|  Draw
& win
as the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife presents the Dymocks
Golden Paw Award 2006.
Dolphins
have Girlfriend of the Year
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Skye
Bortoli meets Foundation volunteer Jeff Wong for the annual Dolphin
Census in Port Stephens. Photo: FNPW |
13 year Skye Bortoli
vowed to make the ocean safer for whales and dolphins. She wants to raise
awareness as well as funds for whale and dolphin conservation programs.
For her dedication
to this cause Girlfriend Magazine recently announced her “Girlfriend
of the Year”. She was chosen out of 1,500 nominations for the annual
award.
Skye who wants to
be a marine mammal biologist decided to donate $500 from her $3,000 winnings
to the Foundation’s DREAM (Dolphin Research, Education and Management)
Fund and $1,500 to IFAW towards whale conservation.
At this year’s Port Stephens Dolphin Census she met Foundation volunteer
Jeff Wong who has participated in the annual count for the past three
years.
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Wild Life for WildLife
At
the Foundation’s AGM in May this year Gillis was awarded the
title of Honorary Life Governor of the Foundation for National Parks
& Wildlife for his outstanding commitment to the organisation
and its cause.
Our former
President Gillis Broinowski first befriended Australia’s wildlife
at the age of three. Gillis has been a Director on the Foundation’s
Board for the past 22 years, seven of these he steered the Foundation
as President. He retired as our Chairman in 2005. |
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3-year
old Gillis meets a friendly koala. Photo FNPW |
Attend
the Fifth National Wilderness Conference
“The
land down under was one of the birth places of the wilderness movement and
our aim is to continue to provide leadership.” Geoff Mosley. Join
the Colong Foundation in celebrating wilderness and exploring ways towards
greater conservation and a more environmentally conscious society.
http://www.colongwilderness.org.au/CelebratingWilderness/CelebratingWilderness_scn.pdf
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Rats
off Brush Island
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Sooty
Oystercatchers Photo Inger Vandyke |
Life has just become
a little easier for the threatened Sooty Oystercatcher. Brush Island,
one the birds’ major breeding site, has been freed of feral rats
after the Foundation funded an eradication program. Rangers are confident
that it was successful, but it will take about two years before we can
be a hundred per cent certain that no rats survived. In the meantime,
rangers are planning to visit the Oystercatchers in their next breeding
season on the island to see how the population is settling into the new
circumstances.
| Volunteers
needed: Towra Point Planting Day
This is your chance to find out exactly why Towra Point at Sydney’s
doorstep is birds’ paradise. Visit this amazing wetland on
July 27 and be one of the first to enjoy the views from our new
viewing platform. Learn about the local native vegetation and put
some native plants in the ground. While you’re there you’re
sure to meet some of the feathered locals too! Call Julia Visser
from NPWS Kurnell on 02 9668 9111 to register as a volunteer for
the planting morning. |
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It’s
an Honour for Foundation Volunteers
The Foundation congratulates
our volunteers Henry Gold and Ian Hutton who have been awarded a Medal
of the Order of Australia for their outstanding services to conservation
of our national parks and wildlife.
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Henry
Gold OAM
For service to wilderness preservation through the use of photographic
documentation
Since 1956,
when Henry Gold joined the Sydney Bushwalkers Club and began to
appreciate the Australian landscape, his skill as a photographer
has opened the eyes of many Australians to its unique wilderness
qualities. His photographs have been potent deciders in campaigns
to protect our wilderness areas. Henry travelled to Green Gully
in 2002 to photograph the area for the Foundation’s successful
campaign to purchase this ‘missing link’ in the Macleay
Gorges Wilderness.
To view Henry’s
photographs visit
http://www.colongwilderness.org.au/GoldGallery
Photo:
Henry Gold by Henry Gold |
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Ian
Hutton OAM
For service to conservation and the environment on Lord Howe Island,
particularly through the establishment and development of bush regeneration
and weed eradication programs.
Ian has been
exploring Lord Howe Island researching and recording its flora and
fauna for the past 20 years. In that time he researched and photographed
all of the natural history of the Island; producing seven books
and a number of scientific papers. Ian started the “holidays
with a difference”, a chance to discover the island’s
nature through tours and bush regeneration activities that are making
a big impact on eradication of invasive weeds. Ian is generous to
the Foundation, providing us with free use of images, articles and
expertise on all things Lord Howe.
To join Ian
on a 2006 Lord Howe Island Bush Regeneration Tour visit
http://www.lordhowe-tours.com.au/tours.html
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Ian
Hutton on Lord Howe Island Photo FNPW |
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