Learning about biodiversity in Albury

 

In late November 2018, students from Holbrook School and Albury High visited Yencanyah, a property in Burrumbuttock, to learn about the local biodiversity and about private land conservation in a BioBlitz event.

The BCT's pilot project was run in partnership with Petaurus Education Group and is a new initiative which forms part of the BCT's commitments to biodiversity education. 

On the property, the kids learnt how to recognise important pollinators, habitats and ecosystems which support biodiversity, and learnt from Indigenous artist and Wiradjuri Elder, David Dunn, about Aboriginal cultural heritage in the area.

As part of this project, the BCT also funded a book written by Albury High School students. The book is a case study on a leading conservation champion, Clare Cannon, who managed biodiversity alongside her farming enterprises on Woomargama Station. You can download an online copy of the book here. You can also view a video filmed on the day above.

This pilot project was a huge success and the BCT are rolling out similar events across various regions in NSW in 2019.

 

Holbrook School students at Woomargama Station
Holbrook School students gather with their artworks at Yencanyah

 

Book launch at Albury High School
Albury High School students launch their book with Alice McGrath (BCT's Senior Community Engagement Officer) and Nick Wragge (Manager of Woomargama Station)

 

Paul Elton and David Dunn
BCT Chief Executive Paul Elton and Wiradjuri Elder David Dunn at Yencanyah.