NatureMapr – Time to update your app

NatureMapr – Time to update your app

Many landholders here in the Bega Valley Shire and beyond have downloaded the NatureMapr app on their phones or have used NatureMapr on the web to upload sightings of species they have photographed or recorded. This is building up a picture of the distribution and abundance of the plants and animals in our region, and is […]

Help to Map Glossy Black-Cockatoos

Help to Map Glossy Black-Cockatoos

The Glossy Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami) is one of the more threatened species of cockatoo in Australia and is listed as Vulnerable in NSW. A Special Project is underway to map the distribution of Glossy Black-Cockatoos, and the location of suitable nest hollows. The Atlas of Life and Canberra Nature Map are working with the OEH Saving […]

Koala Information Workshop

Koala Information Workshop

You are warmly invited to a koala information workshop being held at The Crossing Land Education Centre on Saturday 11th August 2018 between 9am and 4pm. The workshop is being organized by The Crossing and the NSW Saving our Species Program. The main purpose of the workshop is to discuss, plan and provide training for […]

‘OPEN HOUSE’ FOR MURRAH FLORA RESERVES

‘OPEN HOUSE’ FOR MURRAH FLORA RESERVES

National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) staff will host two ‘open houses’ on Saturday 13 January in Tanja and Wednesday 17 January in Bermagui for locals and visitors to come and hear more about the Murrah Flora Reserves. Kane Weeks, NPWS South Coast Director said these free sessions will be an opportunity for people to discuss […]

Bemboka Lowland Grassy Woodland Field Day

Bemboka Lowland Grassy Woodland Field Day

Bemboka River Reserve is a beautiful remnant of Lowland Grassy Woodland, once widespread across the Bega Valley Shire and now an Endangered Ecological Community. Fire is one of the key management tools being used in the reserve, with an area burnt in early Spring this year. A CMN field day with botanist Jackie Miles on Saturday […]

Night time surveys for Merimbula Bioblitz

Night time surveys for Merimbula Bioblitz

Join the Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness and field experts on Wednesday September 20th from 6:30 – 9:00pm for the final surveys to complete the “From Little Things” 2017 BioBlitz, with Glenn Cocking showing how to attract the moths that live here and Elisabeth Larsen and Andrew Morrison leading the Call playback and Spotlighting […]

Bioblitz 2017 – Merimbula Creek

Bioblitz 2017 – Merimbula Creek

This year the Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness’ one day Bioblitz will be held at Merimbula Creek on Saturday 16 September, from 6am-8pm, partnering with the “from little things parklands” group which is establishing a community sustainability centre behind Club Sapphire. The bioblitz will help create the first species list of their land and […]