Cradle Coast NRM are working with King Island Landcare and private landholders to protect the habitat of the critically endangered King Island Brown Thornbill and King Island Scrubtit. The ‘Community action for King Island Bird Recovery’ project, funded under the Australian Government’s Natural Heritage Trust, will improve the quality and extent of the birds’ habitat by connecting remnant patches with corridors across agricultural land, fencing out stock and supporting efforts to control Asparagus Fern, Inkweed and feral cats.
Cradle Coast is also conducting vegetation surveys including mapping the WONS listed Asparagus Fern to aid future landscape-scale planning and management of critical habitat.
Read more in the newsletter (p12) or on the project page.
