By planting trees and shrubs in priority areas we work to reconnect patches of glider habitat, creating stepping stones across the land. A number of incentives are available including for fencing and tubestock. Our target is to plant 40,000 tubestock using local provenance native seed

Reconnect Habitat

Support connection with country through sharing of Aboriginal traditional knowledge and development of new opportunities. Schools Aboriginal Camp-out- Indigenous Astronomy. Traditional burning (protection of sacred sites). Identification of scar trees and artifacts. Opportunities to work on country.

Connect Culture & Country

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We are working with landholders to remove/ replace or modify barb wire along wildlife corridors and in refuges such as roadsides, creeklines, areas between paddock trees, patches of native vegetation, and wetlands. To help reduce the impacts of feral predators and invasive weeds we run a series of workshops to build the capacity

• f local landholders to undertake

coordinated pest and weed control programs in conjunction with their Local Landcare Groups.

BARB BUSTERS FERAL FIGHTERS WEED WHACKERS

Managing Threats

Citizen Science

Plans underway for Bioblitz Wombeyan Caves in November 2017

Through citizen science we provide

• pportunities for local residents to get

involved in helping their local environment by assisting to collect valuable data for our

• ngoing monitoring and research projects.

These include the monitoring of native and pest species by landholders using infrared motion- detection cameras and recording the density of hollow-bearing trees in the landscape. And getting involved in our biannual Bioblitz

A program developed in collaboration with local teachers to involve local primary and secondary school students in activities to learn about and understand the importance and need for connectivity conservation and the value

• f large landscape projects such as the

Great Eastern Ranges Initiative. The package is designed to make it easy for teachers to deliver across a range of Key Learning Areas linked to the NSW curriculum

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Glideways Teaching & Schools program

Project Habitat

Nest box installation & monitoring

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For more information about K2W Glideways visit: www.glideways.org.au Or email: mary@glideways.org.au