Scottsdale Reserve Launched: A New Climate Change Refuge for Endangered Species

27 March 2007

Scottsdale Reserve, 45 minutes south of Canberra, is one of the last remaining and largest underdeveloped properties in the upper Murrumbidgee region.  The launch in March 2007 celebrated its acquisition as the first major action of the Kosciuszko to Coast (K2C) landscape reconnection project, which aims to connect habitats from the Australian Alps to the eastern coastline. 

This celebration featured in radio, TV, print and electronic media, including:

• ABC Premium News, "Land purchased for nature biodiversity corridor", 27 March 2007  (3:35PM AEST))
• ABC Premium News, "Scottsdale property bought as environmental refuge", 28 March 2007 (9:12AM AEST)
• 2CC
• 666 ABC Canberra, Mornings with Alex Sloan, 27 March 2003
• ABC Radio, NSW Country Hour, "Scottsdale launch" - 28 March 2007
• ABC Radio, Bush Telegraph, "Kosciuszko to Coast conservation corridor", 27 March 2007
• ABC Radio, Rural Report, "Scottsdale tour", 28 March 2007
• ABC South East, Morning Show, 27 March 2007
• WIN TV, 27 March 2007
• The Daily Telegraph, "Buying up the bush", 27 March 2007
• South Coast Register, 29 March 2007
• ABC Online, "Scottsdale property bought as environmental refuge", 28 March 2007
• ABC Online, "Dozens of properties needed to establish wildlife corridor", 29 March 2007

See also the Scottsdale launch media kit, including the media release that announced the launch.