Amanda Lane

The Northern Rivers Regional Koala Activity Assessment is one of the largest field-based koala monitoring programs undertaken in NSW. Working on behalf of the six Northern Rivers Councils, Biolink surveys koala populations across more than one million hectares spanning Tweed, Byron, Ballina, Lismore, Richmond Valley and Kyogle. The current assessment builds on earlier regional surveys

This project represents the third round of koala survey undertaken by Biolink across the Ipswich Local Government Area, following earlier assessments in 2020 and 2023. Monitoring was conducted at 83 permanent sites across Council-managed estates, with this survey round expanded to include an additional 10 privately owned properties under conservation agreements. The program provides consistent,

Building on earlier assessments of three National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) reserves, this addendum report focuses on evaluating koala habitat within the Minyumai Indigenous Protected Area (IPA). Our work combined detailed desktop analysis of existing vegetation mapping with targeted field surveys using fit-for-purpose vegetation quadrats to assess habitat quality and suitability.

Koala Beach Estate and the surrounding vegetated areas form a wildlife-sensitive residential development in Pottsville, within the Tweed Shire Local Government Area. In the early 1990s, the estate and adjacent habitat supported an estimated 30–40 resident koalas. Since then, the area has been the focus of ongoing monitoring to track changes in koala distribution and

The Campbelltown koala population has shown signs of recovery over the past three decades, making its ongoing conservation a priority for the local community, scientists and land managers. This project reported on two rounds of intra-generational koala surveys conducted across the Campbelltown Local Government Area, building on a baseline assessment completed in 2020. Monitoring was

Biolink frequently provide reports to private landholders in association with Development Applications (DAs). Depending on the provisions of the Local Government Area (Local Council) these may include Koala Habitat Assessments, Koala Activity Reports, or other specific reports which address local Koala Plans of Management (KPoMs) or other relevant environmental regulations.

Resurveying permanent monitoring points across Elanora and Currumbin Waters on behalf of the City of Gold Coast Council to provide updated data on koala occupancy, habitat utilisation and density estimates. Spatial and temporal analysis provided context to observed changes in the koala population (surveyed every two years since 2012) and an understanding of the population

Following the development of a standardised population monitoring methodology by Biolink in 2021, this project represented the second round of survey for threatened black-breasted button-quails on behalf of the City of Ipswich Council. Sites were a mix of resurveying formerly established sites and the geographic expansion of the program to two additional Council managed Estates.

Assessment of 55 sites across three NPWS Estates (Bundjalung National Park, Mount Neville Nature Reserve and Bungawalbin National Park and State Conservation Area) using unbiased grid-based approach to assess vegetation and estimate koala carrying capacity. The project included the development of a fit-for-purpose methodology (vegetation quadrats), field survey and reporting with recommendations to inform a

On-going monitoring of koala occupancy, activity levels and density across the Lismore Koala Plan of Management (KPoM) planning area. This project, carried out on behalf of Lismore City Council, also included an LGA-wide assessment of historic koala sightings records to address possible changes in the broader geographic extent of koala occupancy. A detailed threats analysis