Saving the Greater Glider project was a grassroots community education and habitat protection/restoration and enhancement project aimed at assisting the recovery of the species in the Upper Burnett region.

Greater Glider populations have decreased by 80% over the last 20 years and the quality of remaining private forestry habitats are now more important than ever.

Now classified as 3 x distinct subspecies, this project focused on the southern Petauroides volans Volans. Through a series of workshops, the installation of living hollows & nesting-boxes, habitation monitoring & the development + distribution of educational-resources this project will assist the long-term recovery of Greater Gliders within the Upper Burnett catchment.

This project was funded through WIRES National Wildlife Grant Program.  The project was also supported by Evolution Mining.

It is proudly supported by: Australian Men’s Shed Association (AMSA),
Wildlife Queensland, Queensland Glider Network, Accounting for Nature Ltd, Safe Haven – Australian Animal Care & Education (AACE).

Project delivery is assisted with the support of: Habi-Tec, The University of Queensland.

The project’s primary object was to enhance the presence, abundance, reproductive outcomes, and overall recovery of the hollow-dependent Greater Glider by addressing its key threats through increased nesting habitat and landholder education.

Project  achievements:
– 8080 x hectares (targeted by habitat enhancement activities)
– 11 x locations (enhancement sites)
– 69 x den sites installed (carved hollows & nesting boxes)
– 264 x participants (workshops & events)
– 76% of all public access observation records for the Burnett (since 2010 have been reported by citizen scientists involved in this project)

Habitat enhancement activities occurred across multiple private grazing production properties and a mining rehabilitation site currently managed by the Department of Resources (Queensland) in the Upper Burnett with citizen science and community education focused across the entire Burnett catchment (an area 25% larger than SE Qld & two-thirds the size of Tasmania).

The habitat enhancement activities of this project were completed in November 2023 with monitoring and citizen science activities ongoing (The final project report will be released after monitoring is completed).

You can still report a greater glider sighting in the Burnett through iNaturalist (Record Your Observations link in the resources).