A team of Traditional Owners from Indigenous Knowledge and researchers from Australian National University have shown how cultural burning...
New Guidebooks on Protecting Owls Released
, , biodiversity, Fauna, Fire management, Hollows, Owls, prevention, threatened species, wildlife
Continuing its mission to monitor and protect essential large forest owl populations, the Nature Conservation Council of NSW’s (NCC)...
Impact of Bush Fires On Platypus Revealed
, , biodiversity, bushfire, Fauna, Fire, post-fire, Research, Restoration, threatened species, wildfire, wildlife
Using a unique method of monitoring “environmental DNA,” researchers have been able to identify the effect of bushfires not...
The common wombat (Vombatus ursinus) gained a lot of attention in 2020 for “actively herding” animals that needed help...
Are You Taking Part in This Year’s Great Glossy Count?
, , 2020 Fires, biodiversity, citizen science, data, Fauna, Fire, Monitoring, post-fire, Research, threatened species, vulnerable species
Have you read our article on citizen science? If you have, you’ll know how important contributions to public citizen...
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...
Protecting Hollows With Citizen Science
, , Community resilience, Fauna, Fire, Hazard Reduction, Hollows, plants, Research, resources, threatened species, vulnerable species, wildfire
Around the country, communities are using the power of citizen science to help protect a highly ecologically valuable and...
Ever wondered who your fury, scaly and feathered neighbours are? What lives in your local bush or your backyard?...
Site Assessment and Monitoring – A guide for landholders
, , Fauna, how to, Monitoring, resources, weeds
The Hotspots team have produced a practical guide ‘The Ecological Site Assessment and Monitoring of Bush Fire Management- A guide...
NCC ecologist, Mark Graham recently helped run a Fire Ecology Field Day at Bonnells Bay, Lake Macquarie. This transcript...
Mark Graham: thinking about small mammals and fire regimes
, , Antechinus, Fauna, Ferals, Long-nosed Potoroo, New Holland Mouse, Small mammals
NCC ecologist, Mark Graham recently helped run a Fire Ecology Field Day at Bonnells Bay, Lake Macquarie. This transcript...
How one Rural Fire Service takes protection of bark eating koalas very seriously by Di Thompson, NCC representative on...
Fire and Wildlife in the Mallee – insights for conservation and management LaTrobe and Deakin Universities conducted their Fire and Wildlife...
A day in the field at North Head
, , bushcare, Conferences, Events, Fauna, Ferals, Restoration, weeds
A day in the field at North Head Fire, Fauna, Weeds & Ferals Linked with the 2017 Bushfire Conference...
2017 NCC Bushfire Conference – Proceedings now available
, , audio, bushcare, Conferences, Cultural burning, Events, Fauna, Ferals, Flammability, Research, resources, Restoration, trials, weeds
2017 NCC Bushfire Conference Fire, Fauna & Ferals: from backyards to bush The Nature Conservation Council hosted their 11th...
