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.
Just outside Narrandera, where the Murrumbidgee River winds through the Riverina, a quiet transformation is taking place.
Allandale, a 413-hectare property of rolling pastures with pockets of eucalypt-rich woodland, is permanently protected by a NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust (BCT) agreement, offering hope to a species that, 50 years ago, had all but disappeared from this southern NSW landscape.
Just off the Hawkesbury River, at Lower Portland, lies Blundell's Swamp, a rare surviving piece of a once-thriving network of upland lakes, coastal floodplains, and coastal wetlands.
When the chance to merge a passion for nature with enthusiasm for sharing his conservation journey came along, Pappinbarra landholder Jon van Beest seized the opportunity.
He joined Land Libraries and quickly became the program’s top contributor, recording more than 230 observations on NatureMapr.
Landholders across NSW have secured the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust (BCT) as a buyer for another 6,047 biodiversity credits to the value of $27.6 million in total.
The commitment to purchase credits was made through the BCT's biodiversity credit tender and will provide funding for new and existing permanent conservation areas.
