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The 100 nest boxes for Squirrel Gliders being built by the Thurgoona Men’s Shed are starting to be installed in backyards of Thurgoona and Splitter’s Creek. Albury Conservation Company is managing the project on behalf of the Slopes to Summit (S2S) partnership of the Great Eastern Ranges Initiative with funds from the NSW Government’s Environmental …
Continue reading “28th April 2015 – Squirrel Glider Urban Nest Box Project update”
The NSW Office of Environment & Heritage has just released an ‘Interim Habitat Guide & Management Recommendations’ document for theĀ Sloaneās Froglet (Crinia sloanei), a threatened amphibian and local resident of Thurgoona / Wirlinga. The document has been authored by Alexandra Knight from Charles Sturt University under the guidance of theĀ Sloaneās Froglet Working Group (SFWG), an …
The Albury Conservation Company’s Squirrel Glider Urban Nest Box Project was in The Border Mail today. The article features Paul Frauenfelder, a resident at Thurgoona Park who is taking part in the project. Click here to read the article.
Albury Conservation Company has just received news that it was successful in securing $54,560 from the NSW Government’s Environmental Trust (Education Stream) for the project “Urban Developers constructing a hollow future for Albury’s wildlife“. This two-year project aims to increase retention of hollow-bearing trees (HBTs) in Thurgoona/Wirlinga through collaboration with key stakeholders that have responsibilities …
Do you live in a built up area ofĀ Thurgoona or Splitters Creek, NSW? Do you want to help conserve local Squirrel Gliders, a nativeĀ animal threatened with extinction? Does your property have a large tree that is within safe gliding distance (approx 40m) to gum trees in a …
The Albury Wodonga Chamber Business Awards 2014 concluded last Friday night at the official awards ceremony held at the Albury Entertainment Centre. The amazing event was attended by over 300 people, representing a diverse range of local businesses big and small. Albury Conservation Company was the proud sponsor of this year’sĀ Excellence in Environmental Sustainability, which …
A group of nineĀ students and teachers from the National Environment Centre in Thurgoona lended many helping hands in an effort to revegetate Little Budginigi Hill at Table Top NSW. However instead of planting seedlings, the group cast indigenous seed onto freshly scalped and tickled soil. The project, funded by Albury Conservation Company, aims to help …
Continue reading “5th August 2014 – Hand seeding at Little Budginigi Hill, Tabletop”
The Border Mail has today printed an article about the Albury Conservation Company supported project at Thurgoona Country Club Resort, which was capped off last week with the installation of 60 new nest boxes around the golf course for Squirrel Glider habitat. To read The Border Mail article click here. To find out more about …
Continue reading “30 July 2014 – The Border Mail – Gliders given places to hide and thrive”
The Albury Conservation Company has recently signed up as sponsor of the ‘Excellence in Environmental Sustainability’ category of the 2014 Albury Wodonga Chamber Business Awards. The ACC is encouraging all businesses in the Albury/Wodonga region who have a strong policies and practices relating to environmental sustainability, including biodiversity protection, to consider nominating. To find out …
The Thurgoona Menās Shed, on the northern outskirts of Albury, is helping to protect the local population of Squirrel Gliders, a NSW-listed threatened species.Ā The group has received a $900 from the Albury Conservation Company to construct around 20 nest boxes to be installed as part of a glider conservation project being undertaken by Woolshed …