Hi Everyone.

Thanks so much for taking part in the Ferny Forest bioblitz on Saturday. It was really great spending time connecting to and appreciating the forest with you! For those who missed out, maybe you can join the next one. The next step is making sure all the observations are uploaded and identified on iNaturalist. I am keen to have that all ready by the end of the week. Can you let me know if you still have some uploading to do and when you are likely to have this done. For those with great ID skills please also jump on and help identify those that need it. Also double check that your iNaturalist observations are showing up in the Forest Watch project, let me know if they aren't. I know a few of you recorded observations without being about to upload them onto iNaturalist eg Birds without a photo please send these to me ASAP - organiser@qldconservation.org.au

Once this is done I will pull together a bit of a report to send to the minister and share on social media. I will keep you updated on that so you can also share this. Have a look at the project to check out the observations so far. Currently we are at 100 species identified, great work for 2 hours! A big shout out to one of our younger participants (Spencer from Save Sunrise Glossies) for leading with 34 species, not that it is a competition.

You may have also seen on the weekend that Ferny Forest was in the media. ABC article here and TV clip here.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-12/glass-house-mountain-logging-cyclists/101141758?fbclid=IwAR1aNuBsP3i9wkElGhzlfFFVVmV3DFsAkMmxP_30--xUMTO3BybVE4ofcDA
https://www.queenslandconservation.org.au/beerwah

Next Steps

1. As above, upload, ID and check observations.

2. Check out photos here. Share them with the link to get people to email the premier.
   
   https://www.facebook.com/QueenslandConservation/posts/10159152653582473

3. If you haven't already, join the save ferny forest facebook group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1306167879854750
   

4. I have also set up this Forest Watch facebook group so people can share key observations in state forests, including any intel on logging.
   https://www.facebook.com/groups/434798641452114

5. Let me know if you are interested in helping to organise future BioBlitz events in Ferny Forest, or elsewhere.

6. You can check out info about the broad state forest context here.
   https://www.queenslandconservation.org.au/seq_native_forest

Thanks so much,
Hayley

Posted on June 13, 2022 04:55 AM by hayleytroupe