At first sight, the dry landscape of the Tasmanian Midlands seems an unlikely contender for the title of ‘National Biodiversity Hotspot’. There are only 15 of these hotspots in Australia; areas with ...

In July 2021, Wangkamadla people’s rights to over 3 million hectares of their country in far western Queensland were formally recognised in a native title determination. To celebrate, the ...

Pygmy Possums quickly took up residence in the nest boxes we erected in restored habitat at our Monjebup North reserve in southwest WA. What we didn't expect were the large colonies of social spiders ...

Our favourite spiny monotremes are constantly disturbing and moving soil around as they search for their next meal of tasty ants. After fire, this activity is hugely beneficial to soil health and seed ...

There’s a very real chance that with low genetic diversity and continued threats from pastoralism and rabbit grazing the species may be lost. The key findings of this work so far include the mapping ...

Sprawling across 167,570 hectares in the Murchison region of Western Australia, Austin Downs teems with life. But this wasn’t always the case. At the turn of the millennium, the property’s landscape, ...

While looking after the reserve, Richard’s curiosity was sparked by surveys completed on the reserve’s York Gums. In 2007, university student Marcel Hollenbach meticulously surveyed the trees along 10 ...

In late July, I was lucky enough to travel to Karajarri country in the south-west Kimberley region of Western Australia where our newest Aboriginal partnership is based. At over 3 million hectares, it ...

At the heart of the Midlands conservation project are the men, women and children on whose land the future of the Tasmanian Midlands hangs. For many of them, caring for the bush is not only second ...

On Eurardy Reserve, Nanda Country, Western Australia, a project began four years ago to plant one million trees and shrubs. When Bush Heritage bought the 30,000-hectare reserve in 2005, 750 hectares ...

Bush Heritage hosted the Yorgas Bush Camp at our Micheal Tichbon Field station on Red Moort Reserve (Noongar country) in south-west Western Australia again this year. Several Noongar women enjoyed two ...

The first phase of revegetation is expected to take five years and will focus on restoring Eurardy’s red soil country, which supports one of the northern-most stands of York Gum (Eucalyptus loxophleba ...