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Allana Brown
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---- Brogo Reserve
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Dingo protects endangered Alwal
by
Allana Brown & Terry Mahney (Ecologists)
on
09 August 2019
The Olkola People of Cape York believe one of their totems may be a secret weapon in protecting another. Since 2014 Dingo baiting has been stopped and the boss totem of Olkola Country is making a...
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Felixers: a tool to help save Alwal?
by
Allana Brown and Terry Mahney
on
06 August 2019
Olkola and Bush Heritage may have a new tool in our battle to protect the endangered Golden-shouldered Parrot (Alwal) from feral cats.
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An ecological murder mystery
by
Allana Brown and Terry Mahney
on
30 July 2019
Ecologist Allana Brown considers the mysterious story of five dismembered, fluffy tails. Who did they belong to? How did they lose them? Who were the innocent victims? Who dunnit?!
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Alwal at Ornithology Conference
by
Allana Brown (Ecologist)
on
04 July 2019
Ashaley Ross, Olkola Alwal Project Manager, and Allana Brown, Cape York Healthy Country Manager, travelled to Darwin recently to attend the 2019 Australian Ornithological Conference.
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Olkola lead the way for their Totem
by
Allana Brown (Ecologist)
on
10 July 2018
I was fortunate to spend time last week up on beautiful Olkola Country in Cape York to be part of a very exciting national recovery team meeting for Alwal, the Golden-shouldered Parrot.
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Helping Alwal survive the wet season
by
Allana Brown (Ecologist)
on
13 December 2016
Olkola, Bush Heritage, Artemis Station, Black-faced Woodswallows and friends all working together to support young Golden-shouldered Parrots make it through their first wet season.
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Alwal’s first flight
by
Allana Brown (Ecologist)
on
29 November 2016
It's not every day you get to see the first flight of a baby bird, especially not an endangered species, nor to capture the moment on camera. But through hours of dedicated survey time Olkola Land...
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Camera trap results from Yourka!
by
Allana Brown (Ecologist)
on
07 March 2016
Camera trap results are in from the 19 remote monitoring cameras placed around Yourka Reserve. These cameras traps were in place for two months and yielded some great photos of native wildlife.
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Warddeken biodiversity survey
by
Allana Brown (Ecologist)
on
12 October 2015
Warddeken Land Management ran a biodiversity survey in a very special place - Baby Dreaming Country - in the Northern part of the Warddeken Indigenous Protected Area. This beautiful and significant...
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Olkola & the Golden-shouldered Parrot
by
Allana Brown (Ecologist)
on
06 July 2015
"Hey! Where's the road gone?!" The metre high grasses have covered it up again! I've never driven 7 hours just to put in a photo point before (that's 7 hours there and 7 hours back, by the way) but...
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Camera traps for Northern Bettongs
by
Allana Brown (Ecologist)
on
25 March 2015
Not even an impeding cyclone nor freezing creek crossings could put off the intrepid camera trappers at Yourka Reserve last week. Bush Heritage staff Paul Hales (Reserve Manager), Allana Brown...
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