WODONGA MONITORING KICKS OFF!

It’s official, Albury Conservation Company has now expanded our threatened species monitoring program into Wodonga. A total of 48 sites were monitored using motion-sensing cameras during winter 2020. Our ecologist Dylan McWhinney, ably assisted by Chris Allen, installed the cameras for ten days/nights each. The sites were selected from a pool of 60+ sites that […]

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Back by popular demand! WEBINAR – Albury Wodonga Nature Map, Thursday 20th August (7-8pm)

Do you live in Albury or Wodonga council areas? YES! Do you love observing nature and recording what you see? YES! Then Albury Wodonga Nature Map is MADE FOR YOU! JOIN US for this on-line WEBINAR to learn more about Albury Wodonga Nature Map. DATE/TIME: THURSDAY 20th AUGUST 2020 (7 – 8 PM) (Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney) TO REGISTER CLICK […]

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Upcoming event – WEBINAR – Albury Wodonga Nature Map, Thursday 30th July (7-8pm)

Do you live in Albury or Wodonga council areas? YES! Do you love observing nature and recording what you see? YES! Then Albury Wodonga Nature Map is MADE FOR YOU! JOIN US for this on-line WEBINAR to learn more about Albury Wodonga Nature Map. DATE/TIME: THURSDAY 30th JULY 2020 (7 – 8 PM) (Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney) ZOOM DETAILS: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88662697334?pwd=WE5JeXFJVU5yYW8vTHRRVGtMaFhsdz09  […]

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Funding success – Wettenhall Environment Trust

  We are very excited to announce that we have received a $9,400 grant from Wettenhall Environment Trust under their small environmental grant scheme. This funding will be used to purchase an additional 40 motion-sensing wildlife cameras for our Albury Wodonga threatened species monitoring program. This will greatly improve the efficiency of our monitoring program enabling more […]

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Funding success – Communities Environment Program

  We are delighted to announce that we have received a $20,000 grant from the Federal Government’s Communities Environment Program (CEP). Our project ‘Improving management of Albury’s wildlife and habitat using NatureMapr’ was nominated for funding by Hon Sussan Ley MP, Federal Member for Farrer. This project aims to improve knowledge and management of native wildlife […]

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RECRUITING NOW – Board Directors

Do you live in Wodonga (or surrounding areas) and want to help our organisation to continue making a positive impact on Albury Wodonga’s unique environment? APPLY NOW to Join our dynamic and passionate Board of Directors! We are expanding our operations into City of Wodonga and we invite applications from outstanding individuals from Wodonga (and surrounding areas). […]

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Taking nestbox orders now! Thurgoona Mens Shed

  Thurgoona Mens Shed are taking orders now for nestboxes for wildlife affected by the recent devestating bushfires.  Direct all enquiries via [email protected] (attention Rodger Matheson, President)   Thurgoona Mens Shed have been building HIGH QUALITY NESTBOXES for native wildlife SINCE 2014. Their nest box program was kick started by Albury Conservation Company with a $1,000 cheque and […]

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Cross-border endangered species monitoring program in Albury/Wodonga becomes a reality

Albury Conservation Company is jumping for joy to announce that we are expanding our urban wildlife monitoring program into Wodonga, Victoria. What we started in early 2018 as a Squirrel Glider Monitoring Program in Albury (NSW) will now become a cross-border program centred around arboreal mammals in the city’s major urban growth areas – Thurgoona […]

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Changing of the guard at Albury Conservation Company

Albury Conservation Company has a new chairperson There was a significant changing of the guard at Albury Conservation Company’s Annual General Meeting on Thursday 22nd August 2019. David Sexton has handed over the baton of Chairperson to James Jenkins. David is a Thurgoona resident and has been a community member of our Board since 2007. He […]

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Sloane’s Froglet listed as endangered under Federal government legislation

Albury Conservation Company warmly congratulates The Hon Sussan Ley MP (Member for Farrer and Minister for the Environment) for recently amending the list of threatened species and ecological communities under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act 1999, particularly to include Sloane’s Froglet (Crinia sloanei) – now listed as Endangered. Since 2006, Albury Conservation Company has […]

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