Thursday 14 December 5:30pm – 7:00pm
University of New England adjacent to Natural History Museum, Agricultural Education Building
Presenters include:
- Bob Blair Project Manager, Aboriginal Cultural Centre and Keeping Place
- Lou Streeting (PhD student, UNE) will outline her research on conservation actions for an endangered freshwater turtle & talk about her recent observations of a white platypus in the Gwydir catchment
- Prof. Karl Vernes will present the platypus research findings by Honours student Aidan Clifton who utilised a range of techniques including DNA, camera trapping and personal observations
- Lynne Hosking, President Armidale Branch National Parks Association, – protection of platypus in the Styx River State Forest
A first step in establishing an on-going group of citizen scientists!
RSVP by 12 December – email elizabethohara256@gmail.com or {mobile prefix oh for}08 670 684