Bush Broadcast webinar: Volunteering for nature

Every season across our reserve network and on partners’ lands, our volunteers show up for Country, us, and each other.

“Empowered, connected and impactful”. We recognise the significant contribution of our volunteers in 2024-25.

When it comes to restoring and protecting healthy Country, our volunteers make a huge contribution that's worth celebrating. 

A volunteer-led and long-term monitoring project will help protect York Gum woodlands against a warmer future.

After three weeks of caretaking on Pilungah Reserve, Wangkamahdla Country, central Queensland, Marja and Jack were well and truly isolated.

When you drive into Eurardy Reserve, there’s a relatively new sign that’s been built. Sitting nicely within the arid landscape, stacked rocks are held together by recycled steel mesh – also known as gabion baskets.

In celebration of National Volunteer Week, we had the privilege of hearing from three remarkable volunteers who shared their experience.

What does it take to restore a native woodland? A bucket, hammer, trowel, seedlings and a whole heap of people power. These ingredients are abundant at Scottsdale Reserve in NSW.

A Striped Rocket Frog has been discovered on Edgbaston Reserve in central Queensland, a significant western range expansion.

Field report from the Naree and Yantabulla reserves bird survey. Now Birdlife Australia and Bush Heritage have 5 years of data, including 126 species recorded in this survey.

An extensive revegetation project has been underway for the three years at Eurardy Reserve (mid-west WA). We want to know if bats are present in this new planting.

Reflecting on what makes for a valuable, useful, and enjoyable volunteering experience is especially relevant during National Volunteer Week. 

Despite numerous lockdowns and the fact we only advertised opportunities within each state (due to border restrictions), 2021 still saw 508 people volunteering 38,215 hours over 1,289 placements.

The bushfires of January 2020 left Australia’s second-longest river, the Murrumbidgee, thick with ash and silt. Now, its waters are clearer thanks to a community-led effort to restore its health.

Hear from two of our WA volunteers about their recent caretaking experience on our Hamelin Station Reserve.