How do you record Microbat calls that are not audible by humans?

Surveying for mircobats can be tricky especially since as they are small, hard to see and their calls are inaudible to the human ear. Lachlan “The Bat Man” McRae, talks about how he records the ultrasonic pulses (or calls) of microbats and how he can distinguish between microbat species. Travers bushfire & ecology record microbats […]

Endangered Freshwater Wetlands on Coastal Floodplains under the BC Act

by Lindsay Holmes BOTANIST Freshwater Wetlands on Coastal Floodplains is an endangered ecological community (EEC) under the Biodiversity Conservation Act, 2016 which was first gazetted in 2004. This EEC can occur anywhere in the coastal zone from the QLD border to the VIC border, associated with floodplains, alluvial flats, lagoons, lakes, landscape depressions and in […]

Bushfire Protection Measures and Effective Risk Management Treatments

by Heath FitzsimmonsBUSHFIRE MANAGEMENT OFFICER When considering the bushfire risk faced by a home it is most important to consider three major methods of bushfire attack; flame contact, radiant heat and ember attack. Direct ignition from radiant heat or flame contact accounts for less than 15% of the houses lost to bush fire, while the […]