The Lumholtz's Tree-kangaroo and the Lemuroid and Green Ringtail Possums need our help if they are to survive Climate Change. That's why we are purchasing 18 hectares on the Atherton Tablelands in Far North Queensland to expand the existing Misty Mountain Nature Refuge. Adding this additional habitat is vitally important as these Threatened species are restricted to the cooler parts of the Atherton Tablelands and other higher areas of the Wet Tropics.
To support the recovery of wildlife a purposely designed Possum Bridge has been erected across East Evelyn Road which acts as a barrier to the movement of wildlife and divides the Misty Mountain Nature Refuge in two. The bridge allows possums to cross the road without descending to the ground where they'd be a risk of vehicle strikes and dog attacks. Possums are now using the bridge which is saving many lives.
Work is also underway to ensure the Misty Mountain Nature Refuge provides the habitat needed for high-altitude endemic mammals with nowhere else to go. To restore land cleared in the past this year 5,000 trees have been planted, adding to the 20,000 planted in 2020 and 2021. This expansion of habitat and active management is working with surveys identifying increased numbers of Striped Possums.
Without functional connections within fragmented habitat areas, it is feared that the long-term survival of a range of species will be at substantial risk.
Please help us to purchase Cheelonga Cloud Forest and add the 18 hectares to the existing Misty Mountains Nature Reserve.
Please, donate now and help to purchase Cheelonga Cloud Forest. A $25 donation will save 50 sqm. A $50 donation will help purchase 100 sqm. A $100 donation will purchase and protect 200 sqm and a $250 donation will purchase 500 sqm.
These 18 hectares will complete the Misty Mountain corridor.
We're halfway to our target!
This week we achieved a milestone by passing the halfway mark of our fundraising target. We are raising $90,000 to purchase and protect 18 hectares of high-altitude land located at Millaa Millaa, on the Atherton Tablelands in Far North Queensland. We've made great progress with $45,675 raised so far. That leaves us with a target of $44,325 needed to achieve this important outcome.
The key species at Cheelonga Cloud Forest are the Southern Cassowary, Lumholtz’s Tree-kangaroo, Lemuroid Ringtail Possum, Green Ringtail Possum, Northern Pygmy Possum, and Golden Bowerbird.
Please, donate now and help to purchase Cheelonga Cloud Forest. A $25 donation will save 50 sqm. A $50 donation will help purchase 100 sqm. A $100 donation will purchase and protect 200 sqm and a $250 donation will purchase 500 sqm.
Lemuroid Ringtail Possum, Lumholtz’s Tree-kangaroo, Green Ringtail Possum.
The purchase of Cheelonga will ensure that 18 hectares of Cloud Forest are protected as habitat for specialist high-altitude species including the Lumholtz's Tree-kangaroo and the Lemuroid and Green Ringtail Possum.
Donations to this project will be used to achieve the purchase of land, a boundary adjustment (of Lot 303 NR4636), new fencing, and management of the process to include the land in the existing Misty Mountain Nature Refuge.
Please, donate now and help to purchase Cheelonga Cloud Forest. A $25 donation will save 50 sqm. A $50 donation will help purchase 100 sqm. A $100 donation will purchase and protect 200 sqm and a $250 donation will purchase 500 sqm.
Lumholtz Tree-kangaroo on the Cheelonga Cloud Forest property.
A key feature of the block is that it includes a significant section of the creek that starts at a spring on Misty Mountain and flows through to the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. The property is strategically located between the Malaan National Park and Herberton Range National Park. In addition, the block directly abuts the World Heritage Area. Besides its strategic corridor value also helps buffer the World Heritage Area.
A donation to support the purchase of Cheelonga Cloud Forest provides exceptional value for your investment in conservation. Each $1 raised will help to purchase and protect 2 sqm of land.
Please, donate now and help to purchase Cheelonga Cloud Forest. A $25 donation will save 50 sqm. A $50 donation will help purchase 100 sqm. A $100 donation will purchase and protect 200 sqm and a $250 donation will purchase 500 sqm.
Cheelonga will expand the Misty Mountain Nature Refuge.
Our project partners are South Endeavour Trust, a successful registered nonprofit organisation that acquires and manages land for conservation. We successfully partnered with them in 2021 for the acquisition of Oakey Scrub near Cooktown. They own and manage the Misty Mountain Nature Refuge which has been created through the acquisition of two other properties in the past decade.
Please, donate now and help to purchase Cheelonga Cloud Forest. A $25 donation will save 50 sqm. A $50 donation will help purchase 100 sqm. A $100 donation will purchase and protect 200 sqm and a $250 donation will purchase 500 sqm.
The Cheelonga property will be protected through its inclusion in the Misty Mountain Nature Refuge. The Queensland Government’s Nature Refuge program works with landholders who have an interest in protecting and managing the significant conservation values of their land in perpetuity. A nature refuge is established through a voluntary, binding conservation agreement between the landholder and the Department of Environment and Science on behalf of the Queensland Government. Nature Refuges provide the highest level of protection for land outside of a national park.
Please help to secure these 18 hectares of important habitat for the Southern Cassowary, Lumholtz’s Tree-kangaroo, Lemuroid Ringtail Possum, Green Ringtail Possum, Northern Pygmy Possum, and Golden Bowerbird at Cheelonga Cloud Forest. on the Atherton Tablelands in Far North Queensland. Each $1 raised will help to purchase and protect 2 sqm of land. Please, donate now.
While we have mostly been focused on the Daintree Rainforest where we have purchased 24 properties, we also know there are many other rainforest properties that need protection and management. I hope we can have your help in achieving this significant outcome for the Lumholtz's Tree-kangaroo and the Lemuroid and Green Ringtail Possums in higher altitude areas of the Wet Tropics.
If you have any questions about the purchase and protection of Cheelonga Cloud Forest or any of our projects please email me at [email protected] or call during business hours at 0437 423 119.
For our rainforests,
Kelvin Davies
Founder
Rainforest 4 Foundation
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