Wildlife
Australia is home to an amazingly diverse and spectacular range of native wildlife.
Unfortunately, habitat loss, poor vegetation connection and pest species have taken their toll on our local critters.
However, as a land manager there are many things you can do to support native animals on your acreage.
Wildlife management resources
- Rural Living Handbook
- Build Your Own Wildlife Nest Box [1.4 MB PDF]
- Integrating wildlife conservation and farm management (Department of Planning, Industry and Environment)
- Wildlife friendly fencing (external site)
- Birdata App – Bird Surveys Instructional Video
- Shorebirds of the Hunter Estuary
- Eucalypt Identification - Tree Bark (NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust)
- How to make a Bee hotel (NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust)
- The Wonders of Wattles (NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust)
- Looking for Biodiversity (NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust)
- Backyard Birdbaths (NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust)
- How to set a camera trap (NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust)
- Significant woodland birds in the Hunter region
- Koala Threatened Species Brochure 2021 [1.9 MB PDF]
- Beneficial insects webinar
Other resources
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