A new project, Glossies in the Mist based in the Southern Highlands, aims to save the Glossy Black-Cockatoo in The Great Western Wildlife Corridor.

Landholders and community members from Bullio, Mandemar, Canyonleigh, Paddys River, Wingello, Penrose, Marulan and Bungonia have been invited to join an information session about the new project.

The information sessions, hosted by the Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH), will feature interesting talks from Glossy Black-Cockatoo experts Matt Cameron and Karleah Berris, as well as talks from Southern Highlands project partners about the aims of the project and how landholders can get involved.

The three information sessions are to be held at:

OEH Community Engagement Officer Simon Tedder said he was calling on  landholders who reside in the Great Western Wildlife Corridor, which traverses Bullio to Bungoni,a to be involved in the project.

“We need local community support for this project which aims to save these magnificent birds which have sadly experienced local decline due to habitat loss,” he said. 

“Glossy Black-Cockatoos require corridors of native vegetation with tree hollows for nesting and feeding habitat to move across the broader landscape.”

The Great Western Wildlife Corridor is an important landscape connection for the Glossy Black-Cockatoo and the only vegetated habitat between the Southern Blue Mountains and Morton National Park.

“We are looking for local landholders to learn more about the species and get involved in the program by reporting Glossy Black-Cockatoo sightings, mapping nesting hollows, identifying key feeding trees and planting she-oak trees on their properties, the birds’ most important food source,” Mr Tedder said. 

“So, get on board and attend an information session to learn more about the plans to save this species, and receive free locally-sourced she-oak tubestock, to improve foraging habitat for Glossies on your property.”

The program is funded bythe NSW Government’s Saving our Species program and Wingecarribee Shire Council’s Environment Levy.

The NSW Government is investing $100 million over five years in the Saving our Species program, with the aim of securing as many threatened species as possible in the wild for the next 100 years.

Find out how you can contribute to theGlossies in the Mist project by heading to www.environment.nsw.gov.au/glossiesinthemist.