Wijoon (gliders)
Wijoon is the Bandjalang word for Gliders.
Following the 2019/2020 wildlfires, which burnt 95% of the property, over 120 nest boxes were installed to support the threatened Squirrel Glider and other arboreal marsupials including the threatened Brush-tailed Phascogale and the Yellow-footed Antichinus.
Since then, the Minyumai Rangers have been carrying out ongoing monitoring of the nest boxes, observing Squirrel Gliders steadily moving back across the landscape. By 2023, 95% of the nest boxes were occupied—a promising sign of recovery.
This work continues, with Rangers employing nocturnal monitoring, bioacoustic recording, 4G cameras, A.I. software, drone surveys, and other emerging technologies to better understand the abundance, distribution, and long-term recovery of these species.
The Wijoon project is a Minyumai IPA partnership with Wildbnb Wildlife Habitat.
Project partners include NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, DPE Saving-our-Species, Southern Cross University and the Ngunya Jargoon IPA.
