News & events

Our generous supporters help us to secure the protection of a nationally significant wetland.

At Turnip Creek, we are leading a collaborative research project to demonstrate rehydration strategies that enhance biodiversity and farm production.

We’re innovating a swift and smart response to feral cat predation across the country.

Deepening our commitment and understanding of culturally led land management on Dja Dja Wurrung Country.

Doug Humann, former Bush Heritage CEO - My happy place is in nature, with people who respect our need to care for and actively manage country. 

Together, we have secured the protection of a crucial waterbird breeding site – our latest reserve Nil Desperandum. A deep, sincere thank you for your support and generosity, which has helped to safeguard the home of hundreds of bird species and numerous other native plants and animals.

Leading conservation not-for-profit Bush Heritage Australia to protect a property that forms one of the most important waterbird breeding sites in Australia. 

When Ross Mitchell, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships Manager at Bush Heritage, first set foot on Nil Desperandum on Budjiti Country he knew immediately how significant it would be if the Traditional Custodians could return to this Country and work with Bush Heritage to restore the land.

As part of the Seeding the Future Program, I undertook a PhD Internship with Bush Heritage Australia to study the changes in soil properties in response to destocking on Bon Bon Station Reserve, Antakirinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara Country.

Jo Axford (Head of Region North) and Bridget Roberts (Ecologist Paroo/Warrego) chat to host Matthew Taylor and our audience about the exciting opportunity to purchase a vital piece of bushland in the northern Murray Darling Basin - Nil Desperandum.

When Lola Lange presents her research on the Pink Cockatoo (Lophochroa leadbeateri), she always delivers one jaw-dropping statement: there has been no research to date on the bird in Queensland… barely anything is known about the species.

Bush Heritage Australia's Vikki Parsley, Kelly Retief and Bambi Lees chat with host Matthew Taylor and our supporters about our Aboriginal Partnerships program, the Right Way approach and Healthy Country Planning.

In this special edition of Bush Broadcast, recorded live at stunning Reedy Creek Reserve, Christian McCollum and Stephen Kearney chat about work being undertaken at the reserve and the challenges of conservation management in an urban setting.

DJAARA, the Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation, and national conservation not-for-profit Bush Heritage Australia yesterday launched a shared plan to guide landscape management across nearly 3,000 hectares of Bush Heritage-managed reserves in north-west Victoria.

A Traditional Custodian once told me that ‘if you put your ear to a River Red Gum trunk, you can hear it drinking’.” This sparked our curiosity, so we tried and sure enough, we heard water being siphoned up. To sum up the value of trees in a few words is not easy, so we’ve dedicated this entire edition of Bushtracks to them.