Advocating for the critically endangered Leadbeater's Possum (Walert). Key threats: Federal Govt inaction, unprotected habitat & bushfire. RT’s not endorsement
Cambarville Victoria AUS
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Please join us at this VNPA Emergency Webinar:
The state of Victoria’s State emblem, Leadbeater's Possums 🙏
Date & Time: Nov 9, 2026 6:30 PM
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
🌳 REMINDER: AGM 2026 is this Friday, October 30, 7pm - your attendance is welcomed - mailchi.mp/c201b9bb2d99/lead…
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🌳 From the Possum's lair: AGM 2026 is coming Friday October 30, 7pm - your attendance is welcomed - mailchi.mp/8535fc19b461/lead…
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Friends of Leadbeater’s Possum Inc. 🌳 retweeted
"The conversation around swift parrot predation & conservation has become really binary, it's either habitat loss or predation by sugar gliders,
but that's not real."
New research dissolves the sugar glider predation impact myth.
abc.net.au/news/2026-08-03/s…
Friends of Leadbeater’s Possum Inc. 🌳 retweeted
Deadly pathogenic bird flu? Seriously? I am really busy right now can it wait? theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Friends of Leadbeater’s Possum Inc. 🌳 retweeted
One of Australia’s most iconic cockatoos is facing extinction. The govt has released a draft plan but it’s not enough.
You don’t need to be an expert to make a submission.
I’ve published mine here. Draw on it and follow the link to have your say.👇🏽
lyrebirddreaming.com/post/he…
Friends of Leadbeater’s Possum Inc. 🌳 retweeted
The first pic is from a zone that was once slated for logging. An important reminder that we have these forests today because of the love and advocacy of many brave and hard-working people, who saw a value in these forests greater than convertion into shareholder profits. #GFNP
Anger ripples across Victoria after a discovery that @FFMVic have cut a giant old growth, hollow bearing tree in Murrindindi Scenic Reserve: 'Ideology gone mad' #SpringSt au.news.yahoo.com/anger-ripp…
Friends of Leadbeater’s Possum Inc. 🌳 retweeted
Greater gliders not as great at gliding as thought.
Taller trees might allow for longer glides, the study found, but it was questionable whether the animals could regularly achieve distances of 100 metres, as reported in a 1941 paper.
theguardian.com/environment/…
#endangeredspecies
Friends of Leadbeater’s Possum Inc. 🌳 retweeted
Four Corners follows the logs and the money to ask whether the industry is really ending or just shifting state borders. Don't miss 4Corners Monday 22 June at 8.30pm @ABC and iview
Feral deer forum
Mon 15th June
Nerrim Landcare
@ISCAustralia
Friends of Leadbeater’s Possum Inc. 🌳 retweeted
US miner under further investigation after destroying WA habitat of black cockatoos, quokkas and numbats
focusingonwildlife.com/news/…
Federal government accused of watering down proposal to protect Australia’s threatened species and ecosystems | #AusPol theguardian.com/australia-ne…
We may be making Australia’s fire problem worse – not better
Source: Pearls and Irritations share.google/FU98FxHNTvdi2qK…
Friends of Leadbeater’s Possum Inc. 🌳 retweeted
Heed NSW warnings! @ChrisMinnsMP
Confidential files reveal logging ban push ignored
by Andrews govt
theage.com.au/national/victo…
Victoria’s top public servants urged the Andrews government in its first days in power in 2014 to end
loss-making native forest logging in East Gippsland
Happy #LeadbeatersPossum Proclamation Day! Celebrating 55yrs of having the world’s cutest state faunal emblem😍
Sadly, now Proclaimed “Critically Endangered”
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN…of the forest
#VicPol #AusPol
Shout out to Joey Silveira and his fundraiser gig tomorrow night at the Leadbeater Hotel (Richmond) 🥂🍺🍻instagram.com/p/DTmfKMmEQ19/…
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Friends of Leadbeater’s Possum Inc. 🌳 retweeted
Decades of evidence link foxes and feral cats with extinctions of Australian mammals. Claims these introduced predators aren't responsible don't stack up. @EuanRitchie1 @katherinemoseby @OurANU @CDUni @Deakin @UNSW theconversation.com/yes-fera…
