with Australian Wildlife Conservancy, an exciting new collaborative partnership
“Threatened native animals which have long been missing from the grassy hills around Canberra are set to make a comeback, under a new agreement to restore the family-owned Wandiyali~Environa Wildlife Sanctuary. On Monday AWC announced a ten-year collaboration with owners of the sanctuary, the Larcombe family, with a shared vision to bring back the site’s missing biodiversity.
Sandy Hume and Carolyn Larcombe (WRT), AWC CEO Tim Allard, David Larcombe
Under the agreement, AWC will help shape conservation plans for the 300-hectare sanctuary, including a strategy for restoring locally extinct species. Small mammals including bandicoots, antechinus, bettongs, quolls, and several species of native rodents, as well as threatened frogs, will be among the species assessed as candidates for reintroduction. The project will also support important research into the factors that contribute to successful species reintroductions.
The Larcombe family have a connection to the property stretching back three generations and set up Wandiyali Restoration Trust to manage the sanctuary. Carolyn Larcombe said “my brothers and I feel a very strong connection to this place, and we are doing as much as we can to look after it.””
Siblings Carolyn, James and David Larcombe
