Mar 3, 2026 | Latest News, Nature and waterways
The Conservation Council ACT Region is today urging the ACT Government to adopt a non-lethal, evidence-based framework for managing the region’s bare-nosed wombat population. In its formal response to the ACT Government’s Draft Technical Report on wombat...
Feb 23, 2026 | Climate, Latest News, Nature and waterways
We share the distress and frustration as per the media statements released last week by Lock the Gate, Queensland Conservation Council and Mackay Conservation Group about the approval of the Middlemount coal mine extension – February 2026. Australia has been...
Feb 9, 2026 | Latest News, Media Releases, Nature and waterways
The Conservation Council ACT Region has today welcomed the release of the ACT Government’s draft Nature Conservation Strategy, which is open for consultation from today. The Council has been engaged in consultation over the strategy for the past year, and...
Feb 5, 2026 | Healthy Waterways, Latest News, Nature and waterways
As a major review of the Murray Darling Basin Plan begins today, the Murray-Darling Conservation Alliance (which the Conservation Council ACT Region is a member of) will push for a bold and ambitious response to return Australia’s largest river system to health....
Feb 4, 2026 | Latest News, Nature and waterways, Save Our Western Edge
We’re inviting you to submit a photo to our Western Edge 2027 Calendar. The ‘Western Edge’ is 9800 hectares of beautiful, critically endangered ecosystems to the west of Canberra; bordered by the Murrumbidgee River and the regions of Kambah, Weston Creek,...
Jan 29, 2026 | Latest News, Nature and waterways
Conservation Council ACT Region volunteers, in collaboration with ANU researchers and with help from ACT Government’s CED personnel are examining the viability of the ACT’s woodlands as wild Gula habitat. This project began in late 2024, prompted by the appearance of...
