Red Hill Regeneration Group

The Red hill Regenerators submitted on 18 February 2022 a response to this Legislative Assembly inquiry by the Standing Committee on Environment, Climate Change and Biodiversity. All submissions have been published on their website. The terms of Reference include: (more…)

Canberra City News 11 February 2022

WORK is continuing to help protect one of the territory’s most well-known bird species, the gang-gang cockatoo.

The ACT government will co-ordinate and lead a national working group set up to deliver projects to help conserve the Gang-gang cockatoo.

The gang-gang cockatoo, is the animal emblem of the ACT. Populations of the bird suffered enormously during 2019-2020 bushfires, with 18 per cent of their habitat destroyed.

“While we consider the ACT to be a strong-hold for the species, preliminary results from collaborative research between the Australian National University and ACT Government indicate there may be fewer gang-gangs in Canberra than was previously believed,” said ACT environment minister Rebecca Vassarotti.

“Although the causes of decline are not well understood, the primary threats to the Gang-gang Cockatoo include habitat loss and the impacts of climate change, which destroy mature trees and alter the availability of key foraging resources.”

Populations of gang-gangs are also found well beyond the territory.

The federally funded national working group will monitor gang-gang numbers within the ACT, Blue Mountains, and the NSW south-east coast.

The working group consists of stakeholders from both local and state governments, community and research institutions, and land management agencies.

LandCare ACT has published an impressive list of 81 environmental volunteering groups in the ACT and surrounds, to ensure that anyone who wants to volunteer has an opportunity. More…

The National Archives of Australia (NAA) published a blog post on 18 February 2022 which discusses the history of the heritage listed historic plantings on Red Hill. The post recognises the work of the Regenerators in preserving these century old plantings and points to a minuted discussion (from the Archives) in November 1916 between Walter Burley Griffin and the Director, Federal Capital Design and Construction regarding planting red flowering plants on Red Hill. More…