About Us
The
Stop the Toad Foundation (STTF) is a not-for-profit, non-government
organisation incorporated in Western Australia in October 2005.
STTF is governed by a group of voluntary board members and the Patron
of the organisation is Tim Winton.
During the 2006-2010 Great Toad Musters, STTF, with the help of
hundreds of volunteers, removed 175,000 cane toads heading towards
WA, but was not able to entirely prevent them from entering the
State.
In 2011, The Foundation decided to change its strategy ... [more]
Stop the Toad Foundation - Our Patron
| TIM WINTON
Tim Winton was born in Perth in 1960. His nineteen books
for adults and children have been published to acclaim at
home and abroad. Three time winner of the Miles Franklin award
and twice shortlisted for the Booker Prize, his work is both
critically admired and loved by readers ... [more]
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Stop the Toad Foundation - Our Board
| KIM HANDS - CHAIR
Kim joined the Stop the Toad Foundation as Strategic Campaign
Manager in May 2008. Kim studied a Bachelor of Science at
Murdoch University in conservation and marine biology. She
has a strong environmental science and interpretation background
developed while working at AQWA (the Western Australian aquarium)
and with ... [more]
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| GARY PIKE - VICE CHAIR
Since 2009, Gary has also been heavily involved in conducting
talks and presentations on behalf of the Foundation at schools,
clubs, community organisations and government agencies throughout
suburban and country WA to increase community awareness ...
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RUSSELL GUÉHO
Russell Gueho has
published many discussion papers, newsletters, held fundraising
and awareness events and generated media on the predictions
of impacts of the cane toad and strategies to control them,
since 2003. He was arguably the first person to alert Western
Australians to the environmental, social, and ... [more] |
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| ROBERT EDEL
Robert Edel is a partner at DLA Phillips Fox in Perth, advising
on project development issues including land acquisition,
mining titles, native title and preparation of construction
contracts for development of a mining project in the northern
goldfields ... [more]
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| GRAEME SAWYER - REGIONAL COORDINATOR (DARWIN)
Graeme played a key role in setting up FrogWatch in the Northern
Territory in 1991 and led their cane toad project - the catalyst
for a change of thinking about cane toad control in Northern
Australia. He has been involved in cane toad research, including
pioneering work on the use of traps, for more than 5 years
and ... [more]
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Stop the Toad Foundation - Our Team
| DAVE GRAHAM - WEB MANAGER
Dave was a Science/Mathematics/IT teacher for over 30 years
in Brisbane High Schools. He concluded that career trialling
Mathematics and Physics in Education Queensland’s excellent
Virtual Schooling Service, teaching online students in real
time ... [more]
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