The Wombat State Forest contains the most westerly population of the endangered Greater Glider, which mainly inhabit the tall hollow-bearing trees along the creek lines and rivers.
The aim of our spotlighting for Greater Gliders is to establish where they are found in the forest, not to rigorously follow a survey method that can be duplicated to establish population changes. We aim to establish whether the gliders inhabit proposed planned burn areas so that measures can be taken for their protection.
The Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) have provided us with metal tags to nail to trees where Greater Gliders have been seen emerging from hollows by Wombat Forestcare members while spotlighting. These trees can then be protected as far as possible in planned burns. To date we have tagged 98 trees.
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Juvenile Greater Glider - Photo Elizabeth Parsons
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Greater Glider emerging from tree hollow - Photo Gayle Osborne
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Juvenile Greater Glider in tree hollow - Photo Gayle Osborne
