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Connecting with students in conservation, resilience and agriculture

Crookwell High School recently hosted a successful Agriculture Day, aimed at inspiring students to become informed environmental and agricultural stewards. The event, a collaboration with local conservation initiatives and agriculture organisations, focused on building community resilience in the face of challenges like drought.

Agriculture Teacher Brett Woods and Primary Industries Teacher Chris Wilson from CHS, along with Clare McCabe […]

Celebrate Biodiversity Month with ARC by Erth at GPAC

This September, the Goulburn Performing Arts Centre (GPAC), in partnership with local conservation initiative K2W Link Inc and puppetry-based theatrical productions company Erth Visual & Physical Inc, will celebrate Biodiversity Month and National Threatened Species Day by hosting Erth’s new production ARC at GPAC on September 10 and 11.

This extraordinary show will introduce families and […]

Wildlife conservation collaboration focuses on innovation and partnerships in Crookwell

A successful wildlife conservation event, sponsored by Cores, Corridors and Koalas – a partnership between the Great Eastern Ranges and WWF-Australia was held last Friday in Crookwell. This event, hosted by K2W Link, brought together a diverse group of stakeholders passionate about protecting the local flora and fauna around the Southern Tableland region.

“This event was […]

Building new homes for gliders

Gliders are quite possibly the cutest of all Australian native animals, according to the informed opinions of students from Trunkey Creek, Taralga, Neville public schools and Tambelin Independent School in Goulburn, NSW.

After building and installing 50 new homes for local squirrel gliders with the help of parents, teachers and international volunteers, the children are […]

Busting barbs to save wildlife

No one likes to see animals suffer and yet everyday our native wildlife bears the brunt of altercations with domestic animals, feral predators, vehicles and barb-wired fences. Thankfully though, there is a growing movement across rural Australia to minimise at least one of these hazards from key areas in the landscape.

 Barb Busters is a […]

Four wheel-drive weekend with a difference

Twenty-five four-wheel driving enthusiasts, from the combined clubs of the NSW & ACT Four Wheel Drive Association, spent the weekend working alongside NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) staff helping to rehabilitate 160 hectares of bushland near Burraga. The parcel of land known as The Glen, located within the Abercrombie State Conservation Area, is […]

Funding a welcome boost for gliding possum projects

Gliding possums in five landscapes have been given a helping hand thanks to $60,000 funding from the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife (FNPW). […]

Rain fails to dampen spirits of Trunkey Creek BioBlitzers

The rain did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of 80 young students who attended K2W’s first Bioblitz at Trunkey Creek on Friday, 3 June 2016. […]

Make your wildlife count at the K2W Trunkey Creek BioBlitz

Trunkey and Neville residents are being invited to join expert ecologists on a series of wildlife surveys on 3-4 June as part of the K2W Trunkey Creek BioBlitz. […]

‘Glideways’ takes off in Central Victoria

Central Victorian community groups were given the rare opportunity to hone their glider conservation skills at a packed workshop held in Seymour on 18 March, 2016.

Organised by GER’s Central Victorian Biolinks Alliance, the Glider Symposium was run to facilitate the sharing of expert knowledge and practical experience to build local capacity for glider conservation.

“The Glider […]

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