Happening Friday 10th November, this twighlight community event in Thurgoona offers locals a FREE BBQ, and a chance to learn about our local hollow-bearing tree mapping project, and to search for Squirrel Gliders and other hollow-dependent wildlife with wildlife expert Dr Damian Michael. The BBQ kicks of at 6:30 and is being run by our […]

Albury Conservation Company has once again teamed up with ‘Edge Pledge‘ to raise funds to help conserve the Squirrel Glider population under threat in Thurgoona / Wirlinga, the urban growth corridor of Albury, NSW. Our 2017 campaign (which kicked-off on 12th August) has so far raised $3,409 raised by 8 ‘Extinction Fighters’, via 72 generous donors. Amazing effort!! […]

Albury Conservation Company has once again teamed up with ‘Edge Pledge‘ to raise funds to help conserve the Squirrel Glider population under threat in Thurgoona / Wirlinga, the urban growth corridor of Albury, NSW. Our 2017 campaign (which kicked-off on 12th August) has so far raised $1,609 from 52 generous donations (average donation = $30). These donations have been received […]

EDGE PLEDGE IS HERE! Today marks the national launch of Edge Pledge, the exciting and brand new fundraising platform devoted entirely to the conservation of threatened native wildlife. Albury Conservation Company is one of a select group of environmental organisations nationally to be involved in the launch of Edge Pledge. We are raising awareness and […]

More than 20 local organisations, researchers, landowners, and community groups converged on the National Environment Centre to contribute towards a long term monitoring plan for Thurgoona’s Squirrel Glider‬ population. The Monitoring Plan, currently in draft, is being developed by the Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology (ARCUE) and is being funded by ‪Albury Conservation Company‬ and […]

The Border Mail newspaper in Albury continue to show an interest in Albury Conservation Company’s activities, this time we are really pleased they have shone a light on the great work of Thurgoona Men’s Shed in designing and building nestboxes for our ‘Squirrel Gliders Urban Nest Box Project’. To read the article click here. Boxes […]

The 100 nest boxes for Squirrel Gliders being built by the Thurgoona Men’s Shed are starting to be installed in backyards of Thurgoona and Splitter’s Creek. Albury Conservation Company is managing the project on behalf of the Slopes to Summit (S2S) partnership of the Great Eastern Ranges Initiative with funds from the NSW Government’s Environmental […]

The NSW Office of Environment & Heritage has just released an ‘Interim Habitat Guide & Management Recommendations’ document for the Sloane’s Froglet (Crinia sloanei), a threatened amphibian and local resident of Thurgoona / Wirlinga. The document has been authored by Alexandra Knight from Charles Sturt University under the guidance of the Sloane’s Froglet Working Group (SFWG), an […]

The Albury Conservation Company’s Squirrel Glider Urban Nest Box Project was in The Border Mail today. The article features Paul Frauenfelder, a resident at Thurgoona Park who is taking part in the project. Click here to read the article.