<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><p style="background:transparent;margin-bottom:0.28cm;line-height:14.04px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent">=============</span><br></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.28cm;line-height:108%;direction:ltr;background:transparent">
<b><font face="arial, sans-serif">What do you know about wildlife in your
local area? Share your sightings and knowledge of NSW wildlife!</font></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.28cm;line-height:108%;direction:ltr;background:transparent"><font face="arial, sans-serif">NSW
communities are being called on to share their sightings from the
past two years through a new wildlife survey released by the Office
of Environment and Heritage. The survey asks if you have information
about a selection of NSW wildlife: brushtail possums, foxes,
platypus, wombats, koalas, spotted-tailed quolls, echidnas, kangaroo,
deer and dingos.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.28cm;line-height:100%;direction:ltr;background:transparent"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Whether
you saw a possum on your way to school, a wombat while out working,
or a koala while on holiday, every sighting contributes to research
to help understand where in NSW these animals are living and how
their populations are faring. 
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.28cm;line-height:100%;direction:ltr;background:transparent"><font face="arial, sans-serif">The
survey is being funded as part of the $44.7 million NSW Koala
Strategy, that is helping to secure the future of koalas in the wild.

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<p style="margin-bottom:0.28cm;line-height:100%;direction:ltr;background:transparent"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Data
from this year’s survey can help identify sites for action under
the NSW Koala Strategy as well as forming part of koala monitoring
across the State. It only takes 10 to 20 minutes to complete and it’s
a great opportunity to help build knowledge about wildlife in your
local area. 
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.28cm;line-height:100%;direction:ltr;background:transparent"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Access
the new wildlife survey here:
<font color="#407108"><a href="https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/wildlife-survey" style="color:rgb(64,113,8);text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">www.environment.nsw.gov.au/wildlife-survey</a></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.28cm;line-height:100%;direction:ltr;background:transparent"><font face="arial, sans-serif">#NSWKoalaCountry
#CitizenScience </font></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.28cm;line-height:100%;direction:ltr;background:transparent"><font face="arial, sans-serif">===</font></p></div>
</div><div><p style="background:transparent;margin-bottom:0.28cm;line-height:14.04px"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Could you please circulate the following </font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">fauna surveys </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent">request:</span></p><p style="background:transparent;margin-bottom:0.28cm;line-height:14.04px"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Thanks, </font></p><p style="background:transparent;margin-bottom:0.28cm;line-height:14.04px"><font face="arial, sans-serif">R</font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent">obert Bertram </span></p></div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">=============</span><br><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Tam and Geoffrey</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Moderators</font></div></div>