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Bush fire aftermaths – How have Victoria’s threatened species coped since the fires?

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Tim and Cat interview mammal ecologist Jemma Cripps​  from the Arthur Rylah Institute in Melbourne and chat about some of the rarer critters that roam the Victorian forests and how they have been doing since the devastating fires in the summer of 2019/2020.

A Leadbeater’s possum Photo credit: Andrew Gescke

Check out this video about the current situation in the East Gippsland made by one of Jemma’s colleagues: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=215704522951576

A Leadbeater’s possum Photo credit: Andrew Gescke

Jemma doing some spot lighting for gliders and possums Photo credit: Andrew Gescke