THE WILDLIFE AND ITS HABITAT CANNOT SPEAK.  SO WE MUST AND WE WILL. President Theodore Roosevelt, c.1908               

We need folk to spread the news about the plight of the endangered Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor).  With only 1000 breeding pairs left, their habitat is being lost to the extremes in climate, industrial scale logging, land clearing and urban development, they are heading toward extinction and in fact they may be placed on the critically endangered list.

You can help! There are many ways to assist. Write your local council representatives, the newspaper, political party members, and state and federal ministers responsible for the forest and environment. Contact Forestry Tasmania and ask them to end logging permanently in the habitats Swift parrots rely on for foraging and breeding on Bruny Island.. Tell them old forests and forests with conservation values should be left standing and used as beautiful places to visit now and for generations to come. Let your voice be heard so that we can continue to hear the voices of this very special species. Let us leave Bruny Island's forests for future generations of Swift parrots to fly through, perch and sing to their mates and offspring.

Forestry Tasmania

03 62957111 / 0410627952 or email peter.pepper@forestrytas.com.au 

Tasmania

Brian Wightman

Minister for Environment, Parks and Heritage
Level 2/10 Murray
Hobart  7000 

P. 03 6233 9237  E.  Brian.Wightman@dpac.tas.gov.au

Canberra

The Hon Tony Burke MP
Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Poplulation and Communities
Parliament House
Canberra

Newspapers

Advocate                                  letters@theadvocate.com.au
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Talk Back
ABC Radio National               1300 225 576     6am-7pm

ABC Tasmania/Tim Cox         1300 222 936     9am-12pm noon

What else you can do to help...

  • Be informed: Contact WWF Threatened Species Network tsnvic@wwf.org.au and request the informative handbook: Minimising the swift parrot collision threat.
  • Help gather local data during the breeding season, download the survey form, fill it in and send it to us: info@spiritofbruny.org
  • Leave your trees as potential habitat and create more habitat for the future.
  • Collect local seed to grow and plant E. globulus and E. ovata on your property.
  • Join Birds Australia: www.birdsaustralia.com.au
  • Have a sale with friends and donate the proceeds to non-profit Birds Australia: www.birdsaustralia.com.au