Mornington Environment Association Inc. (MEA)
From The Conversation (27/11/23), a review of a book about … spiders… Everybody has a spider story, but these amazing creatures are often misunderstood The comedian Jimeoin once wrote a song titled Everybody’s Got a Spider Story (I believe; I can’t find it on…
Neil Shelley and Marty Lenard have been busy over the last few year looking for birds along Tanti Creek. They have compiled this list of sightings made every month along the Tanti Creek Reserve from Barkly St to Creek Rd. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Spotted…
From The Conversation (2/12/19), this is a bit old but I just rediscovered it through another article … Scientists re-counted Australia’s extinct species, and the result is devastating It’s well established that unsustainable human activity is damaging the health of the planet. The way we…
From ABC News (16/10/23)… Mikkira Station enjoys koala baby boom but nerves run high as SA bushfire season starts When the grass fades to yellow and the temperatures rise across the limestone paddocks at Mikkira Station, it’s time to close the gate to tourists.…
News from Mills Beach The weather wasn’t co-operating for much of our October working bee but nevertheless we did what we planned to do. We checked the recent plantings up on Red Bluff and were happy to find that many had survived the dry September…
News from Greenfleet (27/9/23) describing their work in reforesting Wurneet Laang Laang forest in Gippsland… Restoring native forest for Strzelecki Koalas Nestled in the rolling hills of Victoria’s South Gippsland, Wurneet Laang Laang is a Greenfleet forest growing on Boon Wurrung Country. The forest…
From The Conversation (8/9/2023)… 10-year feral cat plan brings us a step closer to properly protecting endangered wildlife Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has released a draft feral cat management plan. Its aim is to reduce the devastating impact of cats on Australian wildlife, with…
From Trust for Nature… Big restoration – the new movement of hope for nature How do we restore ecosystems in ways that give us the biggest bang for our buck? Biolinks are big restoration projects that aim to restore habitat and link ecosystems across…
From ABC News… Ground-penetrating radar used to map critically endangered northern hairy-nosed wombat burrows In the middle of the southern Queensland bush, a man in a high-vis orange shirt looks starkly out of place as he slowly pushes a strange four-wheeled machine across the…
Not really relevant to MEA and this website, but this piece from the ABC News (August 13) is a gem – I especially liked the “call” of the koala! How do animals make all those weird and wonderful sounds? In the animal…