A $64,000 federal government grant will help North East Catchment Management Authority look into the reduction of certain species the Alpine National Park.
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The money will be used to to study an increase in pouch litter loss of the endangered Mountain Pygmy-possum and the sudden decline of Bogong moths.
NECMA has estimated there are only about 2000 adult Mountain Pygmy-possums remaining in the wild, located from Mount Bogong across to Mount Higginbotham.
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The possum is one of Australia's only hibernating marsupials, which sleeps under the snow in rock crevices during winter and survives on a diet made up of over 50 per cent arthropods, especially Bogong Moths, in spring and summer.
Senator Jane Hume said it was imported for places on the National Heritage List to reflect the richness of Australian heritage.
"This monitoring program will inform trigger points for interventions and address key knowledge gaps to ensure the long-term survival of both the possum and moth species," she said.
