{"id":7066,"date":"2022-03-01T23:49:31","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T23:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/reforestation-cape-tribulation-research-station-copy\/"},"modified":"2022-04-27T04:21:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T04:21:47","slug":"kuranda-tree-frog-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/kuranda-tree-frog-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaping into action for frogs"},"content":{"rendered":"[mk_page_section bg_image=”https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/treetopsslider.jpg” bg_position=”center center” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” bg_stretch=”true” enable_3d=”true” min_height=”500″ js_vertical_centered=”true” padding_top=”” padding_bottom=”” section_id=”donate” el_class=”donate-1″ sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”70px”][mk_fancy_title font_family=”none” align=”center”]LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR MEMBERS[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_padding_divider size=”67″][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section section_id=”great-1″ sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1563789112768{padding-right: 36px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}” el_class=”great_header_left”][mk_padding_divider size=”100″ visibility=”hidden-nb”][mk_padding_divider size=”15″ visibility=”visible-sm”][mk_padding_divider visibility=”visible-tl”][mk_fancy_title size=”28″ letter_spacing=”4″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”none” el_class=”terrain-title-2″]KURANDA ENVIROCARE’S NEW PROJECT TO HELP ENDANGERED FROGS[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_padding_divider size=”60″ visibility=”hidden-nb”][mk_padding_divider size=”5″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1646179957090{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]More help is on its way for the critically endangered Kuranda tree frog.<\/p>\n

Community organisation Kuranda Envirocare is launching a new project, surveying more creeks and training extra volunteers thanks to a recently announced Engaging Science Grant from the Queensland Government.<\/p>\n

The new initiatives come on the tenth anniversary of the organisation\u2019s \u2018Frog-Friendly Waterways\u2019 citizen science program, and at a time when the Kuranda tree frog is facing ongoing threats from urbanisation and related changes to creek hydrology.<\/p>\n

Monitoring with acoustic recorders<\/h4>\n

Project coordinator Edward Bell said acoustic recorders would be used to bring more creeks into the monitoring program.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese will enable us to survey larger and more remote areas, ensuring we have the best available information on where the Kuranda tree frog is surviving,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

About the Kuranda tree frog<\/h4>\n

The Kuranda tree frog, or Litoria myola, is only known to live in a handful of creeks that flow into the Barron River. Discovered in 2007, its biggest threats are habitat clearing along creek lines and hydrological disturbances to creek beds.<\/p>\n

Kuranda Envirocare president Cathy Retter said volunteers had been regularly monitoring frog populations for nine years with researchers from James Cook University, and also working with landholders to revegetate creek lines in key areas for the species.<\/p>\n

Revegetation work<\/h4>\n

\u201cMore than five kilometres of creek and riverbanks have been successfully revegetated, and this will continue into the future,\u2019\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith our new project, we are looking forward to working with more volunteers and training them in the use of detectors and water quality monitoring equipment, and in analysis of acoustic data.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1625012805335{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1563789122720{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 34px !important;}” el_class=”great_header_right”][mk_padding_divider size=”206″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][mk_padding_divider size=”50″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1646179647830{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\"Kuranda[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1646180078613{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]The Engaging Science grant will be used to employ a coordinator to lead and grow the existing frog-monitoring and water quality programs, train new volunteers, run the new project and host free \u2018Meet the Scientist\u2019 talks and other seminars on biodiversity and citizen science in the broader Wet Tropics region.<\/p>\n

Important role of communities in threatened species recovery<\/h4>\n

James Cook University\u2019s Dr Conrad Hoskin said the project was a great example of the important role communities played in the survival of endangered species occurring outside protected areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe survival of some species in Queensland comes down to the actions of the communities they occur in,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

Become a volunteer citizen scientist<\/h4>\n

To become a volunteer citizen scientist with Kuranda Envirocare, email Edward Bell at kuranda.envirocare.science@gmail.com, or learn more at www.envirocare.org.au\/kuranda-tree-frog and the organisation\u2019s Facebook page.<\/p>\n

Become a Terrain NRM member<\/h4>\n

Terrain NRM is a community-based membership organisation. Kuranda Envirocare is one of 80+ members in a network of partners involved in natural resource management in the Wet Tropics. Members have voting rights at our annual general meetings.
\nFind out more here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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