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Bilby Fund.
Frank Manthey OAM: Tireless crusader to promote the plight of the bilbies, and successfully lobbied the Federal Government to recognise National Bilby Day.

Contents
Acknowledgements
Acronyms
1 Summary
2 Introduction
2.1 Introduction to the Greater Bilby and its conservation
2.2 What is different about this plan?
3 Background
3.1 Purpose
3.2 Cultural significance
3.3 Cultural status
3.4 The Greater Bilby National Recovery Team
3.5 Species description and ecology
3.6 Distribution
3.7 Types of bilby management
3.8 Important populations and populations under particular pressure
3.9 Habitat summary
3.10 Habitat critical to survival
3.11 Climate change
4 Recovery objectives
4.1 Objectives and performance criteria
5 Threats
5.1 Predation by foxes and feral cats
5.2 Predation by wild canids in Queensland
5.3 Habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation
5.4 Domestic and other introduced species
5.5 Unmanaged fire and inappropriate fire regimes
5.6 Loss of Traditional Owner knowledge and land management
5.7 Reduction in population resilience and genetic fitness in wild and intensively managed populations
5.8 Disease
6 Strategies and actions
6.1 On-ground and supporting strategies
6.2 Priority setting and costs
6.3 Actions
7 Social and economic considerations
8 Partners and affected persons
8.1 Indigenous rangers and groups
9 References
9.1 Other sources

Tables
Table 1 Strategic actions for survey, monitoring and information management
Table 2 Strategic actions for Traditional Owner research and management
Table 3 Strategic actions for recovery, governance and communication
Table 4 On-ground strategic actions to manage and monitor predators
Table 5 Manage fire
Table 6 Improve habitat connectivity and maintain habitat extent
Table 7 Managing impacts of herbivore grazing
Table 8 On-ground strategic actions to manage metapopulation
Table 9 Supporting strategies to aid research
Table 10 Partners
Table 11 Indigenous rangers and groups

Figures
Figure 1 Distribution of the Greater Bilby (Macrotis lagotis).
Figure 2 The modelled current distribution of the Greater Bilby (Macrotis lagotis).
Figure 3 Flow chart of recovery plan purpose, objectives, performance criteria and on-ground and supporting strategies.

Boxes
Box 1 Two-way science
Box 2 Tjukurrpa
Box 3 What is a bilby site?

     Acknowledgements
This plan represents the combined efforts of many people, including those who have directly contributed to the content of the plan, those whose site and management action information has been captured, and those who have built the knowledge and understanding on which this plan relies.
The Greater Bilby National Recovery Team would like to acknowledge the many individuals and organisations that have directly contributed significant time and resources to the development of this plan over a number of years.
Due to the vast number of individual contributors who have provided inputs to this plan representing the interests of a diverse range of stakeholder groups including Traditional Owners, land managers, land owners, conservation