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The Monty Sugar Glider Project

Project purpose

• to re-establish our sugar glider population. • To engage the local community

in becoming wildlife stewards. • To create habitat links to

nearby wildlife corridors

Why sugar gliders

Montmorency

A bit about Monty

What has happened so far

Current focus

Engaging the community

Threats to sugar gliders and other Monty Wildlife • Phascogale on road photo

Solutions

Wildlife that could return to Monty

• Insects • Small marsupials

Birds

How council could help• Recognise work we are doing by Integrating our mapping

into the VPO’s • Follow through with plans for Pecks Dam • Support plantings in key areas of public land by schools

etc, allow us/schools on land to water and weed • Preserving and planting where needed eg vacant lots,

reserves, walk throughs etc • Develop an environmental plan with community input • Stronger community stronger partnership • Policing the vegie requirements for development

permits, location of building in relation to trees • Free trees

Where to from here• Web page • Boxes up in more reserves and local gardens • Regular monitoring of contents • Sugar glider spotlight evening – AGM 6.12.14 • Launch of bigger project – Monty Habitat Links

Refer Stepping Stones Habitat Links website • School partnerships, tree planting, rope

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