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Cycling in ACT parks and reserves
By Trevor Costa Bicycle riding in ACT parks and reserves has become a recent addition to NPA ACT’s regular outings program. While some may question whether bikes should be permitted in such areas because of the potential impact on fragile landscapes, it...
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Airport halts roadwork over threats to endangered dragon
After pressure from conservationists, Canberra Airport Group has agreed to ‘hold off’ work on a section of the Northern Airport Road on land inhabited by the rare Canberra Grassland Earless Dragon. The Canberra Airport Group said it had agreed to...
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NPA welcomes Bluetts Block protection
The ACT Government’s decision to extend the Molonglo River Reserve in Stromlo and Denman Prospect, covering part of the area commonly referred to as ‘Bluetts Block’, has been welcomed by NPA ACT. ‘This is an important and beautiful conservation area on...
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Endangered lizard makes a comeback
Six years into a project to bring the Canberra Grassland Earless Dragon (Tympanocryptis lineata) back from its critically endangered status, the lizards are being relocated back into the wild, according to Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve threatened species...
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Mixed health report for KNP
A health check of Kosciuzsko National Park has found the park remains a refuge for many of Australia’s most threatened species. The detailed health assessment of the park was carried out by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS). NPWS...
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Study puts cost on recovery of Australia’s threatened species
Fully recovering Australia’s threatened species would cost 25% of GDP – a staggering A$583 billion per year, every year, for at least 30 years. Results of new study, published in The Conversation, says that while this obviously is infeasible, it shows...
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Setback for NPA goanna team
A field trip by the NPA’s Rosenberg’s Goanna project team to Ku-ring-Gai Chase National Park, near Sydney, to collect DNA from a population of the goannas near the northern limit of the NSW – ACT occurrence of the species has yielded disappointing...
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Wildlife sanctuary near Canberra to be restored under new agreement
Threatened native animals which have long been missing from the grassy hills around Canberra are set to thrive once more, under a new agreement to restore the family-owned Wandiyali~Environa Wildlife Sanctuary. Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) has...
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National park visits have health and budget benefits
Visiting a national park is good for our health and wellbeing, new research has found. The research, reported in The Conversation, puts a dollar value on the health benefits of visits to national parks within reach of the city of Adelaide and estimates...
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Helpers needed in Sydney for goanna project
Two or three helpers are needed to trap for Rosenberg’s Goannas at Kuring-Gai Chase National Park on the northern edge of Sydney in mid-December. The leader of NPA’s goanna project, Don Fletcher, says this could be an attractive post-exams option for...
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Inquiry backs aerial culling of feral horses
The NSW Upper House has released its report following an inquiry into the aerial shooting of wild horses in Kosciuszko National Park.The report finds: The count methodology used by the NSW government to count horses in Kosciuszko National Park uses...
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So, you want to be an outings leader …
Have you thought about leading an NPA bushwalk or other outing but feel you’re not really qualified to do so? It’s a natural feeling, says NPA outings coordinator Mike Bremers, himself a walks and outings leader for nearly 20 years. ‘The thought of...
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What's a birthday without a cake!
No birthday celebration would be complete without a cake – and yesterday’s occasion organised by NPA and ACT Parks at Namadgi Visitor Centre (NVC) to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the gazettal of Namadgi National Park on 3 October 1984 was no...
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Goanna project still needs help
Our Rosenberg’s Goanna Project still has vacant slots in the trapping schedule and help is greatly needed with photo processing. On 21 Sept, 30 cage traps were set in the lower (northern) end of the Naas Valley research site in Namadgi National Park and...
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Ruby red-letter day for Namadgi and NPA
Thursday, 3 October - a ruby red-letter day for Namadgi National Park, and NPA ACT. The day marks the 40th anniversary of the gazettal of Namadgi National Park, on 3 October 1984. This was the achievement of the goal – a national park for the national capital...