WILDWATCH  by Lawrie Martin

“We knew very little about the mahogany glider and finding one in a fallen tree on our club grounds brought home the reality of the plight facing this little Queenslander,” John Guyatt said.

Mr Guyatt, involved in the Cardwell Reconstruction programme, was speaking at the Cardwell Country Club last week when a group of concerned citizens gathered to discuss the allocation of Federal Government funding under the Caring for Country programme to improve habitat for mahogany gliders (Petaurus gracilis).

Myrtle Rust - Alert

Alen Sheather from the  Daintree Cassowary Groupposted this on facebook.
"Last Friday (25 May )was the Cassowary Recovery Team meeting at the Wet Tropics Management Authority.   One topic of discussion was the rapid emergence of Myrtle Rust in the region. This destructive exotic fungal disease has now invaded Mossman Gorge, Smithfield Conservation park and has been detected North of the Daintree River"   It has been found to be particularly infectious on the soft fleshy fruited members of the Myrtaceae family (over 50 species)".

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June issue of Phoenix
Read the latest news from the southern region of the Cassowary Coast in the June edition of Phoenix published by ASH.