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New South Wales
---- Brogo Reserve
---- Burrin Burrin Reserve
---- Naree Station
---- Scottsdale Reserve
---- Sydney
---- Tarcutta Hills Reserve
---- Yantabulla partnership property
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---- Arafura Partnership
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---- Bon Bon Station Reserve
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---- Tasmanian Midlands
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---- John Colahan Griffin Nature Reserve
---- Melbourne
---- Nardoo Hills Reserves
---- Ngulambarra
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---- Birriliburu partnership
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---- Charles Darwin Reserve
---- Eurardy Reserve
---- Gondwana Link
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-------- Chereninup Reserve
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Signs of post-drought recovery on Bon Bon
by
Graeme Finlayson (Ecologist)
on
24 November 2020
One of the most anticipated events on the calendar for our South Australian reserves is small vertebrate trapping. These surveys provide the opportunity to eyeball some of the lesser encountered...
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Refuse, reduce, reuse, repair & recycle
by
Paul Young (Spatial Analyst)
on
13 November 2020
A couple of years back, I set myself the somewhat daunting challenge of seeing how long I could go before I needed to put out my rubbish wheelie bin. I'd heard of people going for long periods...
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Koala found on Yourka Reserve
by
Leanne Hales (Volunteer Coordinator North)
on
12 November 2020
Yourka Reserve is on the northernmost edge of the iconic Koala’s distribution, but we’ve never recorded a species confirmation… until we followed a late-night growl! After a spotlighting run at our...
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Art for conservation's sake
by
Louisa Gosling
on
11 November 2020
Earlier this year, British artist Sarah Chalmers spent time at four Bush Heritage reserves: Nardoo Hills in central Victoria and Oura Oura, Liffey Valley and Friendly Beaches in Tasmania.
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Edgy fauna survey, spa and salon
by
Claire Mason (volunteer)
on
10 November 2020
It has been a dream come true to spend the last two weeks helping with the spring fauna survey at Edgbaston reserve. I’m resting in the shade of the old, tin shearing shed, like the roos under the...
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International Volunteer Managers Day Celebrations
by
Katie Ronald (Volunteer Coordinator)
on
09 November 2020
On Thursday the 5th of November, I celebrated International Volunteer Managers Day at a forum hosted by Volunteering WA. Read about the fantastic speakers and what I learnt from the forum.
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Red-tailed Phascogale found at Chereninup
by
Angela Sanders (Ecologist)
on
05 November 2020
We put out seven cameras on our Chereninup Reserve in the Fitz-Stirling region of south-west Western Australia in the hope of catching a Tammar Wallaby or two. Instead we found a Red-Tailed...
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Patter Patter Boolcoomatta
by
Graeme Finlayson (Ecologist)
on
26 October 2020
The words of CJ Dennis finally came to fruition after two-and-a-half years of relentless dry weather and dust out at Boolcoomatta, with nearly 100mm of rain falling in the last few weeks. It’s easy...
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Standing together for the places you love
by
Dr Rebecca Spindler (Executive Manager, Science & Conservation)
on
08 October 2020
In their current form, Australia’s environmental laws are not sufficient to halt the loss of our native plants, animals and habitats. Our wild places are facing an unprecedented number of threats...
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Digging deep to harvest rainwater
by
Jessica Stingemore (Reserve Manager)
on
30 September 2020
Water is a vital and scarce resource in the midwest rangelands of WA, and here at Charles Darwin Reserve we are constantly looking for ways to improve our rainwater capture. So earlier this Winter...
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Pullen Pullen protections strengthened
by
Sue O’Connor, Bush Heritage Board President
on
23 September 2020
Pullen Pullen Reserve on Maiawali country in western Queensland has become Australia's first ever Special Wildlife Reserve.
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Studying the weird, whacky and wonderful
by
Maddison Stuart
on
21 September 2020
Over the last year I was privileged enough to study the ecophysiology of the fish at Edgbaston Reserve for my honours project at uni. Below is a little summary of my impressions of Edgy and my work...
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