Author Archives: Albury Conservation Company Admin
WELCOME TO OUR NEW BOARD DIRECTORS
We are very excited to welcome Jane Roots, Mary Munro, Amy Daeche and Shaun Deverson to our Board of Directors. Collectively, they bring a wealth of knowledge and experience and we look forward to working with them to take our organisation onwards and upwards. Find out more about them below. Jane Roots (Board Director) Jane Roots has been a […]
read moreUPCOMING EVENTS
Albury Conservation Company is very excited to be featuring in a couple of major environmental events in the coming weeks. GREATER AND SQUIRREL GLIDER SYMPOSIUM (28TH OCTOBER) Our ecologist Dylan McWhinney (DM Ecological) will take part in a panel of field experts, researchers and leading scientists in a practical workshop on the topic of Squirrel […]
read moreWODONGA MONITORING KICKS OFF!
It’s official, Albury Conservation Company has now expanded our threatened species monitoring program into Wodonga. A total of 48 sites were monitored using motion-sensing cameras during winter 2020. Our ecologist Dylan McWhinney, ably assisted by Chris Allen, installed the cameras for ten days/nights each. The sites were selected from a pool of 60+ sites that […]
read moreBack by popular demand! WEBINAR – Albury Wodonga Nature Map, Thursday 20th August (7-8pm)
Do you live in Albury or Wodonga council areas? YES! Do you love observing nature and recording what you see? YES! Then Albury Wodonga Nature Map is MADE FOR YOU! JOIN US for this on-line WEBINAR to learn more about Albury Wodonga Nature Map. DATE/TIME: THURSDAY 20th AUGUST 2020 (7 – 8 PM) (Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney) TO REGISTER CLICK […]
read moreUpcoming event – WEBINAR – Albury Wodonga Nature Map, Thursday 30th July (7-8pm)
Do you live in Albury or Wodonga council areas? YES! Do you love observing nature and recording what you see? YES! Then Albury Wodonga Nature Map is MADE FOR YOU! JOIN US for this on-line WEBINAR to learn more about Albury Wodonga Nature Map. DATE/TIME: THURSDAY 30th JULY 2020 (7 – 8 PM) (Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney) ZOOM DETAILS: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88662697334?pwd=WE5JeXFJVU5yYW8vTHRRVGtMaFhsdz09 […]
read moreFunding success – Wettenhall Environment Trust
We are very excited to announce that we have received a $9,400 grant from Wettenhall Environment Trust under their small environmental grant scheme. This funding will be used to purchase an additional 40 motion-sensing wildlife cameras for our Albury Wodonga threatened species monitoring program. This will greatly improve the efficiency of our monitoring program enabling more […]
read moreFunding success – Communities Environment Program
We are delighted to announce that we have received a $20,000 grant from the Federal Government’s Communities Environment Program (CEP). Our project ‘Improving management of Albury’s wildlife and habitat using NatureMapr’ was nominated for funding by Hon Sussan Ley MP, Federal Member for Farrer. This project aims to improve knowledge and management of native wildlife […]
read moreRECRUITING NOW – Board Directors
Do you live in Wodonga (or surrounding areas) and want to help our organisation to continue making a positive impact on Albury Wodonga’s unique environment? APPLY NOW to Join our dynamic and passionate Board of Directors! We are expanding our operations into City of Wodonga and we invite applications from outstanding individuals from Wodonga (and surrounding areas). […]
read moreTaking nestbox orders now! Thurgoona Mens Shed
Thurgoona Mens Shed are taking orders now for nestboxes for wildlife affected by the recent devestating bushfires. Direct all enquiries via [email protected] (attention Rodger Matheson, President) Thurgoona Mens Shed have been building HIGH QUALITY NESTBOXES for native wildlife SINCE 2014. Their nest box program was kick started by Albury Conservation Company with a $1,000 cheque and […]
read moreCross-border endangered species monitoring program in Albury/Wodonga becomes a reality
Albury Conservation Company is jumping for joy to announce that we are expanding our urban wildlife monitoring program into Wodonga, Victoria. What we started in early 2018 as a Squirrel Glider Monitoring Program in Albury (NSW) will now become a cross-border program centred around arboreal mammals in the city’s major urban growth areas – Thurgoona […]
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