Nature conservation

Native animals

Completed and ongoing surveys

Research project - currentTop
2010 Wildlife Biodiversity Survey
OEH is seeking volunteers living in regional NSW to complete an online questionnaire about the current and past distribution of animals they have seen anywhere in NSW.
 
Bush stone-curlew community survey
OEH is calling on community members to report all encounters with this endangered bird, which has a distinctive 'weer-loo' wailing call.
 
Help us find brush-tailed rock-wallabies
With their current distribution uncertain, we need to know more about where brush-tailed rock-wallabies remain so we can protect this endangered species. Help us search for these elusive animals.
 
Marine turtles in Lake Macquarie and Tuggerah Lake
Various turtle species are found on the NSW Central Coast. Find out more about them and the threats they face, and send us details of any turtle sightings.
 
Royal National Park & Environs Biodiversity Survey
This collaborative project has been running since 1996 in Australia's oldest national park. Several organisations are involved.
 
Spotted-tailed quoll community survey
If you have seen one of these carnivorous marsupials, we would like to hear from you. This is the first step towards recovering this vulnerable species and conserving it in the future.
 
Sydney's parks - Biodiversity Survey Priorities Program
This program was set up to find out more about biodiversity in the parks and reserves of the Sydney region that had not been adequately surveyed. Download reports on the Warragamba Special Area, Lane Cove National Park and more.
 
 
Research project - completedTop
Biodiversity surveys for Comprehensive Regional Assessments of eastern forests
This 1996-98 survey work was part of the NSW Comprehensive Regional Assessments, under the National Forest Policy.
 
Cumberland Plain Vegetation Mapping Project
This 1997-2000 project mapped the threatened ecological communities of the Cumberland Plain, in western Sydney.
 
Illawarra Escarpment and Coastal Plain - bioregional assessment
Order this report which surveys the plants, animals and ecological communities across the escarpment and foothills of the Wollongong Local Government Area.
 
North-eastern surveys
This work, from 1992-94, includes the North East Forests Biodiversity Survey and NRAC Studies in North East NSW.
 
Post-fire vegetation surveys in the Ulladulla area
A vegetation fire response monitoring system was established following fires in the Shoalhaven Highlands. Find out the results of vegetation surveys in Narrawallee Creek Nature Reserve, Conjola National Park and Morton National Park.
 
 Targeted Vegetation Survey of Floodplains and Lower Slopes on the Far North Coast
This survey was undertaken to fill gaps in knowledge of vascular plant biodiversity on the Far North Coast associated with specific environments or land tenures.
 
The vegetation of the Western Blue Mountains
The vegetation of the Western Blue Mountains including the Capertee, Coxs, Jenolan and Gurnang Areas
 
Western Sydney Urban Bushland Survey
This 1995-96 survey covered the plants, animals and vegetation communities of western Sydney's Cumberland Plain region.
 
Page last updated: 26 October 2012