Habitat in a settled country
Koalas, native bees, urban possums and the weeds that quietly rewrite a remnant overnight.
A koala corridor is not a logo on a developer's fence. It is feed trees an animal can walk between, dogs held at dusk, roads that do not harvest the night, and a refusal to treat an offset as a tree that is actually standing.
Marli Watson · 7 July 2024 · 9 min read
Urban wildlife is not a failure of the city. Possums, flying-foxes, snakes and ibis are using the habitat we left. Bins, fruit, a pool fence and a phone number for WIRES are how a yard stays neighbourly without becoming a trap.
Marli Watson · 7 July 2024 · 9 min read
A backyard will not save Australian bees, but it can stop being hostile. Tetragonula hives have become a fashion; solitary bees were already in the fence post. Flowers, a little bare earth, and a refusal to fog the suburb are the useful offer.
Marli Watson · 7 July 2024 · 9 min read
A household will not delist a species. It can keep a cat in at night, dim a light that spills into bush, give money to people who already have a plan, and stop confusing a donation with a tree. Citizen science is attention with a datasheet.
Marli Watson · 7 July 2024 · 9 min read
Lantana, cat's claw and asparagus fern do not wait for a management plan. They rewrite a gully between two wet seasons. Garden escapees, dirty boots after a bushwalk and the habit of treating a pretty flower as harmless are how the rewrite begins.
Marli Watson · 7 July 2024 · 9 min read