The Albury Conservation Company is convening a discussion between key stakeholders about the threatened Sloanes Froglet in the Thurgoona area. The meeting is taking place at the National Environment Centre, Thurgoona, on Thursday 25 July at 1.30pm. The latest information about Sloane’s Froglet distribution and requirements will be presented by David Hunter and Matt Cameron, from the […]
The Albury Conservation Company is one the Slopes to Summit (S2S) working group partners and S2S is currently running an amateur short film competition about biodiversity, called ‘S2S BioFlix 2013’. Entries close soon at 5pm Friday 31st May. There are $5,000 in prizes across four categories to be won. Finalists and winning entries will
A LEADING conservation spokesman says domestic cat containment must be introduced in NSW. The chairman of Albury Conservation Company, David Sexton, said the ACT government this year legislatively expanded cat containment areas to new greenfield developments. Mr Sexton said it was the government’s aim to have cat containment areas across the ACT within three to five
“DOMESTIC and stray cats are causing massive destruction of wildlife on both sides of the Border, and a leading conservationist says residents are blase about the issue. There are an estimated 16,000 domestic cats in Albury-Wodonga but the number of strays exceeds that with an informed estimate of another 20,000 feral felines. Dr Michael Mulvaney,
The successful grant recipients of the inaugural Albury Conservation Company’s community grants program have been announced for 2012/13. They are: Study – Understanding Thurgoona Wirlinga Community Knowledge and values of biodiversity (Charles Sturt University) Honours student project – Survey of Hollow-bearing trees and relationships with threatened fauna (Charles Sturt University) Nest Box Inventory at
