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Funding provides lift-off for gliding possum projects

A suite of projects to conserve gliding possums and their habitat has received a welcome boost with the announcement of two major grants totalling almost $650,000 from the NSW Government and South East Local Land Services.

The grants will be used by the Kanangra-Boyd to Wyangala (K2W) partnership to roll-out the Glideways program – a range […]

K2W wraps-up a successful 2016 at Annual Forum

The Kanangra-Boyd to Wyangala partnership (K2W) wrapped up a successful year at its Annual Forum at Jenolan Caves on 10 December.

Over 40 people including local landholders, researchers, government agencies, and conservationists attended the one-day forum to hear from a range of motivating speakers.

“It was an inspirational day which left us all with an increased drive […]

Funding available for local community projects in the Abercrombie Catchment

The Kanangra-Boyd to Wyangala (K2W) partnership is offering $100,000 of funding to community groups in the Abercrombie Catchment who want to get involved in protecting and restoring natural connections in priority areas.

Grants of up to $15,000 will be provided through K2W’s Community Grants Program to help raise awareness and enhance habitat in the K2W Link, […]

Improving landscape planning for wildlife conservation through research

National parks and remote areas are often viewed as the stronghold of gliders in eastern Australia, but in many places the marsupials live ‘whiskers to cheek’ alongside major urban centres like Melbourne, Albury, Wollongong, Taralga, Gosford and Brisbane. […]

Taronga Zoomobile heads to Trunkey Creek for K2W’s Schools Biodiversity Day

On Friday 11th September, the Taronga Zoomobile headed down to Trunkey Public School located in Trunkey Creek, a small town about an hour from Bathurst. Along with representatives from Local Land Services, National Parks and Wildlife Services and the Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH), we presented workshops on threatened species.

The day, organised by the Kanangra-Boyd […]

Echidnas, frogs and lizards to delight at children’s Biodiversity Day

Local school children from the Blayney, Wyangala, Bigga and Trunkey Creek districts will learn about the fascinating creatures that share their backyards at the Kanangra-Boyd to Wyangala (K2W) Biodiversity Day on 11 September.

Run to coincide with National Biodiversity Month, children from eight primary schools will have a chance to see some of their local animals, […]

Inspiring the next generation of nature carers

Teachers from five local schools joined the K2W team in Bathurst at the first of two workshops to develop learning material to inspire the next generation of nature carers.

The workshop forms part of a collaborative project between the Great Eastern Ranges Initiative (GER) and the Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) to develop educational […]

Woodland bird identification and survey technique workshops in K2W

Monitoring of birds in the temperate woodlands of South-eastern Australia is one of the most important tools for assessing ecological health and resilience in this diverse but scarce habitat type within the Great Eastern Ranges (GER) corridor. It is also a great way to engage with communities in habitat restoration and protection. Traditionally, bird monitoring […]