Annual Conservation Report 10-11

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Annual Conservation Report

Our chance to tell supporters about achievements they've helped Bush Heritage make over the past year.

Download the full report for stunning photos and stories of conservation successes in 2010-2011.

• With the help of our steadfast supporters, we continued the conservation management of nearly a million hectares of land Australia-wide.
• We celebrated the purchase of John Colahan Griffin Nature Reserve, a unique property in the centre of Victoria's agricultural heartland.
• Together with the Wunambal Gaambera people, we celebrated the declaration of the Uungu Indigenous Protected Area in the Kimberley.
• At Ethabuka Reserve our ecologists have recorded an extraordinary peak in small mammal abundance following good rains.
• Eleven small native mammal species and 19 reptile species have been recorded at Eurardy Reserve for the first time.
• At Edgbaston Reserve the number of endangered red-finned blue-eye fish populations was increased from three to seven.
• A staggering 300% increase in ground-foraging and shrub-dependent bird species has occurred at Boolcoomatta Reserve since 2006.
• Bob Brown generously donated his refuge and the birthplace of Bush Heritage, Oura Oura in Tasmania's Liffey Valley.

Annual Financial Report

An overview of our financial position for 2010-2011.

• For Annual Conservation Reports and Annual Financial Reports from previous years, please visit our Annual Report archive page.
  

‘Today, tomorrow, 365 days a year – your support is making a difference’

Today, in my last annual report, I stand witness to fourteen years of achievements that you, our growing Bush Heritage community, have made."
   – Doug Humann, CEO

"I often feel like I am standing at the intersection of many communities that together, form the much larger Bush Heritage family."
   – Louise Sylvan, President