Kangaroo Island tourists asked to help in citizen scientist projects
ABCVisitors to Kangaroo Island are being asked to help scientists find out if Cape Barren geese with more symmetrical faces are more likely to be pair up and reproduce than their peers. Key points: Visitors to Kangaroo Island are asked to act as citizen scientists The information will be used by researchers studying the island's bushfire recovery The new project will include the attractiveness of Cape Barren geese Love Birds is one of four new year-long projects in the Passport 2 Recovery program, which calls on tourists to gather data about wildlife and vegetation to track the environmental recovery from the bushfires of 2020. The newly added projects ask visitors to observe and record the impact of their own presence while watching sea lions at Seal Bay; recording the details of native roadkill, and taking micro and macro plastic samples from the island's beaches. "We know that Kangaroo Island before the fires had a lot of roadkill, especially down the Flinders Chase end of the island," Professor Burke Da Silva said.
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This popular island was ravaged by fires – here’s what it’s really like to go back
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Busy summer predicted for Kangaroo Island tourism, three years after catastrophic bushfires
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Citizen science project hopes to boost tourism on Kangaroo Island while tracking bushfire recovery
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Migratory birds killed by vehicle on Kangaroo Island beach spark calls for driver education
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Plans for Kangaroo Island eco-lodges to be pursued despite bushfires levelling Flinders Chase
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Before and after photo reveals the devastating damage wreaked by bushfires on Kangaroo Island
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