Alice,+Isabella,+Holly+and+Larissa

By Alice, Isabella, Holly and Larissa

 **CATHEDRAL RANGES**

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__**OUR 3 SPECIES**__

__ Leadbeater’s Possum __ The leadbeater’s possum was affected in the fire and a lot of the species were killed. Healesville Sanctuary has supported the leadbeater’s possum. In the last two years there has been a program running and it has had funding up to $167,000. Healesville sanctuary has been doing Genetic sampling and analysis of surviving animals at Lake Mountain, is has been done to measure their (leadbeater ’ s possum) population recovery in the area.



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This video shows the Leadbeater's Possum and how the species was affected by the bushfires in 2009. The video hasn't shown the Leadbeater's Possum in the Cathedral Ranges because Lake Mountain is its main area that was believed to affect more of the species.

__ Powerful Owl __ The Powerful Owl is a hawk-like bird with staring yellow eyes and no facial disc. The Powerful Owl is not specifically one place, in Victoria; it is all around Australasia. It is mostly found in eastern and southeastern Australia, mainly on the coastal side of the Great Dividing Range from Mackay to southwestern Victoria. The powerful owl has had help from the Healesville Sanctuary group to help its species get back on track after the bushfires.



__ The Long-Nosed Bandicoot __ The Scientific Committee, established by the Threatened Species Conservation Act, has made a Final Determination to list a population of the Long-nosed Bandicoot //Perameles nasuta// Geoffroy, 1804 in inner western Sydney as an ENDANGERED POPULATION. The long-nosed bandicoot was affected by the fires as they wanted to go towards the fires but when they did, they were burnt and the species started to decline.



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This video is footage of a long-nosed bandicoot. We thought we would provide this short 10 second video to show what a long- nosed bandicoot is like at night. It doesn't have anything to do with the bushfires but it is just an extra outline on a long-nosed bandicoot.

TASK 4: The cathedral range fires in 2009 were a very sad time for the area. They think that mostly clashing power lines or being deliberately lit started the fires. This is a table about the statistics of the cathedral range fires.

The weather on the day of the bushfires was extreme. The temperature was very high and wind speeds from 100km h. A week before the fires, a heat wave affected southeastern Australia. From 28–30 January, [|Melbourne] broke records by three consecutive days above 43 °c, with the temperature peaking at 45.1 °c on 30 January, the third hottest day in the city's history. The heat wave was caused by a slow moving [|high-pressure system] that settled over the [|Tasman Sea], with a combination of a [|tropical low] located off the [|North West Australian] coast and a [|monsoon trough] over [|northern Australia] , which produced ideal conditions for hot tropical air to be directed down over southeastern Australia.

The Cathedral ranges are on the road to recovery. They're planting new trees and breeding more animals. They are breeding animals to get food and to sell for money.

What The Lorax Could Say about the bush fires......  If you look out across this town,

You'll see that it's become run-down.

The streets crack and crumble here,

Buildings wear down year by year.

The plants and trees all bow their heads,

Brown and wilted, left for dead.

The river runs, not pure or clean.

Instead it's blue that's tainted green.

The clouds roll slowly through the sky,

Polluting air as they drift by.

Tiny houses line each lane,

Each tiny family facing shame

Of what they've caused in the long run,

The effect of carelessness and guns.

We all thought we had it made

We went too far and let that fade

Now just getting through each day,

Live we might or die we may.

The sun no longer sends light down

On this dark and dirty town. BY UNKNOWN WRITER



Give it clean water, Truffula Trees we all need, and feed it fresh air.

Grow then a forest. Protect it from hacking axe. Lorax may come back. BY UNKNOWN WRITER

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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 110%;">"Leadbeater's Possum - State Emblem under Fire - YouTube." //YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.// Web. 30 Aug. 2011. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSTbubgSZmo>.