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area of occupancy, and should also be compared with food availability information. The expanded autumn flock counts provide an index of recruitment. Mapping annual locations will show nesting season, post-fledging and winter roost locations, to enable appropriate management.

Action 8. Expand nest site statutory protection
    a)      Expand the coverage of the Environmental Significance Overlays of West Wimmera and Glenelg Shires to provide legal protection for both living and dead trees that have suitable nest hollows or the potential to develop such hollows.
    b)     Extend Environmental Significance Overlays to include relevant parts of Horsham and Southern Grampians Shires.

Action 9. Reduce the threat from reductions in nest sites
    a)      Distribute information on how to identify and protect nest trees, noting the very high conservation value of large living and dead trees with hollows.
    b)     Promote natural regeneration of trees after fencing and the cessation of grazing as the main long-term solution for future nest tree needs.
    c)      Encourage Victorian agencies to ensure that firewood collectors operating in woodlands on public land are under regular supervision (see Venn and Fisher 1993).
    d)     Encourage the Victorian and South Australian governments to finalise and implement their draft firewood strategies.
    e)      Reduce the impacts of the firewood collection industry on nest sites, and encourage the use of alternatives such as plantation timber or smaller trees (< 30 cm dbh) such as those in dense stands of regrowth which can accommodate thinning.

Action 10. Maintain existing artificial nests and monitor their use
    a)      Maintain existing artificial nests, monitor and report on their use.

Action 11. Identify and protect nest sites from ground predators
    a)      Continue to seek nest locality information from the community and conduct volunteer-based searches for nests.
    b)     Collar all known nest trees to exclude ground predators, using volunteers wherever possible.
    c)      Collar all potential nest trees in known nesting colonies.
    d)     Provide landholders who do not wish to reveal nest sites on their land with information and materials for protecting nests.

Action 12. Assess and reduce illegal trade
    a)      Determine the level of illegal trade in the species from Australian and overseas aviculturalists and agencies, and the number of South-east Red-tailed Black-Cockatoos held in captivity.
    b)     Should the illegal trade in live birds and eggs be biologically significant, liaise with landholders in known breeding areas, and carry out targeted operations to detect and prosecute offenders.

Action 13. Locate new nest colonies and identify key blocks of private land
    a)      Locate new nest colonies so that they can be managed appropriately, and communicate relevant information to land managers.
    b)     Identify key blocks of private land so that financial and management assistance can be provided if required.

Action 14. Collect information on Buloke use and