Winner Division C, Overall Winner
Central Coast Council: Little Tern conservation project
Central Coast Council’s environmental infrastructure team worked collaboratively with other council units and external agencies to manage threats, such as human disturbance, litter, avian predators and dogs, to the endangered Little Tern rookery at Karagi Point.
Work included the installation of temporary fencing and signage, regular litter collection, weekly nest monitoring, ranger patrols, public communication and community education. These management efforts led to the most successful Little Tern breeding season at Karagi Point on record. This breeding colony was also considered the most important Little Tern nesting site in NSW for the 2020/21 breeding season.
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Winner Division B
Strathfield Municipal Council: Bring back the Bellfrog
In 2000, Strathfield Municipal Council dedicated 3,484 square metres of land near the former Juno Brickpits as a reserve for the endangered Green and Golden Bell Frog. In the intervening years, the site had become infested with self-sown weeds, largely due to location and adjoining industrial activity. With no recent recordings of frog presence, the council worked with adjoining stakeholders to recreate habitat that would appeal to and support the re-establishment of a viable breeding colony at this critical point in what had been a key element of the Green and Golden Bell Frog corridor in Strathfield.
Highly Commended Division C
Tweed Shire Council: Tweed Coast koala research hub
Tweed Shire Council and Currumbin Wildlife Hospital, with the support of the NSW State Government and WWF, designed and constructed the Tweed Coast Koala Research Hub. This facility provides high-quality accommodation for koalas participating in research trials for a chlamydia vaccination. The current vaccination requires two shots, 30 days apart, and with more than 50% of koalas coming into care as a result of chlamydia, a facility to enable this research to be conducted was considered critical to the koala recovery efforts.
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