Coastal Open Space Strategy (COSS) Corridors Project

Project overview

The Protection of the Environment Trust contributed $50, 000 to the former Gosford City Council in the 2012/13 financial year to conduct fauna surveys of natural area reserves for the COSS Corridors Project.

The funds were used to purchase survey equipment, a virtual server to store data accessible to external institutions, analysis of bat, bird and frog calls and wages for staff.

The project surveyed a total of 93 sites within 43 natural area reserves, with priority given to reserves identified in the former Gosford Local Government Area COSS Corridors Project.

The surveys recorded four species of particular interest: