Evidence of a breeding koala population has been found in rural areas across the Hills and Hornsby.
Volunteer group The Hills-Hornsby Rural Koala Project (HHRKP) recently partnered with Landcare Australia through the Wildseek Project, Queensland University of Technology, and NSW Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service.
New data obtained by Wildseek’s drone work shows 13 detected koalas, several of which are female, throughout Glenorie and Maroota. As the catalogued area is a small portion of the overall bushland, HHRKP is confident there is a local, low density koala population in the area. For HHRKP, this is groundbreaking discovery.
‘Drones were able to validate the data we had collected on our map and to add some robust data,’ wrote HHRKP in a post. ‘Now we can work toward knowing more and being able to protect them.’
Visit www.hhrkp.org for more information about The Hills-Hornsby Rural Koala Project.