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First volunteer info session for the Western Edge and 1% for Nature campaigns a success
Our first volunteer information session for the joint Save our Western Edge! and 1% for Nature campaigns was a huge success! We had over 25 people learning about the joint campaign strategy, signing up for different volunteer roles, joining their local campaign group...
What Are The Benefits Of Connecting with Nature?
Have you ever noticed that relaxing on the couch after a long hike hits the spot more than it does on a lazy Sunday? Or that the stresses of everyday life fade into the background when you’re overlooking a beautiful woodland? Maybe you’ve found that focusing on a...
Lot 2 Wallaroo Road – an environmental offset without adequate protection
Canberrans care deeply about our natural places. We’re proud to live in a city where rare species like the Golden Sun Moth still survive, and we expect our governments and developers to respect and protect the places where they are known to live. But right now, that...
The future of ‘Patch GG’ – an environmental offset site zoned for future development?
Canberrans love our bush capital. We take pride in living in a city where critically endangered woodlands still survive, where woodland birds still call, and where places like ‘Patch GG’ in the National Arboretum connect us to something bigger than ourselves. We...
The battle for Central Molonglo – endangered grassy woodlands worth protecting
Canberrans aren’t the only ones who love the wooded slopes that run from The Pinnacle Nature Reserve down to the lower reaches of the Molonglo River. Threatened woodland birds like the Superb Parrot, Little Eagle, and the elusive Brown Treecreeper love it too. This...
Federal Budget: funding prioritises “dangerous” devolution of federal environmental decision-making to states and territories over nature protection
Australia’s State and Territory Conservation Councils have raised concerns that the Federal Budget will undermine protections for world heritage places like Kakadu, the Tasmanian Wilderness and the Great Barrier Reef, by accelerating a handover of federal...
Waragul (Dingo) to be culled as part of ACT Government’s aerial shooting program
14 May 2026 The Conservation Council ACT Region has received confirmation from the ACT Government that Waragul (Dingo) will be culled during the annual Thermally Assisted Aerial Control Program, if encountered. Aerial culls are underway this week across the ACT’s...
Hundreds in attendance for the premiere screening of On the Edge
Over 200 people attended the premiere screening of our documentary On the Edge last night, in a powerful display of community support for Canberra's Western Edge. After the film, we delved deeper into the challenge of urban sprawl here in the ACT with a panel...
Connecting the Western Edge and 1% for Nature campaigns
In March of this year, the Conservation Council ACT Region joined other environmental advocacy organisations across the country in launching the national 1% for Nature Campaign. This campaign calls on the federal Labor Government to dedicate 1% of the federal budget...