Kate Grarock ‘The Mulligans Flat-Goorooyarroo Woodland Experiment’

Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary is situated within the Mulligans Flat Nature Reserve. The Sanctuary is owned by the ACT Government and contains the critically-endangered box gum grassy woodland ecosystem. In collaboration, the ACT government and the Australian National University have been working on a major research project entitled “The Mulligans Flat-Goorooyarroo Woodland Experiment” designed to aid our understanding and management of this critically endangered ecosystem. The 11.5 km feral-proof fence surrounding the Sanctuary is vital to this research project and enabled the reintroduction of species that have been lost from the ecosystem. Species such as the Eastern Bettong have been successfully reintroduced to the Sanctuary, marking the first time in a century that this species has been living in the wild on mainland Australia.

Kate Grarock is the Ecologist at Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary and she will be discussing various aspects and findings of this research project, such as the reintroduction of the Eastern Bettong and the ongoing monitoring of this species