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With only about 40 left in the wild, the brush-tailed rock wallaby is one of Australia's most critically endangered animals.
But its future is looking brighter with the announcement of a $650,000 initiative to support its reintroduction into the wild.
ACT Parks and Conservation Service wildlife officers Nicole Hill, Hannah Waterhouse, Rachael Loneragan and Lisa Steindler record data from a brush-tailed rock wallaby during a monitoring exercise at the Tidbinbilla nature reserve.
Photo: Sitthixay DitthavongThe joint project between the ACT government and Zoos Victoria, with $80,000 from the Australian government's threatened species recovery fund will see the construction of a 120-hectare semi-wild predator-proof enclosure, ACT minister for the environment Mick Gentleman said.
The enclosure will be built at the Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve.
"This will provide increased opportunities to reintroduce animals bred within the enclosure to sites in Victoria and potentially within the ACT," Mr Gentleman said.