Member and Community News
Canberra rallies to tell forestry conference: no social licence for native forest logging
Last week, Canberra Forest Alliance joined with Friends of the Forest Mogo, Knitting Nannas for Native Forests (South Coast loop) and the Bob Brown Foundation to call for an end to native forest logging outside of the venue of the Australian Forestry Symposium in...
Bird Walk Canberra – Citizen COP 2026
Join Gregory Andrews from Lyrebird Dreaming for a gentle Citizen COP bird walk exploring local birdlife, biodiversity decline and our responsibilities to care for Country. Gregory is a D’harawal man, former Australian Threatened Species Commissioner and lifelong...
People for Nature’s Citizen COP Australia
Citizen COP Australia is a decentralised, people-powered movement by People For Nature, running alongside the 2026 global COPs to expand the “Green Zone”—the public, open space of COP designed for participation—into communities across the country, turning global...
A Larger Assembly – Do more MLA’s make for Better Government?
One suggestion to improve governance in the Act is to increase the number of MLAs. Come contribute to the discussion. Registration & info here: https://events.humanitix.com/a-larger-assembly-do-more-mlas-make-for-better-government
Extraordinarily detailed fossil preservation in nanophase goethite. A talk by Michael Frese.
Join us at 7.30pm Thursday October 1 2026. All welcome! The potential of goethite for the preservation of extremely fine details in a wide range of fossils has first been recognised at McGraths Flat, a newly discovered Miocene Konservat-Lagerstätte* near Gulgong, New...
Gindilanwari-Dunlop Microforest Spring Clean – 13th Sept, 10am-11am
Come and give our little microforest some spring love! Gindilanwari-Dunlop Microforest is now a bit over a year old - and the 1500 native plants have really taken off! Join Gindilanwari-Dunlop Microforest Carers Group and Ginninderra Catchment Group for a relaxed...
Understanding the impacts of climate change on plants at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park – a summary of my PhD working with Anangu. A talk by Jay Nicholson
All welcome! 7.30pm September 3, Slatyer Seminar Room, Robertson Building, ANU Details: https://fieldnatsact.com/event/september-monthly-meeting-speaker-jay-nicholson-impact-of-extreme-drought-in-the-red-centre/ Abstract After widespread plant mortality at Uluru-Kata...
“George and Gertie” Gang-gang a poem by Edwina Smith
Edwina Smith is a retired nurse/midwife from Canberra who has taken up writing poetry. She enjoys writing poems about animals and nature. Have a look at the Australian Children's Poetry Blog to read more of Edwina's poems. If Gang-gangs could talk what would they...
Turtles, monitoring, and citizen science. A talk by Bruno de Oliveira Ferronato
Turtles, monitoring, and citizen science. A talk by Bruno de Oliveira Ferronato. Thursday 6 August 7.30pm-9.30pm https://fieldnatsact.com/event/august-monthly-meeting-speaker-bruno-de-oliveira-ferronato-turtles-in-ginninderra-catchment/ Bruno will talk about the...