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New sightings of Corroboree Frog in Namadgi
For the first time in five years, Northern Corroboree Frogs have been spotted in Namadgi National Park by ACT government ecologists, ABC Radio Canberra reports. The species is listed as critically endangered and the government has been attempting to...
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Tidbinbilla manager John McRae retires
After 17 years with the ACT Parks Service and 5 as manager of Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve,, John McRae retired in March. John’s career included a 3-year stint as manager of the Australian Alps Program Reflecting on his time at Tidbinbilla, John said he was...
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Next Art Week at Gudgenby Cottage
The next NPA ACT Art Week will be held at historic Gudgenby Cottage (Ready-cut Cottage) from 28 April until 5 May. The cottage is a 'ready-cut' or prefabricated kit home in the Gudgenby Valley situated on the southern bank of the Gudgenby River in...
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Parts of KNP closed for feral control program
From 4 April a large area of the northern zone of Kosciuszko National Park (see map) will be closed to the public for six months until 4 October for aerial shooting operations targeting feral animals. The NSW government is required by law to reduce the...
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Invitation to join in riverbank tree planting
ACT Parks and Conservation Service is inviting volunteers to plant native trees on the banks of the Murrumbidgee River at the Kambah Pools Recreation Area on Saturday, 6 April commencing at 9am.The mixture of River Red Gum, Mana Gum and She-oak will be...
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2023 ACT State of Environment report tabled
The 2023 ACT State of the Environment Report was tabled in the ACT Legislative Assembly on the 21 March 2024 by Environment Minister Rebecca Vassarotti. The report contains environmental assessments, makes formal recommendations and provides key actions to...
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Upgrade for popular ACT walking trails
The ACT Government with support from Commonwealth Disaster Resilience Funding is investing in upgrading several popular walking trails this year. Further works are also planned for 2025. Stage one of this work will start the week beginning 25 March and...
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‘Old tree’ study chooses location near Canberra
A team of researchers has mapped trees in an area near Canberra to learn more about the fundamental importance of large old trees to birds, mammals, insects, plants and other inhabitants. More than 300 species of Australian birds and mammals need large old...
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Survey reveals ‘sense of loss’ over Murrumbidgee
Residents of the ACT and region have a ‘deep, almost spiritual fondness for the Upper Murrumbidgee’ offset by a ‘profound sadness and sense of loss that some of what gave rise to this fondness is gone’. This is one of the key findings of a survey...
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DNA analysis indicates regional differences in Rosenberg’s Goannas
Analysis of DNA samples from Rosenberg’s Goannas has revealed a promising preliminary result – an indication of notable genetic distance between those from the disjunct eastern occurrence in NSW and the ACT, and the main occurrence in WA, SA and western Vic....
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‘Amazing’ response to mountain bike post
An Australia Day post on our Facebook page about the installation of a barrier by Parks ACT to discourage mountain bikers using a foot trail on the Mount Majura nature reserve has drawn an amazing response. The post had a reach of 1.5M and generated more...
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Major attempt underway to remove large feral animals from KNP
NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) removed 3,530 horses from Kosciuzsko National Park between November 2021 and 31 December 2023, with 1923 of those removed in the six months to December 2023. Since July, around 800 horses were removed from...
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Conservationists win victory in fight for Lawson grasslands
In a victory for local conservation action, Defence Housing Australia’s (DHA) request to almost halve its proposed development over the Lawson grasslands in north Canberra has been approved. DHA’s plan to develop 443 homes on 47 hectares at the former...
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Keeping safe in national parks
With visitor numbers to national parks increasing, partly due to better access, how do we keep people safe? Writing in The Conversation, two researchers suggest that in light of recent accidents in national parks an urgent rethink is needed into how we...
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New koala plan for ACT
A new plan to protect and revive koala (gula) populations in the ACT has been released by the ACT Government. The Native Species Conservation Plan for the Gula (Koala) is a collaborative initiative between the Ngunnawal community and the government. The...