Flora and Fauna Survey at Mt Korong – Michael Moore

Students from a Melbourne TAFE college carried out a flora and fauna study at a property in the Mt Korong region recently purchased by the company Greenhouse Balanced. The company is in the process of revegetating the landscape of the property with various species of trees and shrubs native to the area. In carrying out this valuable work the company aims to contribute to the sequestration of carbon from the atmosphere and simultaneously enhance the environment to ensure the future of the various species which inhabit the area. An important aspect of conserving biodiversity is finding out which species actually do inhabit an area in question, hence the study. The study resulted in amongst other things the capture and photographing of various species of bats as shown. The bats are ,from left to right: the little forest bat, the lesser long eared bat and Gould`s wattled bat.

Photographs by Jeroen Van Veen