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Two important habitat areas for the endangered spotted-tail quolls and gang-gang cockatoos have now been listed as Threatened Ecological Communities (TECs) under NSW’s environment legislation. Araluen Scarp Grassy Forest and Brogo Wet Vine Forest are now listed as TECs, which provides these two historically cleared and at-risk habitats, as well as the animals that live […]
You are invited to join us at the Murrah Hall on Saturday 4th June to learn more about the efforts underway by community volunteers and Yuin traditional owners using cultural fire practices to protect the koalas and their habitat. See below for more details and click here to register.
The Environmental Defenders Office has published a new report focusing on the important role that private land conservation plays in protecting important areas on the East Coast of Australia that were not burnt in the black summer bushfire. “private landholders are in a unique position to contribute meaningfully to bushfire recovery and the long-term protection […]
Dear CMN members. This is a short note to say farewell and to thank you for your commitment to caring for the native vegetation on your properties. After 12 years as CMN Coordinator I have decided to leave the position to put more time into running our family farm in Buckajo. I’m grateful to have […]
Join botanist Jackie Miles for a virtual walk along Dry River in Quaama six months after fire swept through the area on New Years Eve 2019. Find out what plants are coming back in the riparian forest and how different plants respond to fire. Make yourself a cuppa and have a look at this series of […]
Latest CMN Newsletter is out now and features: opportunities for grant funding Master TreeGrowers and Agroforestry Trees Near Me App Post-fire Weeds Manual Biodiversity Webinars Weed Profile: Lantana Platypus in the Bega River
In the lead up to Biodiversity Month the NSW Department of Planning and Environment’s Biodiversity and Conservation Division are celebrating the conservation work of the South East region by serving up some science with your sandwich each Wednesday. From Greater Gliders surviving fires, to innovative ways to connect with landholders, citizen science projects and the […]
The Sapphire Coast Science Festival returns this year with a jam-packed program of events. Presented by the Sapphire Science Hub, Bournda EEC and the Atlas of Life, the 2022 Sapphire Coast Science Week will focus on life along our coasts. You are invited to join us for all online sessions, field trips and in-person events. Highlights include: […]
South East Local Land Services is seeking expressions of interest from land managers wanting to improve natural landscapes on their properties. Funding is currently available to support land managers across the Far South Coast to restore waterways and riverbanks, protect and enhance saltmarsh, increase koala habitat, undertake general revegetation, enhance high value native vegetation or plant […]
Land for Wildlife is a voluntary property registration scheme for landholders who wish to manage areas of wildlife habitat on their property. Land for Wildlife encourages and assists landholders to include nature conservation along with other land management objectives. Land for Wildlife is free to join and is not legally binding. Registration in the scheme […]
Earlier in July, the 2021 State of Environment Report was released by the Federal Government. The report makes for disturbing, although unsurprising, reading. Almost every indicator used to assess the health of Australia’s land and water paints the picture of a poor and declining country: an extinction crisis, limited access to drinking water, increasing weather […]
Researchers from Macquarie University are seeking to connect with landholders with private property fronting a river or creek in order to be able to gain permission to access these riparian areas to undertake ecological surveys. See details in the flyer below: Email elisha.duxbury@hdr.mq.edu.au or call 0423 416 028
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