The amazing environment, biodiversity and threatened species that call the Gloucester region home will be the focus this month as part of the Gloucester Wild Festival.
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The festival celebrates the passionate conservationists, researchers, volunteers and experts in the Gloucester community and their work to protect the biodiversity of the area.
Events include twilight tours, koala workshops, habitat planting for koalas and grey-crowned babblers, a Frog ID workshop, bushwalking and more.
September is National Biodiversity Month, a time for government agencies and community organisations to work with the community to help protect these species for the future.
"The festival will be full of fun events, to allow the community to learn more about the local environment and get their hands dirty participating," MidCoast Council senior ecologist, Mathew Bell said.
"They will be able to hear from scientific experts working in the region, plant trees for habitat and undertake field investigations to look for threatened species."
National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) project officer, Candice Skelton said preparation for the festival had shown how important the local environment was to the Gloucester community.
Program
The program includes:
- Saturday, September 3 - Creating Koala Habitat workshop
- Tuesday, September 6 - Fantastic Frogs
- Wednesday, September 14 - Rainforest Regeneration
- Thursday, September 15 - Habitat Planting Day
- Sunday, September 18 - Bushwalking Basics
- Tuesday, September 20 - Misunderstood Mistletoe
- Saturday, September 23 to Monday, October 3- Wildlife Activity Trail with NPWS
- Friday, September 30 - National Parks' Koala Capers
- Friday, October 7 - National Parks' Copeland Tops Twilight Tour
- Saturday, October 8 - Walk the Waters
The events will be popular and will fill up quick so visit, www.midcoast.nsw.gov.au/Environment/Environmental-Projects/Gloucester-Wild-Threatened-Species-Festival to find out more and book your place.
The festival is being hosted to coincide with National Biodiversity Month and National Threatened Species Day.
National Threatened Species Day falls on September 7 to commemorate the death of the last Tasmanian tiger.
Prizes to win
Gloucester Wild is a festival to reconnect with nature and learn how it can be protected for future generations.
Festival participants can enter the festival prize pool, worth up to $1500, including an overnight stay and wildlife tour worth around $800 at Aussie Ark's sanctuary in the Barrington Tops. Attendees will receive one entry for each event they attend.
Australia is home to more than 500,000 animal and plant species, many of which are found nowhere else in the world. In NSW there are close to 1000 species at risk of extinction, 116 of which are located in the Gloucester region.
The Gloucester Wild project is a joint initiative between the MidCoast Council and NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, in collaboration with Aus Eco Solutions, Aussie Ark, Australian Museum, Birdlife Australia, Gloucester Business Chamber, Gloucester Environment Group, Hunter Local Land Services, Manning River Turtle Group and Mid Coast 2 Tops Landcare.
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