Amanda Lane

Analysis of koala vehicle strike was conducted on behalf of the NSW Department of Planning and Environment (DPE) and Lismore City Council using data obtained from NSW government and Friends of the Koala (koala hospital). This study focused on select locations across Lismore LGA to assess the potential effectiveness of a range of signs, including

This project represented the third koala population and habitat assessment for Coomera-Pimpama undertaken on behalf of the City of Gold Coast Council. It re-examined the distribution, size, conservation status and viability of the local koala population and recommends actions to safeguard it. Detailed population assessments involved a regularised sampling strategy at 102 field sites to

This project represents the second instance of a LGA-wide survey of koalas across Council managed lands in Ipswich, QLD, following a baseline survey event in 2020. Koala activity was assessed using the Spot Assessment Technique (SAT) and Rapid-SAT protocol at 83 regularly distributed sites for three large conservation estates (White Rock Spring Mountain, Flinders-Goolman and

Biolink were engaged by Hansons Australia to conduct a koala occupancy and habitat survey of a proposed quarry expansion in Sancrox, Port Macquarie, New South Wales, including the provision of expert advice relating to mitigating impacts on resident koalas, maintaining population connectivity, quantifying the koala food tree resource on-site and advising on an appropriate revegetation

This project represents a collaboration with Dr Faye Wendrowicz (Federation University) and Friends of the Earth (funded by the Myer Foundation), identifying the ‘ground zero’ of koalas in the Strzeleckis, Victoria. The presence of preferred koala food trees provides an indicator of the location of koalas and field survey further revealed that both the preferred

The Northern Rivers Regional Koala Activity Assessment involved the survey of 350 SAT sites for koala activity across a range of land tenures – National Park, State Forest, Council, Local Aboriginal Land Council and privately held lands. A consolidated koala habitat map for the region was prepared and spatial analyses identified patterns of koala occupancy

Biolink is engaged in a six-year project to restore and rehabilitate an area of Lowland Subtropical Rainforest in Tweed Shire, on the far north coast of New South Wales. This follows the earlier development (by Biolink) of a Vegetation Management Plan and Habitat Restoration Plan for the two adjacent areas. Restoration work includes the protection,

Commencing in 2022 Biolink have been engaged in a five-year project acting as the Scientific Consultant to the Sydney Basin Koala Network and the Total Environment Centre, with funding from Wildlife Information, Rehabilitation and Education Service (WIRES). This entails providing detailed koala habitat and corridor mapping for the Sydney Basin and consolidated reporting on the

This survey program established occupancy levels for this threatened species (Pseudomys novaehollandiae) across a proposed infrastructure site and provided information on species density and associated local population estimates, among other data. This enabled a response to matters concerning the potential of the proposed development to impact the species and recommended approaches to mitigate such impacts.

This project is a continuation of the LGA-wide koala monitoring program as per the Campbelltown CKPoM (also prepared by Biolink). This component of the project included extensive community engagement aiming to increase landholder commitment for surveys and consideration of the views of wildlife carers, university researchers and state government (DPE) in implementation of the monitoring