The Victorian Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) Hume, and North East Catchment Management Authority are partnering on a range of projects around bushfire recovery, including monitoring species impacted by the fires. Remote camera monitoring is underway in the Barry Mountains for one of Victoria’s most threatened and elusive native species – the long-footed potoroo.
The recent results have revealed an increase in the population- 43% of the sites surveyed recorded potoroo presence, compared to 23% of sites after the 2019-20 Black Summer Bushfires.
In addition to the potoroos, the cameras captured 71 other native species, including long-nosed bandicoots, black wallabies, lyrebirds and even a red-bellied black snake.
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