Marsupial trap in sight, palawa man Andry Sculthorpe traipses through the blackened heath of lungtalanana, a small island off the north coast of Tasmania.
After five nights of trapping on Clarke Island, lungtalanana’s colonial name, the only small native species he’s caught are two frogs and a lizard.
He crouches in anticipation, hoping for the best but expecting the worst. Nothing.
The absence of small native species sends a bleak message to wildlife conservationists and traditional owners alike.
But the groups have a long way to go in their efforts to restore Country to pre-colonial conditions, and funds are drying up.
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