August 2007 Prepared by: Sue Elscot GREEN IGUANA For: Strategen PO Box 383 LEEDERVILLE WA 6007. "People do get frustrated from having them in their gardens. "The south coast population of ringtails is not well known. It was the first time the possums had been found at North Sister and South Sister. "A lot of people see them as pests and they can do some damage to people's gardens. This is mainly because of habitat loss and predation by feral animals (they were hunted by humans for their fur right up to the 1950s). "There's a ringtail possum that occurs over in the eastern states but it's a different species. After 90 minutes of searching the bushland of Mt Clarence, the sleuths spot their first possum for the night — a large male foraging at the top of a peppermint tree. The future is looking brighter for the critically endangered western ringtail possum after populations were discovered in three reserves near Manypeaks. Bronte Van Helden, UWA Albany science honours student, spent long nights stalking possums in search of an answer to that question. “I haven’t been back out there since I was there last week, but I did manage to download data from a few cameras, which have now most likely been burnt and I hope to get out there in the next week or two.”, © West Australian Newspapers Limited 2020. The one that occurs here only occurs in the south-west, and it's been reduced to three main populations now," Ms Gilfillan said. The information from this study will improve our knowledge of this species within urban areas and assist with the conservation of them across their shrinking range. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. The organisations are trying to protect two threatened species in particular — the western ringtail possum and the endangered Australasian bittern. At the same time, 10 motion sensor CCTV cameras film the possums moving between the bush and the suburbs after dark. "We know that urban areas often threaten animal wildlife, but we also see that they use them," Ms Van Helden said. It is not known whether a cat, dog or a car killed the mother. When those trees are gone, the possums have no choice but to come down to ground level to move from one area of trees to another. Western Ringtail possum monitoring in the suburbs of Albany July 03, 2019 / Andrew Storrie The critically endangered western ringtail possum is one of our most threatened mammals yet the species is often sighted in gardens within cities of south-west Australia. Bronte picking up the location of Jackie with the help of PhD supervisor Paul Close, UWA. Once widespread across south-west WA, western ringtail possums, Pseudocheirus occidentalis, are an endangered species. However, researchers are eager to assess the impact of a bushfire which tore through one of the reserves last Friday. Unfortunately, they're not finding that tree canopy and they're being hit by cars and attacked by dogs," Ms Holt said. Science News | Membership | About the GSSC | Links | Events | Citizen Science | Scientists, Great Southern Science CouncilAlbany Western Australia | 0435 269 268, Keep up to date at the GSSC FAcebook page, Great Southern. The sleuths say one of the major issues affecting the ringtail possums on the south coast is the loss of large mature age trees that keep them high above the ground, out of harm's way. Great Science. It is now only found around Albany, Busselton and there's a population around Dwellingup.". The organisations are trying to protect two threatened species in particular — the western ringtail possum and the endangered Australasian bittern. SA man dies in workplace accident at Barossa feed mill, Another suspected COVID-19 case reported on board ship in WA's Port Hedland. Within residential areas we have little knowledge of where they move and what resources they require as previously we have focused on bushland to conserve these animals. A lot of thought and work went into our project and we would like to make all this accessible to everybody interested in western ringtail possums, in conservation issues in general and in release after rehabilitation. Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. They can be quite cheeky I suppose.". They can eat things like roses, fruit or vegetables. “Now that we know that western ringtail possums are present in at least low numbers at all three reserves, there is the potential for these numbers to increase as predator control is implemented.”. Last Friday, a bushfire burnt through Lake Pleasant View Nature Reserve. The next morning, Sandra visits two juvenile ringtails. They all died in the same week, When the ABC met Michael and William Null it wasn't clear if they were for real or just playing dress-ups. They were both orphaned, found helpless on the ground by the side of the road. The Western Ringtail Possum was once widely spread across the south west land area from Perth to Albany. Environmental sustainability officer Mary Holt said a reduction of urban trees around Albany meant the possums had to venture into urban areas in search of food. The Western Ringtail Possum, Pseudocheirus occidentalis, is a small marsupial, which is native to the southwest region of Western Australia. Fifty thousand new trees will be planted between Emu Point and Mount Clarence to re-establish green corridors that connect urban forests. “Introduced predators are known to target recently burnt areas, so implementing predator control soon will be important for the native species in the area,” she said. A group of women armed with CCTV cameras, GPS trackers and head torches are out to uncover how the critically endangered western ringtail possum is living a double-life between the bush and the suburbs on Western Australia's south coast. "The Albany urban tree corridor is about putting trees back into our environment through street tree planting and revegetation programs. To answer some questions about suburban ringtails Bronte Van Helden, a PhD candidate with the University of Western Australia, is looking at the movement and resource use of western ringtail possums within residential landscapes. The possum, which is dark brown with a white tip on its tail, has suffered a population decline of up to 90 per cent since European settlement. As the local council tries to restore its native bushlands, residents will continue to pay close attention to how the possums find their new life in the city. "Through the federal funding, it has enabled us to focus on recreating connected corridors from Mount Clarence and Mount Adelaide through to Emu Point; two ends that are predominantly remnant vegetation and in good condition.". South Coast Natural Resource Management ecologist Hannah Bannister discovered the species in the North Sister, South Sister and Lake Pleasant View nature reserves. For better or worse, exactly what ringtail possums get up to at night remains a mystery. Ringtail rehabilitation and release work was in the beginning conducted and resourced as a project of the Possum Centre Busselton Inc. which we founded in 2006 (and left in 2016). Ms Bannister said there was a good chance it had affected the local possum population. The volunteers, dubbed the possum sleuths, have found western ringtails are adopting some unusual behaviours to avoid danger as they navigate between their remaining natural habitats and the urban areas around Albany. 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