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Some ideas for taking action Educate your family and friends. People are usually surprised to find out that Australia's Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat is more endangered than the panda! Check out The Wombat Foundation presentation to Taronga Zoo. Read the detailed Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat Recovery Plan and fact sheet. Keep up to date with developments in the field by following the DERM Wombat Diary. Are you a student or teacher? Check out the new Wombat Resource site. Help raise funds to support vital research on the Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat. Why not organise an event for World Animal Day in October? All fundraisers receive promotional material including a great bumper sticker. Raise awareness and funds by holding a gold coin donation event at your work party, school concert or cocktail party. Write to the Queensland Minister for the Environment, Resource Management and Climate Change - the Hon. Vicky Darling MP - asking her to remove loopholes allowing the clearing of conservation-significant regrowth vegetation in the Brigalow belt: a region that is the home of the endangered Bridled Nail-Tailed Wallaby as well as the Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat. Consider a meat-free Monday. Across Australia, wildlife habitat is destroyed when land is cleared to run stock and introduced grasses replace native species. Heavy footed introduced animals destroy wombat burrows and have contributed to the Northern Hairy-nose Wombat's endangered status. Display the Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat poster at your school or workplace (QLD DERM). Consider becoming a volunteer caretaker at Epping Forest National Park. Have your say on the best name for the Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat. We are planning to open a poll to see if members prefer the Aboriginal name, Yaminon. Are you a student or teacher? The Wombat Foundation is working on a website especially for school students. We hope to launch the website in 2012. Join us on Facebook and have your say. |
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Welcome to Epping Forest!
Epping Forest Head Quarters
Taped burrow at Epping Forest