Conservation and Environment

Southern Ark

Southern Ark aims to facilitate the recovery of native mammals, birds and reptiles across approximately one million hectares of public land in far East Gippsland through the establishment of an integrated, large-scale and on-going fox control program. A similar initiative, Glenelg Ark, is being undertaken is south west Victoria. Project Deliverance (prelude to Southern Ark) ‘Project Deliverance’ (1998-2003) was designed to determine the response of native mammals living in forest ecosystems in south-eastern Australia to an ongoing effective baiting program undertaken to reduce the population of the introduced Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes). The results have proved useful in the design of its successor ‘Southern Ark’. Project Deliverance - final report (PDF - 2.2 Mb) Southern Ark - Fact Sheets Biodiversity Benefits of Southern Ark Species in East Gippsland Tourism and Biodiversity Landholders Q and A’s Southern Ark - Brochures Looking after your dog in the East Gippsland bush (new - March 2006) Southern Ark Project Brochure (PDF - 347 Kb) Southern Ark - Newsletters Southern Ark Newsletter - June 2007 (PDF - 443 Kb) Southern Ark Newsletter - May 2006 (PDF - 282 Kb) Southern Ark Newsletter - September 2004 (PDF - 1.1 Mb)