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Runaway goanna home again – for now
Rum, the runaway Rosenberg’s Goanna is back home in Canberra’s Ainslie – Majura Nature Reserve after disappearing for several days last week, sparking concern for his safety. A ‘wanted’ sign posted on NPA’s social media appealed to residents living near...
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‘Brumby Act’ repealed at last
A momentous day for protection of Kosciuszko National Park from feral horse damage. On 27 November the NSW Parliament repealed the Kosciuszko Wild Horse Heritage Act, which required the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service to recognise the ‘heritage...
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NPA members invited to show their creative side
Namadgi Visitor Centre has invited NPA ACT to host an exhibition of art and craft, including photography, by members from 4 December to the end of March 2026. All NPA ACT members are invited to submit works. The artworks can relate to an environmental or nature...
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NPA wins grant to help protect rock art
NPA ACT has been awarded a heritage grant to help preserve and protect Aboriginal culture in the Territory. The $17,151 grant awarded under the 2025-26 ACT Heritage Grants Program will be used to contract specialised rock art conservators and other...
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NPA launches ‘Goanna Guardians’ campaign
NPA is launching a major fundraising campaign to extend the scope of its study of the vulnerable Rosenberg’s Goanna. A kind sponsor has offered to match funding if we can raise $5,000 in 5 weeks – so the race is on! NPA has been funding research into...
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Yankee Hat Rock Art Site officially reopened
The Yankee Hat Rock Art Site has officially reopened with upgraded visitor infrastructure following damage from the 2020 Orroral Valley bushfires. The upgrades to the Yankee Hat site include a new steel viewing platform, an elevated boardwalk,...
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Volunteers needed for goanna patrols
Our citizen science project studying Rosenberg’s Goannas in the ACT is looking for volunteers to join its hatching patrols during spring an early summer. Hatchling patrols are small bushwalks in the Naas Valley of Namadgi National Park, done in spring...
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New community program tackles wombat killer
Wombat Rescue, a voluntary organisation that cares for sick and injured wombats, has initiated a community program to treat deadly mange that is killing the animals.in the ACT. The mange is caused by a parasite. After treating the disease for 7 years, Wombat...
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All in a day’s work – NPA party installs 1,000 tree guards
Work parties continue to be a core part of NPA’s conservation work. A recent major effort involved nine NPA volunteers, led by ACT Parks rangers, installing 1,000 tree guards and planting 40 Eucalyptus viminalis below Greenhills camp on the Murrumbidgee River...
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Life membership for NPA ‘ambassadors’
Congratulations to our newest life members, Philip and Jan Gatenby. Philip and Jan have been very active mainstays of NPA for probably longer than most, notching up 43 and 45 years respectively. Philip has been a walks leader since 1982 and is still...
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NPA welcomes decision not to rebuild huts
NPA ACT has welcomed a Canberra Times report that the ACT Government has decided not to rebuild two alpine huts in Namadgi National Park that were destroyed in the 2020 fires. ‘We argued that rebuilding on the sites of Demandering and Max and Bert...
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ACT Government rethink needed on Namadgi huts
NPA has reaffirmed its position that two huts destroyed in the Namadgi National Park bushfires in 2020 should not be rebuilt. This follows recent criticism in the media of the ACT Government's delay in rebuilding the huts. Rebuilding on the sites of Max...
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ACT Government rethink needed on Namadgi huts
Rebuilding on the sites of two huts destroyed in the Namadgi National Park fires in 2020 is not value for money, says the National Parks Association of the ACT. NPA is also concerned that Burra Charter guidelines for heritage conservation practice were...
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Focus on genetics for goanna project
The latest project plan for the NPA’s citizen science Rosenberg’s Goanna Project will focus on studying the goanna’s genetics. The change from tracking the goanna’s movements stems from an adjunct to the study in 2024 – 25 when a PhD student, Jason...
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Have you registered for our Bogs and Fens of the ACT webinar?
Do you know where you’d find bogs and fens in the ACT? Nearly 60 per cent of people who responded to our recent online quiz about bogs and fens mistakenly think they’re found in the Jerrabomberra Wetlands or Canberra’s suburbs. Most are found in the...