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04 May 2023

Blackmans Point Massacre Site declared an Aboriginal Place in New South Wales | Media release

Blackmans Point, on the traditional lands of the Birpai located just north-west of Port Macquarie, has been recognised as an important massacre site and declared an Aboriginal Place by the NSW Government.
Blackmans Point, north-west of Port Macquarie
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08 Jun 2023

Blue Mountains NPWS staff help Canadian fire effort | Media release

Three Blue Mountains-based NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) staff have joined an international effort to fight wildfires burning in Canada.
NPWS Darcy Ginty deploying to Canada
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28 Apr 2023

Boronia hapalophylla Duretto NSW Threatened Species Final Determination | News

Boronia hapalophylla Duretto, F.J.Edwards & P.G.Edwards has been REMOVED as an Endangered species.
Boronia hapalophylla Duretto Paul Sheringham/DPE
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05 May 2023

Bristlebirds bolstered by release of captive-bred birds | Media release

The northern-most population of one of Australia’s rarest birds has been bolstered by the release of 6 captive-bred eastern bristlebirds into the wild within the Border Ranges area.
Eastern bristlebird (Dasyornis brachypterus)
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13 Jan 2023

Brush-tailed bettongs reclaim the Pilliga forest | Media release

A fungi-loving, rat-kangaroo with a prehensile tail is back in the Pilliga forest for the first time in over 100 years.
Pouch young brush-tailed bettong (Bettongia penicillata)
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13 Jun 2023

Budawangs wallaby grass bounces back | News

A population of the once ‘almost-extinct’ Budawangs wallaby grass (Plinthanthesis rodwayi) has been recently re-discovered on Mount Currockbilly, in south-eastern NSW, after disappearing from the mountain in the late 1970s.
A clump of green Budawangs wallaby grass (Plinthanthesis rodwayi) on dark soil on Mount Currockbilly
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22 Feb 2023

Building resilience in the Macquarie Marshes | News

The Macquarie Marshes is a hotspot for biodiversity – a patchwork of habitats coming together to create a significant landscape for wildlife and vegetation.
The Macquarie Marshes
News
30 Jun 2023

NSW Threatened Species Scientific Committee Final Determination South-eastern Glossy Black-Cockatoo | News

Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami (South-eastern Glossy Black-Cockatoo) Temminck 1807 has been listed as a Vulnerable species.
South-eastern glossy black cockatoo
News
27 Apr 2023

Cape Byron State Conservation Area walking track upgrade | Media release

Visitors to Cape Byron State Conservation Area will soon enjoy a new improved walking track between Wategos Beach and the Cape Byron Lighthouse, with works to begin next week.
Two people sit on a bench looking at the ocean at one of the lookouts to be upgraded at Cape Byron State Conservation Area
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19 Jun 2023

Celebrating 4 decades of protection for Nightcap National Park's ancient rainforest | Media release

On Sunday, local community descended on Rummery Park campground to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the creation of Nightcap National Park, following ground-breaking environmental protests in 1979 which paved the way for the park's creation in 1983 and international recognition as a site on the Wor
Birds Nest fern (Asplenium nidus), Nightcap National Park. Biogeographical area of the Nightcap and Kooynum Ranges