Koala Food Trees in the Clarence
Clarence Valley Council hosted three Koala Food tree Identification Training sessions in November, with support from the NSW Government Saving our Species project. The workshops were presented by Clarence Valley Council NRM Project Officer, Caragh Heenan, and local botanist, Jeff Thomas.
The half day workshops included a summary of current koala distribution and habitat in the Clarence Valley, information on eucalypts that are food trees for koalas and some in depth training on botanical terms to assist with eucalypt identification. Attendees received the brand new Koala Food Trees in the Clarence Eucalypt Identification Guide and plenty of resources to assist them on their botanical journey.
The public sessions were attended by 28 keen and enthusiastic members of the public and an additional session for 19 CVC staff from the planning and developing team was also a success.
Thank you to everyone that came along and especially to Jeff Thomas for being such a knowledgeable resource to draw upon.
The Koala Food Trees in the Clarence flip book is now available. Contact Caragh Heenan (Project Officer NRM) from the Clarence Valley Council Natural Resource Management team via email to receive your copy. Include your postal address if you wish for it to be mailed to you. Alternatively, you can download an electronic copy.
This project has been assisted by the New South Wales Government through its Environmental Trust and Saving Our Species.
Eucalypt descriptions in the guide were replicated with permission from the Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust (Sydney NSW) via PlantNET at http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/, 2019
Eucalypt images in the guide were replicated with permission from the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (Director of National Parks and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra ACT) via EUCLID at http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org:8080/euclid/data/02050e02-0108-490e-8900-0e0601070d00/media/Html/index.htm, 2019
Eucalypt and koala distribution in the guide were mapped with data from the Atlas of Living Australia website at http://www.ala.org.au, 2019
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