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World Environment Day, celebrated on 5 June, is the United Nations’ most important day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the protection of our environment. Since it began in 1974, it has grown to become a global platform for public outreach that is widely celebrated in over 100 countries. Above all, World Environment Day […]
The NSW Government is transforming the way we manage, protect and enhance our biodiversity in NSW. It has developed two draft Bills which are open for public comment until 28 June 2016 at 5pm. These are: Draft Biodiversity Conservation Bill (PDF, 755KB) Draft Local Land Services Amendment Bill (PDF, 394KB) The Biodiversity Conservation Bill is for a new Act […]
It’s that time of year, when Swift Parrots are moving through this area on their annual migration from Tasmania, where they breed, to mainland Australia, where they reside over winter, feeding mainly on the nectar of eucalypt blossoms. The Far South Coast is an important feeding area for Swift Parrots, mainly due to the flowering of […]
Head to the Murunna Point Boardwalk for a coastal weeds and wildlife workshop and foreshore ramble on Friday 13 May from 10am – 1pm. James Cook, Bush Regenerator and Andrew Morrison, BVSC Natural Assets Officer, will show you how to identify and control coastal weeds and talk about the ecology of the coastal fringe and the […]
Find out more about the new flora reserves that have been created in this area in the coastal forests between Tanja and Bermagui. This Saturday 23 April 9am-1pm at Tanja Hall on Barrabooka Road there will be information and displays on the reserves, fire management, koala surveys and volunteering opportunities. If you’d like to learn more about koala monitoring […]
Why did the stowaway Green Tree Frog cause such a stir in Kalaru this summer? Steve Sass tells all and gives another good reason for getting to know your local frogs. ‘Lost Frogs’ is the term given to describe frogs that have been moved to a region where they do not naturally occur. In Australia, […]
The Tanja/Wapengo area is home to one of the few remaining potoroo populations on the eastern coast of Australia. The long-nosed potoroo is a nationally threatened species that is rapidly disappearing from its former range. Potoroos inhabit the dense coastal forests of eastern Australia, from southern Queensland to the Victorian border. Their decline is due […]
A CMN workshop to build your own habitat box will be held in Bega on Saturday 20 February 2016 from 9am – 3pm, led by local carpenter/builder Jo Saccomani. If you are a landholder who would like to encourage Sugar Gliders or micro bats to live and breed on your property, you are invited to come and learn how to build […]
World Wetlands Day is celebrated every year on 2 February. This day marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar. The theme for World Wetlands Day in 2016 is Wetlands for our Future: Sustainable Livelihoods. To celebrate this day in the Bega Valley, […]
Libby Hepburn from Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness invites you to the Wallagoot BioBlitz which is on this Friday and Saturday: Wallagoot BioBlitz looks like being the best yet with over 60 surveys from dawn to dark on Friday 4th and Saturday 5th December. This year we are working with Bega Local Aboriginal Land Council to help develop […]
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