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13 Jan 2023

Brush-tailed bettongs reclaim the Pilliga forest | Media release

A fungi-loving, rat-kangaroo with a prehensile tail is back in the Pilliga forest for the first time in over 100 years.
Pouch young brush-tailed bettong (Bettongia penicillata)
News
13 Jun 2023

Budawangs wallaby grass bounces back | News

A population of the once ‘almost-extinct’ Budawangs wallaby grass (Plinthanthesis rodwayi) has been recently re-discovered on Mount Currockbilly, in south-eastern NSW, after disappearing from the mountain in the late 1970s.
A clump of green Budawangs wallaby grass (Plinthanthesis rodwayi) on dark soil on Mount Currockbilly
News
22 Feb 2023

Building resilience in the Macquarie Marshes | News

The Macquarie Marshes is a hotspot for biodiversity – a patchwork of habitats coming together to create a significant landscape for wildlife and vegetation.
The Macquarie Marshes
News
30 Jun 2023

NSW Threatened Species Scientific Committee Final Determination South-eastern Glossy Black-Cockatoo | News

Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami (South-eastern Glossy Black-Cockatoo) Temminck 1807 has been listed as a Vulnerable species.
South-eastern glossy black cockatoo
News
27 Apr 2023

Cape Byron State Conservation Area walking track upgrade | Media release

Visitors to Cape Byron State Conservation Area will soon enjoy a new improved walking track between Wategos Beach and the Cape Byron Lighthouse, with works to begin next week.
Two people sit on a bench looking at the ocean at one of the lookouts to be upgraded at Cape Byron State Conservation Area
News
19 Jun 2023

Celebrating 4 decades of protection for Nightcap National Park's ancient rainforest | Media release

On Sunday, local community descended on Rummery Park campground to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the creation of Nightcap National Park, following ground-breaking environmental protests in 1979 which paved the way for the park's creation in 1983 and international recognition as a site on the Wor
Birds Nest fern (Asplenium nidus), Nightcap National Park. Biogeographical area of the Nightcap and Kooynum Ranges
News
28 Feb 2023

Check for closures in Tomaree National Park while Tomaree Coastal Walk is being completed | Media release

The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service will briefly close several popular visitor areas in Tomaree National Park as work continues on the $6.7 million Tomaree Coastal Walk.
Boardwalk to Tomaree Head Lookout, Tomaree National Park
News
18 Jan 2023

Coasties watch out, rare turtle nest about! | Media release

The Central Coast is pitching in to protect a rare nest of endangered loggerhead turtle eggs discovered at Shelly Beach at dawn last week.
Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta)
News
01 Jun 2023

Construction starts on new NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service office and depot | Media release

The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) and the Worimi Conservation Lands Board of Management have broken ground on a new NPWS office and depot in Anna Bay.
Traditional smoking ceremony led by Worimi Aboriginal Owners
News
03 May 2023

Cooma men's shed replicate spider holes to save dragons | Media release

Members of Cooma's Men's Shed are channelling their wild side, helping save the rare Monaro Grassland Earless Dragon by creating artificial spider hole habitat across the Monaro Plains.
Monaro Grassland Earless Dragon (Tympanocryptis osbornei)