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Art: Jodie Munday workshops and show in Crookwell

Goulburn region artist and Wiradjuri woman Jodie Munday is exploring humans’ relationships with ecosystems through a series of art workshops and culminating in a thought-provoking exhibition in Crookwell.

‘Fight or Flight’ seeks to question the viewers’ perception of native wildlife by tackling issues of irreversible damage to the environment caused by human activity.

Jodie is urging the […]

K2W in the running for state award

 

K2W Link is a finalist for the 2022 NSW Sustainability Awards (Banksia Awards).

The project, Petaurus Connections, a community-driven initiative working to secure a future for Squirrel Gliders and their habitat in the Abercrombie Catchment of NSW was named a finalist for the NSW Communications for Impact Award.

Mary Bonet, project coordinator said, “we are pleased to […]

Threatened Species Day: Landcare and K2W helps deliver important environmental message to students

Students from around the Upper Lachlan Shire participated in an interactive educational event that helped to deliver an important message about the environment at Taralga Public School for a Threatened Species Day event on Thursday, September 8.

Children from Bigga, Binda and Laggan public schools joined the students at Taralga Primary School for the program. As part […]

‘Recovery is underway’: Greater Glider sightings increase in K2W study area

Greater Gliders (Petauroides volans) have been spotted in increasing numbers in the Kanangra-Boyd to Wyangala wildlife corridor by ecologists, Dr Peter Smith and Dr Judy Smith in a new study.

It’s a sign the local population is recovering after the three-year drought from 2017-19, extreme heatwaves and Black Summer bushfires.

In July, the Greater Glider threatened species […]

Television star launches kid’s art book helping to protect Australia’s amazing gliding marsupials

Watch: K2W launches Drawing Australian Gliders at Taronga Zoo
Television presenter and gardening guru Costa Georgiadis helped launch a new book featuring Australia’s cutest marsupials, the gliding possum, at Taronga Zoo on August 18.

Costa was joined by students and staff from Tambelin Independent School, Ian Darbyshire the CEO of the Foundation for National Parks and Wildlife, […]

Regional officers join wildlife conservation network in Goulburn

The Land for Wildlife (LfW) program has received a welcome boost with eight new recruits joining the private land conservation network.

The new assessors join people from around the state who are helping landholders to protect the biodiversity and wildlife on their properties by offering specialised technical and educational support to members of the scheme.

Amongst the impressive cohort of […]

PhD student wins research award for wild pathways

This year, at the Conservation in Action 2022 conference, K2W Glideways Petaurus Connections recognised the top students for their contributions to improving environmental outcomes.

The five finalists Kiarrah Smith, Emily Scicluna, Caitlin Gallagher, Felicity Charles and Kate Cornelsen presented their worthy discoveries and research projects at the conference.

Kiarrah, a fourth-year PhD student at the Australian National […]

New homes for gliding possums and nest box sessions

As part of native habitat restoration, nest boxes have been introduced at Peelwood and Grabine to mimic hollows occurring in mature trees for gliding possums, birds and micro-bats. These essential nesting areas are designed to provide a stable microclimate for native fauna, ensuring their safety.

Members of Upper Lachlan Landcare were invited to join in the installation […]

K2W six years in to the Bushconnect program

Around six years ago, the K2W Glideways Link Partnership, which supports conservation in the Kanangra-Boyd to Wyangala area, partnered with projects in the NSW Great Eastern Ranges to replenish green corridors, restore riparian areas and give native wildlife a fighting chance of survival. 

The NSW Government supported the project through its Environmental Trust, the K2W Glideways […]

Glideways group provides revolutionary nest boxes to landholders along the K2W corridor

The K2W Glideways project has teamed up with conservation start-up Habitat Innovation and Management to install Habitech nest boxes for wildlife populations across the Greater Blue Mountains to Wyangala Dam.
Project officer Mary Bonet is trialling an advanced type of artificial hollow designed by ecologist Mick Callan that will provide new homes for a range of […]