Why does saving one tiny marsupial matter? Gilbert’s Potoroo plays a vital role in its ecosystem, shaping biodiversity in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. Protecting it means protecting much more. 👉 Subscribe and follow this series as we uncover the rarest marsupial on Earth. 💚 Support conservation: www.potoroo.org About this episode: Gilbert’s Potoroo (Ngilkat, Potorous gilbertii) may be small, but it plays a huge part in its ecosystem. By feeding on underground fungi, it sprea

Chapter IV - 🔥 On the Brink In 2015, fire tore through Two Peoples Bay, destroying 90% of the last natural habitat of Gilbert’s Potoroo. The loss of the Two Peoples Bay population due to a catastrophic fire had been a major concern ever since the rediscovery so insurance populations had already been established by Parks and Wildlfe WA on Bald Island and in a 380 ha fenced enclosure at Waychinicup National Park. This forethought and preparatory action saved the species from almost certain extinc

What’s the Big Deal? | Gilbert’s Potoroo - Chapter III

What’s the Big Deal? | Gilbert’s Potoroo - Chapter IIIGilbert’s Potoroo plays a vital role in its ecosystem, shaping biodiversity in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. Protecting it… | Javier Delgado Esteban

It's telling that five months after the fact, just a few days before the Zebulon Mayoral Candidate Forum, and weeks before the election, the town's "leadership" once again feels the need to use official resources to "correct the record." After failing to convince the public at their last "town hall," they are now insulting your intelligence with this "state of the town" address (link to original video in comments). Videos like this don't build public trust; they continue to erode it. As Nick Dri

Chapter 2: Lost for 100 Years… then found Gilbert’s Potoroo had not been recorded since the 1870s and had been believed to be extinct since 1909 when it suddenly reappeared at Two Peoples Bay in 1994. GPAG’s now Deputy Chair, Leigh Whisson, was working at Two Peoples Bay at the time and was only the third person (after then PhD student Elizabeth Sinclair and her volunteer Adrian Wayne) to see the newly captured animal - and to help with the first preliminary steps to try to identify it… The redi

My Grand Ole Opry surprise! Years ago, I co-produced Brantley Gilbert’s first album, Modern Day Prodigal Son. My buddy Brad Ross told him I’m playing the Opry for the first time this Saturday with Drew Parker… and Brantley sent me this video. How cool is this?!? | Tunedesigner.com