Bunyah Koalas is one year old and we have taken a moment to reflect on what a busy year it has been.  

We are well on our way to demonstrating how farming and conservation can be mutually beneficial.   During the year we have protected 1.5km of riparian areas along our creek lines.   All fencing has been externally funded and it has created improved outcomes for both the environment and our farms productivity.   We now have 3 new paddocks in our farm which further facilitates our move towards regenerative agriculture while the protected creek lines improve our water quality and water retention in addition to providing shelterbelts and improved property aesthetics.    Environmentally, the 17000 trees planted will create important wildlife corridors linking remnant koala habitat as well as being important additional habitat in its own right.  

Over the next 12 months we will be installing integrated livestock and arboreal water troughs as well as conducting a range of koala and glider population and health surveys.   All of these, including the livestock watering system are government funded which demonstrates the potential of aligning farming and conservation outcomes.   Our farm will benefit from an improved water reticulation system while we also improve outcomes for our wildlife inclusive of koalas.   This sort of win win situation is a model that hopefully other land managers can use to improve outcomes on their properties.

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This project received grant funding from the Australian Government. Bunyah Koalas would like to acknowledge our funding sources and partners.
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