Cheryl Lohr will be talking about Feral Cats (DRB)
9 October, 7:00 pm-9:30 pm
Cheryl Lohr will be talking about Feral Cats (DRB)
Note: no RSVP required.
COVID19: Even though restrictions have eased, we will still encourage members and visitors to take precautions and please do not attend if unwell.
Speaker:
Cheryl Lohr – DRB Member
Cheryl originally hails from a farm in the wheatbelt and is now a Senior research scientist in the Animal Science Program at DBCA. She has an eclectic research history including everything from decision support, stakeholder engagement, software design, and ecological modelling to testing contraceptives in brushtail possums.
In 2017 Cheryl took charge of the Rangelands restoration project in central WA. She chases boodies, mala, possums, and golden bandicoots in circles trying to count them, while also still trying to figure out how to eliminate the feral cats. She’s had great success with the first successful reintroduction of boodies to the open landscape! The main site where Cheryl works was known as Lorna Glen, but after a huge amount of work with traditional owners, volunteers, and students the area is now the Matuwa Kurrara Kurrara
National Park. In recent years the job has grown again and you can now find Cheryl working to conserve threatened fauna almost anywhere in the Goldfields.
Topic:
Cheryl will be giving a presentation on the history of Australia’s longest running feral cat control program, the lessons learned, and an accounting of the many threatened species that are showing strong signs of recovery on Matuwa Kurrara Kurrara National Park.
Plus:
- Focus/ Boffins talk – A member will give a short talk. Tanya Marwood (member) will talk about her trip to Tasmania.
- “Nature road show”. Members and visitors are encouraged to bring items to place on the display table or to send photographs to the MC in advance, e.g. a sample flower, an insect, and so on – anything of natural history interest that has legally been obtained. If you wish to show a photograph, please email it, no later than the Wednesday before the meeting, to our MC for this night, and she/he will include it on her PowerPoint slides. We have a dedicated email for this purpose natclub@webco.com.au
- Thing of the month / Things coming up next month: These two presentations are about things in nature happening this month and things coming up, so if you have any photos or information, send them to: natclub@webco.com.au
- Door prizes: You could also be the lucky winner of a door prize. We make sure there are prizes for both members and visitors.
- Raffle: We will have a great raffle – please raid your piggy bank for a bit more cash, $5 for 3 tickets.
Time: Please come at 7.15pm or earlier if you wish, for a 7.30pm start as we start promptly. We are open from 6.45pm. We finish formal proceedings no later than 9.30pm.
Donation: All this for only a donation of $3 per person for adult members ($0 for child members), and $5 per adult visitor and $1 per visiting child to help with the costs of running the club, venue hire, insurance and so on. We do not have EFTPOS facilities yet.
Entrance: It is a condition of entry that everyone signs in on arrival, thank you.
Parking: Free parking right outside.
Wheelchair access: Everything is on one level.
Toilets: Are inside.
Bookings: No bookings required.
See you there for a fabulous night.