STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM - AUSTRALIA - TIGER QUOLL PRESERVATION PROJECT
 
     
Australian Quoll
Hancock Victorian Plantations (HVP) and the Wonyip Landcare Group are working together to protect the Tiger Quoll, (dasyurus maculatus) a carnivorous marsupial mammal native to Australia. The Tiger Quoll is mainland Australia's largest carnivorous marsupial and commands a very large habitat range. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists the Tiger Quoll on the Red List of Threatened Species under the "vulnerable" status. After evidence of quoll activity in the Wonyip area was found, a grant from World Wildlife Fund/Threatened Species Network was obtained to assist in the survival and migration of this rare and threatened animal. This project aims to link together areas of native forest which are currently separated by pine plantations, private cleared land, farms and mountain ridges. The first stage included the planting of 3,000 native trees on abandoned agricultural land to create forested corridors which increased habitat throughout the Golden Creek, Billy Creek and Dingo Creeks and the Little Albert River. Future efforts will focus on further expanding the habitat by planting under-story species and another 4,000 trees along the Little Albert River.