Present Surveys
Victorian Mallee
Neds Corner Station, 21st November to 2nd December
Bush Blitz is currently conducting one of their most intensive blitzes yet on the Trust for Nature conservation property Neds Corner. With more than 20 scientists as well as the BHP participants taking part in this blitz it's estimated that we'll spend some 2,000 hours scouring the reserve for plants and animals from the 21st of November to the 2nd of December.
Family of emus - Photographer M. Cheng
Neds Corner Station was purchased by Trust for Nature in 2002 with the assistance of the National Reserve System. Since acquiring the 30,000 hectare property Trust for Nature has transformed this former sheep grazing property into a conservation oasis.
Bush Blitz will bring together a team of scientists from the Museum Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, University of NSW, Queensland Museum and La Trobe University along with BHP participants through the Earthwatch Program, to collect the plants and animals of this iconic property.
Scientific Team
- Barbara Baehr - Queensland Museum (spider specialist)
- John Stanisic (snail specialist)
- Chris Rowely - Museum Victoria (snail specialist)
- Peter Lilywhite & Simon Hinkley - Museum Victoria (invertebrate specialist)
- Andre Messina, Dave Albrecht & Val Stajsic - Royal Botanical Gardens Melbourne (botanists)
- Teresa Lebel - Royal Botanical Gardens Melbourne (fungi specialist)
- Karen Rowe & Karen Roberts - Museum Victoria (vertebrate specialists - mammal)
- Jane Melville & Andrew O’Grady - Museum Victoria (vertebrate specialists - frog and reptile)
- Marina Cheng - University of NSW (true bug specialist)
- Wayne Longmore - Museum Victoria (vertebrate specialist - bird)
- Patrick Honan and Chloe Miller - Museum Victoria (invertebrate specialist)
- Marilyn Hewish, Dean Hewish, Grace Lewis, Ken Harris & Josh Grubb - Entomological Society of Victoria (invertebrate specialists)
- Mark Norman - Museum Victoria (Head of Sciences)
- David Paul - Museum Victoria (Photography/Imagery)