This group helps educate and tell people about the potoroo. The technical term for the Gilbert’s Potoroo’s fungal diet is called Mycophagy. Please help us help save this gorgeous animal by sponsoring our superhero team members when they jump off the rooftop of the QV1 building by selecting the donate button above. At night, Potoroos will dig up truffles that grow in the top 10cm of soil like bandicoots. Not long after its rediscovery in Two Peoples Bay a number of Gilbert’s Potoroos were captured to establish a captive colony in the effort to promote breeding. A not-for-profit community group, the Gilbert’s Potoroo Action Group, has also been established to share information about the species and support conservation efforts.
The Gilbert’s Potoroo Action Group (GPAG) is a not-for-profit, volunteer community group, trying to help save Gilbert’s Potoroo from extinction. Posted June 05, 2016 06:48:51 Gilbert's potoroo is the world's rarest marsupial, with less than 40 in the wild. Find out more from the Gilbert’s Potoroo Action Group on Twitter or Facebook.. References. In 2001, a group was formed called the Gilbert’s Potoroo Action Group (GPAG). http://www.potoroo.org.

PO Box 654 Albany WA 6331 AUSTRALIA. There are only about 100 left! The potoroo research receives donations from not-for-profit organisations including the Gilbert's Potoroo Action group and the Foundation for Australia's Most Endangered. Gilbert's Potoroo Action Group to receive funding. Diet of Fungi The Gilbert’s Potoroo has expensive taste: truffles and other underground fungi! Charity Size New Island Home boost hopes for Gilbert’s Potoroo (July 2016) Endangered Gilbert’s potoroo added to the threatened species action plan (January 2016) Extinction means more than a loss of species to Australia’s delicate ecosystems (February 2016) Safe haven for rescued potoroos on WA isle (July 2016) It also helps with raising money for more study and captive breeding programs for Gilbert’s potoroo. GPAG - a volunteer community group helping save Gilberts potoroo from extinction by raising funds, providing volunteer support and increasing public awareness. Gilbert's Potoroo Action Group Inc. Gilbert's Potoroo Action Group Inc. is a small-scale charity established in 2002. November 2001 saw a group of local Albany residents band together and form the Gilbert's Potoroo Action Group (or GPAG as they affectionately call themselves), a not for profit volunteer group dedicated to saving the Gilbert's Potoroo from extinction. (Gilbert's Potoroo Action Group, 2004; Harper, 1945; Sinclair, et al., 2000; Sinclair, et al., 2002) IUCN Red List Critically Endangered More information IUCN Red List Critically Endangered More information US Federal List No special status; CITES No special status; … Three potoroos, one male …

In 2016, the Federal Government's National Landcare Program provided Albany-based community group Gilbert's Potoroo Action Group (GPAG) with a $250,000 grant to … Potoroo Action Group 2016). Gilbert's Potoroo Action Group have been working hard since March 2002 to try to raise awareness about the plight of the Potoroo and to help with its recovery through fundraising and volunteering.