Tree Troff® Australian Bush Life
Water for Wildlife During the 2019-20 summer, WWF-Australia along with the Reece Group supported WIRES Water For Wildlife, Australia’s largest supplemental water program for native wildlife. Based on research conducted by the University of Sydney to innovate a way of ensuring wildlife had access to water in times of drought, bushfire and extreme weather conditions. The idea for TREE TROFF ® arboreal drinkers was born. It’s a play on the words ‘trough’ and ‘top’, geddit? Like a tree-top-trough. Okay, you get it. More than 800 of these drinkers have been installed on both public and private land throughout New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland. This will help tree-dwelling animals stay hydrated in the case of future fire and drought. So far, we’ve witnessed koalas, birds, possums, gliders and reptiles using the drinkers. This is because cameras have been installed to monitor the usage of the drinkers both by day and by night. Down the track, we’ll be able to link Water for Wildlife with our Eye on Recovery project, allowing us to monitor the TREE TROFF®’s effectiveness in different climatic conditions. See them at work in our stunning new ad to help raise awareness of Regenerate Australia. https://www.wires.org.au/wildlife-pro...
