Daryl Dickson -  Mungarru Lodge Sanctuary
Oct 12th 2012

It has been months – almost a year, since we have seen any mahogany gliders at Mungarru Lodge Sanctuary.

During the last 17years mahogany gliders, sugar gliders, feather tailed gliders and striped possums have been our companions in the night time treetops of the woodland remnant that is our home at Mungarru Lodge Sanctuary in the Kennedy Valley just north of Cardwell.

Our gliders and possums survived TC Yasi but unfortunately our local population do not seemed to have fared well in the aftermath of the storm.

WILDWATCH   by LAWRIE MARTIN.

“We knew very little about the mahogany glider and finding one in a fallen tree on our club grounds brought home the reality of the plight facing this little Queenslander,” John Guyatt said.

Mr Guyatt, involved in the Cardwell Reconstruction programme, was speaking at the Cardwell Country Club last week when a group of concerned citizens gathered to discuss the allocation of Federal Government funding under the Caring for Country programme to improve habitat for mahogany gliders (Petaurus gracilis).

One of Australia's most endangered mammals may have been pushed closer to extinction by cyclone Yasi.

Fifteen months after cyclone Yasi, towns like Cardwell and Tully still clearly show the devastation the storm visited on homes and businesses.

It is harder to assess the damage that the cyclone has done to the homes of native wildlife with many areas still inaccessible. 

Natalie Fernbach talks to Daryl Dickson on radio ABC North Queensland about the endangered Mahogany Glider.                                                                                                                   Read More