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We won a Pick My Project community grant

 The Banyule Sugar Glider Project (BSGP) was one of the 237 projects across the state to win a Pick My Project (PMP) Community Grant in 2019. The project will discover protect and enhance the wildlife corridors on the Eastern area of the Plenty River known as the Vegetation Protection Overlay 1. Sugar gliders choice of 300 strategically nesting boxes to be placed on public and private land will indicate where the corridors can be found. The boxes have been made through a partnership with the local Men’s shed. A contribution of $34 is asked for each one. A smaller pilot project had been running in Montmorency for 6 years prior however the PMP has led us to undertake a more ambitious project that extends to all the suburbs in the VPO 1 including:
  • St Helena
  • Greenhills
  • Parts of Greensborough and North Eltham
  • Montmorency
  • Briar Hill
  • Lower Plenty

Wildlife corridors are critical for our native fauna to survive and thrive, yet due to urban pressures many are disappearing unnoticed. Sugar gliders are a keystone species that will help us map our remaining wildlife corridors. This project focuses on the Plenty river East Area and records glider occupancy in specially designed, strategically placed nesting boxes. The boxes have been made by the Eltham men’s shed and installed by professionals and skilled volunteers in schools, reserves and private homes.

Findings will inform a corridor strategy for the Banyule VPO 1 area that Banyule City Council and conservation groups can use to protect, maintain and enhance corridors.
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This project invites residents to become stewards for wild life. There will be opportunities to join a monitoring group or host a "nest box" tree home for gliders in your garden. A contribution of $34 is asked towards the cost of a box. To obtain a box fill out the expression of interest form
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Banyule Council Reports

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Abzeco Montmorency Biodiversity Group Fauna Habitat Connectivity Project
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Abzeco - Urban Ecology of Sugar Glider - A taste of whats to come
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Montmorency's wildlife corridors banner at the Banyule festival
The Banyule parade
Raising awareness to protect the sugar gliders at the Banyule parade
The Banyule Parade
The Banyule Parade
The Banyule Parade
The Banyule Parade
The Banyule Parade
Anne prepares the screen to print the sugar gliders T shirts
Cindy securing a box
Jen in action
Seeing sugar glider footage following a dusk nature walk
Sugar glider in nest
Sugar glider in flight

The Banyule Sugar Glider Project

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  • Home
  • Monty Community Group
    • About MCG
    • Thermal Camera
    • Previous Projects
    • Contact Us
  • Biodiversity Group
    • About MBG
    • Sugar Glider Projects
    • VPO1
    • Ivy - a noxious weed
    • Biodiversity sighting
    • Previous projects
  • FOMB
    • Reserves
  • Resources
    • Fauna
    • Flowers and Fungi
    • Monty Moves Newsletters
    • Peak Oil
    • Energy
    • Climate Change
    • Climate Change History
    • The Bigger Picture
    • Transport
    • Permaculture
    • Food
    • Energy Descent Plan
    • Divestment info page
    • Links
  • Join us
    • Events
    • Past events