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Landholder Ken Rubeli describes his conservation agreement property, located next to Barrington Tops National Park, as a naturalist’s paradise, and it’s hard to disagree.

A rare and critically endangered native shrub, Asterolasia rupestris subsp. recurva, has shown a remarkable population boost on a private property in the New England Tablelands, thanks to favourable weather conditions and ongoing conservation efforts.

Broken Hill and Willyama high school students have been hosted by UNSW’s Fowlers Gap Research Station to learn about protected local species.

The Year 9 and 10 students took part in the Conservation Champions program, a NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust school program delivered by Petaurus Education Group.

Barbara Lindsey and Jon Renn have been at Pub Hill Farm for almost a decade, living their personal conservation values through the preservation of habitat for both threatened species and ecological communities.  

It’s been a wet start to the year across parts of western NSW, with floodwater continuing to flow south from major rainfall events in Queensland’s south-west and our state’s north.  

A conservation area at Mount Vincent opened its gates to Year 10 science students from Newcastle High School earlier this month.

The students travelled to the conservation site managed by Cassy Anderson under agreement with the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust and had a hands-on class to learn about local habitats and species from Petaurus Education Group.