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Friends of the Gippsland Lakes

We are an independent not-for-profit group that focuses on the environmentally important Ramsar listed Gippsland Lakes system.

We collaborate with the various authorities managing the Lakes, including

> East and West Gippsland Catchment Management Authorities

> East Gippsland Water

> Parks Victoria

> Gippsland Ports

> DEECA

>East Gippsland and Wellington Shire Councils

Please support us by becoming a FoGL member or making a donation by clicking HERE 

Or contact us at contactfogl@gmail.com

Browse through the following posts in our blog, for some of the activities we have been involved in.

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Mathieson’s Paddock


milk carton guards were not beating the browsers – a refresh with stronger guards on Sunday 21 June
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McGee’s Gully Walk

Gully Walk flyer

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FoGL’s Bosworth Rd. Bridge submission

Friends of the Gippsland Lakes, Parks & Reserves (FoGL) has serious concerns in relation to the impact the proposed Bosworth Road bypass would have on the Macleod Morass Reserve and its significant ecology and wildlife…

fogl bosworth road submission

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FoGL submission to the Regional Coastal Plan

“FoGL emphasizes that environmental health and biodiversity underpin everything else.”

FoGL submission Regional Coastal Plan

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FoGL Submission to the Inspector General for Emergency Management on Current Prescribed Burning Practices

Concluding Comments: “FoGL stresses a fire ecology strategy needs to be developed and implemented that protects and enhances our biodiversity and is based on the best-available scientific evidence.” … ” We feel that a public awareness campaign needs to be mounted that challenges, with scientific evidence, the belief that planned burns protect communities and do no harm to wildlife and biodiversity.”

FoGL Submission to the Inspector General for Emergency Management

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Seen any Pacific Gulls lately?

HELP NEEDED TO FIND BANDED PACIFIC GULLS

Be on the lookout for banded Pacific Gulls – alive or dead.

A number of people have been banding Pacific Gulls over the past few years: – Clive Minton and the Victorian Wader Study Group, around Victoria – Peter Dann, at Phillip Island, Victoria – Bill Wakefield, around Hobart, Tasmania – Cath Meathrel, in the Furneaux Group, Tasmania – me, Bruce Robertson, in Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia.

All birds have at least one band, of stainless steel. Some birds were also banded with a unique colour combination using Darvic/plastic bands. Others were banded with a large aluminium band with a unique number stamped four times around the band.

From previous recoveries of banded birds, we know that first year birds from last breeding season will be doing their post-fledging dispersal now. We also know that up to 50% of all first year birds will die before their first birthday.

In 2006 Bruce Robertson banded over 500 chicks on Goose Island, Tasmania. This is the most birds ever banded in the one place at the one time. It gives us a unique chance to investigate post-fledging dispersal. It also is our best ever chance to find out whether any birds move north to Victoria, across Bass Strait.

We need the help of people like you who are to be our eyes and ears for us around coastal Victoria.

Bands recovered from dead birds can be sent to the Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme, GPO Box 8, Canberra 2601.

Sight records, even without full details, are still of value to Bruce. Please let him know of the whereabouts of any live banded birds that you see.

Bruce Robertson 16 Ellen Close Warragul 3820 Mobile: 0427 231 344 Fax: 0356 236 327 Email: brobson@dcsi.net.au