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Q&A with GSNRM Ag Officer, Julie Nicolosi

Now covering 99.8 per cent of Australia’s mainland and island territories, feral cats are responsible for devastating losses to wildlife. Statistics paint a grim picture, while on-the-ground observations illuminate how far and widespread this issue has become for conservation efforts.

Through workshops and trial sites, Gulf Savannah NRM is helping producers swap chemicals for creativity, boost transparency from paddock to plate, and deliver safer, healthier food for consumers.

Though it’s been running for more than 15 years, Gulf Kids Day continues to grow in reach and impact. By combining science and creativity, it gives young people from some of Queensland’s most remote communities a chance to learn, connect and fall in love with the environment.

Without soil, we would all be naked, hungry and homeless.

Australia’s heaviest known insect has recently been recorded, and it’s a completely new species of stick-insect.

Though ecosystems boast thousands to millions of years of experience, evolution cannot always account for human interference; some threats are skilled in unpicking nature’s intricate stitches until species have slipped through the seams.

Queensland’s Gulf communities are set to benefit from a major investment, with Gulf Savannah NRM to receive $3.88 million through the Crisafulli Government’s new Natural Resource Management Expansion Program (NRMEP).

With 84 per cent of GSNRM’s region occupied by beef cattle grazing, landholders play an essential role as caretakers of the Gulf country’s long-term health, and are integral to the balance between productivity and biodiversity.

If feral pigs are gold medalists in habitat destruction and disturbance, feral cats are right beside them on that podium.