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Walking track access to the summit of Tomaree Headland will change during May as the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service completes maintenance to tracks and heritage restoration at Fort Tomaree.

The Five Mile picnic area in Murray Valley Regional Park is facing an extensive clean up and repair job following sustained flooding, and an area near the boat ramp will be closed from next week.

The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is planning a hazard reduction burn in Deua National Park, just west of Moruya, from Monday 29 April.

The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is planning to conduct hazard reduction burns in Mimosa Rocks National Park, just north of Tathra, on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 April, weather permitting.

The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) with assistance from the NSW Rural Fire Service is conducting a hazard reduction burn in Blue Mountains National Park starting Sunday 28 April, weather permitting.

The NSW Government is delivering on its commitment to the koalas of south-western Sydney with $4.5 million in new funding to establish a koala care centre in the Macarthur region and $500,000 to support volunteer rehabilitators.

The latest NSW emissions projections confirm expectations that more needs to be done in NSW to meet emissions reduction targets.

Minister for Climate Change and the Environment Penny Sharpe has praised the efforts of locals in the Blue Mountains who have protected threatened habitats and species under an agreement with the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust.

In a significant milestone for one of the most critically endangered species, 97 zoo-bred Bellinger River snapping turtles have been released into the Bellinger River on Gumbaynggirr Country in a collaborative effort with the NSW Government’s Saving our Species program and Taronga Conservation Society Australia.

More than $1.1 million has been awarded to 8 organisations to implement key environmental education initiatives in their local communities, under the NSW Environmental Trust’s Environmental Education Grants Program.