Are you a landholder interested in upscaling your land management skillset? As part of their commitment to supporting the...
NCC Bushfire Conference 2023
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NCC’s 13th biennial Bushfire Conference, “Managing Bushfire Together: Applying science, skills and stories”, took place on the 24-25th May,...
Do Post-Fire Acacia Thickets Increase Long-term Fire Risk?
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Have you ever noticed dense thickets of Acacia emerge post-fire, and wondered if they may represent a long-term fire...
Measuring Soil Health & the Impacts of Fire
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Would you like to measure multiple aspects indicating the health of your property’s soil, without spending a fortune on...
The Climate Council is an independent organisation which uses the latest science on climate to help tackle one of...
Koalas and DPE guidelines for planned burning
, , Fauna, Fire, Guidelines, koalas, Planned Burns, Prescribed burns, resources, threatened species
We’ve all heard about koala populations declining in numbers in recent years due to multiple threats such as land...
If you’re curious about how Indigenous cultural burning from around 10,000 years ago has implications for current land management,...
An Introduction to Citizen Science
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Citizen science databases can be an excellent tool for getting to know the flora and fauna present within your...
Protecting Hollows With Citizen Science
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Around the country, communities are using the power of citizen science to help protect a highly ecologically valuable and...
We’ve all seen the current effects of climate change. As bushfires become larger, more sever and more frequent the...
Ever wondered who your fury, scaly and feathered neighbours are? What lives in your local bush or your backyard?...
Have you ever wanted to know more about your environment and how it is changing? Monitoring is a powerful...
The NSW Department of Planning and Environment have released an app for android users that allows you to explore...
Watch – Ecological burns: a Council perspective
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Martin Roberts from Macedon Ranges Shire Council explores ecological burns from a Local Government perspective in a presentation for...
Book Review – A Wide & Open Land: Walking The Last Of Western Sydney’s Woodlands by Peter A. Ridgeway
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As one who enjoys long bushwalks and studying nature, I was very keen to grab hold of a copy...
