On the Edge is now live online!

Jul 13, 2026 | Campaigns, Latest News, Nature and waterways, Save Our Western Edge

Our new documentary On the Edge is now live on our YouTube channel for you to watch and share with your friends, family and community groups!  Directed, shot and edited by local film maker Trent Houssenloge of Cowboy Hat Films, On the Edge takes you deep into the...

ACT Government proposes recycling facility and bulk landscape supply uses in the Western Edge Investigation Area. Make your written comment by 3 August 2026.

Jul 9, 2026 | Latest News, Nature and waterways, Save Our Western Edge, Uncategorized

The ACT government is proposing to amend the Territory Plan to permit a ‘recycling facility’ and ‘bulk landscape supplies’ as a land use for a 5.08 hectare former vineyard in southwest Belconnen, known as Block 1653. Block 1653 sits right in the middle of ecologically...

Important Step Toward A Healthier Upper Murrumbidgee

Jul 7, 2026 | Healthy Waterways, Latest News, Media Releases, Nature and waterways

The Conservation Council ACT Region has today welcomed the release of the draft report from the Independent Review Panel on the Review of the Snowy Water Inquiry Outcomes Implementation Deed (SWIOID). Following extensive consultations, the report recommends a range of...

The Case for Renaturalisation: Yarralumla Creek

Jul 2, 2026 | Healthy Waterways, Latest News, Nature and waterways, Uncategorized

This post was prepared by Conservation Council volunteer Declan Tennent. In the 1970s, after a devastating flood, Yarralumla Creek was straightened, deepened and lined with concrete to move water away from the Woden Valley as quickly as possible (Carrick 2025; CWEEP,...

CCACT/ANU Gula (Koala) habitat project – an update

Jun 30, 2026 | Latest News, Nature and waterways

Prepared by Dr Keith Joliffe, Conservation Council Gula volunteer Conservation Council volunteers are studying the viability of ACT woodlands to carry wild Gula. The study is guided by researchers of the Fenner School, ANU and staff of City and Environment...

H5 Bird Flu threatens Murray-Darling devastation: Emergency response needed to avoid catastrophic loss of Australian waterbirds

Jun 29, 2026 | Latest News, Media Releases, Nature and waterways

The Murray-Darling Conservation Alliance (MDCA) last week published the following Media Release. 25 June 2026 With H5 Bird Flu now confirmed in Australia, the Murray-Darling Conservation Alliance (MDCA) is calling for an emergency response and significant...