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Latest news: Conservation

Wild project for government-owned nursery

Local Georgia Curry -
The bush capital is living up to its name, with Yarralumla Nursery venturing beyond its official ACT Government role of growing trees for landscape projects, instead growing trees for koalas. Normally (since 1914),...

Uncover the art of the possible at Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary

Local Jessica Cordwell -
Transforming the landscape, Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary aims to take us back to a time when Canberra’s native fauna and flora thrived.

Trail runners raise $30,000 to help save Tallaganda State Forest

Local Newstime Media -
30 passionate trail runners ran 30km through Tallaganda State Forest, raising $30,000 to protect it from native forest logging.

Safe haven for critically endangered rock-wallaby opens in ACT

Local Newstime Media -
The Jedbinbilla Safe Haven at Tidbinbilla will save the brush-tailed rock-wallaby, the ACT's mammal emblem, from extinction.

ACT Government projects to protect threatened species and habitat

Local Newstime Media -
The ACT Government has announced three new projects to protect and preserve threatened species and their habitat in parks and reserves across the Canberra region.   The three ecologically significant sites chosen for...

ACT Government seeks community input on nature conservation

Local Newstime Media -
As part of a 10-year statutory review of the Nature Conservation Act 2014, the ACT Government seeks community views.

Bae to Z, the National Zoo welcomes a stripey new addition

Local Jessica Cordwell -
The National Zoo & Aquarium's newest resident, a beautiful zebra foal, could be seen frolicking in the morning sun earlier today.

National Zoo celebrates a beary special birthday

Local Jessica Cordwell -
A cake was smashed and presents torn open as Arataki the Malaysian sun bear celebrated his 25 birthday at the National Zoo & Aquarium.

Hip, hip, hooray, the National Zoo celebrates World Wildlife Day

Local Jessica Cordwell -
World Wildlife Day is a great day to visit the National Zoo and Aquarium and take in the wonder that is the animals that inhabit our planet.

Green and golden bell frog returns to Canberra

Local Newstime Media -
Canberra's wetlands will soon echo with the sound of a frog not seen in the ACT for 45 years - croaking, but not croaked, one might say.

CW steps behind the scenes at the National Zoo & Aquarium

Local Jessica Cordwell -
This week marked International Zookeeper Day (4 October) and CW was invited to Canberra’s own National Zoo & Aquarium to see what a day in the life of a zookeeper looks like.

Party animals celebrate 25 years of the National Zoo and Aquarium

Local Jessica Cordwell -
This July marks 25 years of the National Zoo and Aquarium with Canberrans invited to come and join the celebrations.

National Zoo celebrates gentle giants this World Giraffe Day

Local Jessica Cordwell -
The National Zoo and Aquarium celebrates World Giraffe Day, this weekend with Canberrans invited to come support the gentle creatures.

Conserving cockatoos: ACT project inspires NSW effort

Local Nicholas Fuller -
The glossy black-cockatoo's habitat and forage trees are being restored in NSW, following ten years of conservation in the ACT.

Conservation and conversation at Ginninderry’s Inspire festival this weekend

Local Newstime Media -
Sustainability superstars will discuss sustainable living and cleaner and greener futures this Saturday, 15 April.

Conservation Council Bush Buds help save Canberra’s lizards and frogs

Local Abbey Halter -
Gang-gang cockatoos, Greater Gliders, and Golden Sun Moths need Canberrans to step up and become their Bush Buds!
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