In 2009, Connecting Country was awarded funding for three years through the North Central Catchment Management Authority from the Victorian and Commonwealth Government (Caring for our Country). The project has a specific focus on the threatened species – the Brush-tailed Phascogale (Tuan).
Photo: Ken Stepnell
The Brush-tailed Phascogale
The Brush-tailed Phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa), or Tuan, is a small, nocturnal,
arboreal, carnivorous marsupial of the Family Dasyuridae. The Brush-tailed Phascogale has been listed as a threatened taxon in Schedule 2 of the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 and is regarded as near threatened at a Commonwealth level. Key threats to the Tuan are habitat fragmentation, loss of hollow-bearing trees, reduction of habitat quality from overgrazing and predation by cats and foxes.
Goal of the project
The goal of the project is to increase populations of the Brush-tailed Phascogale (Tuan) across Mount Alexander Shire by improving the condition of existing habitat and by increasing connectivity between core habitat areas. The priority vegetation for the 2010-2011 funding is Yellow-Box (Eucalyptus melliodora) Woodlands.
Click here for more information on Yellow Box Woodlands.
Activities
The Connecting Country project is undertaking a range of activities including:
- Community engagement
- A long-term monitoring program
- On ground projects to protect and enhance remnant woodland
Please click on the links above for more information.
2009-2010 Final Report
For an organisation only just laying its founding roots, Connecting Country is very proud of its achievements in 2009-2010. Thanks to funding received through the North Central CMA from the Federal and State Government, we can report that our 09/10 outputs for the project have been completed. This reports celebrates some of these achievements. Click here to read full report.
