Protecting and Restoring the Fitz-Stirling Priority Place – Phase 2
Period: 2026–2028
Funding Body: Australian Government Saving Native Species Program & South Coast Natural Resource Management
Funds: $144,702
Project Officers: Jenna Walliser
Summary
The Protecting and Restoring the Fitz-Stirling Priority Place – Phase 2 project will continue conservation and restoration activities across the Fitz-Stirling Priority Place, supporting threatened species, ecological communities and habitat while reducing key threats to biodiversity. The project takes a coordinated, cross-tenure approach and builds on previous conservation investments in the region.
Project Deliverables:
Integrated pest control across 34,876 hectares
2 hectares of habitat revegetation
2 community and stakeholder engagement events
Protection and restoration of habitat for threatened and priority species
Gillamii’s role will focus on integrated pest animal control, targeting rabbits, foxes and feral cats across 17,438 hectares each year. Control activities will combine baiting, shooting and warren fumigation to reduce pressure from introduced pest animals on native wildlife and ecological communities.
The project will also deliver 2 hectares of habitat revegetation, incorporating site preparation, seedling planting and direct seeding using at least 25 different local native species. Revegetation will increase habitat for priority species including Malleefowl, Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo and Kwongkan shrubland communities.
Two community and stakeholder events will provide opportunities for people to learn about the threatened and rare species found within the Fitz-Stirling Priority Place and practical ways to reduce threats to biodiversity.
The project supports the Fitz-Stirling Priority Place as the primary investment priority, with additional focus on Proteaceae Dominated Kwongkan Shrublands, Eastern Stirling Range Montane Heath and Thicket, Giant Andersonia, Small-flowered Snottygobble, Stirling Range Dryandra, Malleefowl and Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo.
Through pest control, habitat restoration and community engagement, the project will contribute to protecting important habitat and reducing threats to biodiversity across the Fitz-Stirling landscape.