Search for the Brush Tailed Phascogale A group of wildlife
enthusiasts recently spent several wet and cold days searching
the Wombat Forest for the Brush-tailed Phascogale and their hard
work was rewarded when one of the elusive creatures was found.
Biodiversity staff from the Department of Environment and
Primary Industries (DEPI) and environmental students from the
University of Ballarat joined forces with local volunteers to
look for the shy, nocturnal creature in the hope of finding that
the small population is stable, healthy and not in decline. DEPI
Senior Biodiversity Officer Andy Arnold, who has been monitoring
phascogales for many years, coordinated the five-day survey in
Hepburn Regional Park. The last few days we've been setting up a
survey grid to study some trends in Brush Tailed Phascogales
which occurs in this area. We've been looking at a range of
vegetation types and different habitat areas within a broad area
bounded by part of the northern Wombat Forest, part of the
Yandoit area, and the He