Mr Darren Quin This is Me

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1. 1. Ecology Australia Staff

   www.ecologyaustralia.com.au/st - [Cached]

   Published on: 5/4/2008   Last Visited: 5/4/2008

   Darren Quin
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   Darren has operated as an environmental consultant for 15 years, including 8 with Ecology Australia.He is a Senior Zoologist within the company.Most of his earlier experience was gained in northern NSW, where he worked in numerous management areas of State Forests assessing impacts of forestry and other land-use activities on fauna.He also undertook doctoral research on Squirrel Glider and Sugar Glider, and post-doctoral research on the nationally-threatened Hastings River Mouse.Darren has also as worked in Victoria for Birds Australia on a number of projects including the Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds.At Ecology Australia, Darren has worked on a wide range of projects including flora and fauna assessments, environmental management plans, roadside management plans, planning studies, risk assessments, action plans, EES and threatened species studies.He has worked on all vertebrate groups and in most regions of south-eastern Australia, though his particular expertise is mammalian ecology.Darren has also provided recent input to the National Recovery Plan for the Yellow-bellied Glider Wet tropic subspecies, and the NSW Recovery Plan for the Squirrel Glider.

2. 2. thesource.melbournewater.com.au

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   Published on: 12/1/2001   Last Visited: 7/14/2008

   When Darren Quin was asked to do a biological survey report for the Hallam Bypass project, he immediately thought of significant species such as the growling grass or Southern Bell Frog.
   
   He soon found that the frog, which is classified as a vulnerable species under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, had been recorded in wetlands in the Hallam area.
   
   Mr Quin, a zoologist formerly of Ecology Australia, found that the habitat around Eumemmerring Creek and the nearby wetlands was suitable for the frog.
   
   "But whether they occur there is another thing," he said."You can never be 100 per cent sure unless you turn them up.However, we need to protect the habitat in the event of the frog migrating to the area."
   
   Mr Quin said the numbers of growling grass frogs had declined in recent years, possibly due to degradation and drainage of wetlands, including the impacts of cattle grazing, herbicides and other pollution.
   
   "Whatever the reason, the frog no longer occurs in the ACT and the southern tablelands of New South Wales, and is even rare in parts of southern and central Victoria," he said.
   
   Mr Quin found evidence of four or five other frog species during the survey in the area, but not the growling grass frog, which has a characteristic "throaty" call.
   
   However, he recommended to VicRoads that, as part of the Hallam Bypass project, it maintained water quality in Eumemmerring Creek and the nearby wetlands within Melbourne Water guidelines.
   
   "I made it clear that they should collaborate closely with Melbourne Water and that the works should not impact on water quality for frogs and water birds," he said.

3. 3. thesource.melbournewater.com.au

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   Published on: 12/1/2001   Last Visited: 1/19/2008

   When Darren Quin was asked to do a biological survey report for the Hallam Bypass project, he immediately thought of significant species such as the growling grass or Southern Bell Frog.
   
   He soon found that the frog, which is classified as a vulnerable species under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, had been recorded in wetlands in the Hallam area.
   
   Mr Quin, a zoologist formerly of Ecology Australia, found that the habitat around Eumemmerring Creek and the nearby wetlands was suitable for the frog.
   
   "But whether they occur there is another thing," he said."You can never be 100 per cent sure unless you turn them up.However, we need to protect the habitat in the event of the frog migrating to the area."
   
   Mr Quin said the numbers of growling grass frogs had declined in recent years, possibly due to degradation and drainage of wetlands, including the impacts of cattle grazing, herbicides and other pollution.
   
   "Whatever the reason, the frog no longer occurs in the ACT and the southern tablelands of New South Wales, and is even rare in parts of southern and central Victoria," he said.
   
   Mr Quin found evidence of four or five other frog species during the survey in the area, but not the growling grass frog, which has a characteristic "throaty" call.
   
   However, he recommended to VicRoads that, as part of the Hallam Bypass project, it maintained water quality in Eumemmerring Creek and the nearby wetlands within Melbourne Water guidelines.
   
   "I made it clear that they should collaborate closely with Melbourne Water and that the works should not impact on water quality for frogs and water birds," he said.