Passport to Recovery:

Using citizen science to monitor roadkill as an indicator of post-bushfire wildlife recovery on KI

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Road interactions kill thousands of animals on Australian roads every year. Driving at dusk, dawn, on dirt roads and in unfamiliar country areas are common times for these interactions to occur.

Check out the next slide for tips to keep you safe while driving on Kangaroo Island.

The summer of 2019-20 saw unprecedented bushfire events across Australia. Kangaroo Island was seriously impacted, with almost half of the island burnt (DEW 2020).

Tens of thousands of animals perished from the devastating bushfires on KI.

Despite the native vegetation beginning to recover in bushfire affected areas, native wildlife are yet to see their numbers to significantly recover.

Passport to Recovery is a citizen science program aimed at getting visitors and locals involved in the post bushfire monitoring of Kangaroo Island.

The Passport to Recovery Road 2 Recovery project, collects data on roadkill on the island as an indicator of wildlife recovery in bushfire affected areas.

Below is a map of roadkill sightings from citizen scientists in the Passport to Recovery program

Road 2 Recovery

These sightings from citizen scientists indicate that wildlife numbers are yet to fully recover in areas that were most severely impacted from the 2019/2020 bushfires, particularly in the Flinders Chase National Park area.

Keep checking back in on the map for more updates on wildlife recovery from our dedicated citizen scientists!