The Future Takes Root: First Genetically Optimal Trees Planted in Living Seedbank

by Babette Weatherell | The end of the summer saw some major strides for the Big Scrub Rainforest Conservancy’s Living Seedbank Plantation as plans emerged from the drawing board and out into the field. In the middle of March, the team gathered to plant the first of the ‘genetically optimal’ trees; a powerful moment years in […]

Eastern Tube-nosed Bats: Hidden treasures of the Big Scrub

By Georgia Beyer | An unexpected highlight from our Big Scrub Acoustic Bird Monitoring Project is the discovery of Eastern Tube-nosed Bats (Nyctimene robinsoni) across remnants and planted rainforests of the Big Scrub area. Eastern Tube-nosed Bats belong to the same family as flying-foxes, but they are small enough to fit in the palm of […]

Big Scrub Rainforest Conservancy Secures NSW Environmental Trust Grant for Major Restoration Project

Big Scrub Rainforest Conservancy is proud to announce that we have been awarded funding through the NSW Environmental Trust to deliver an ambitious new restoration project: Enhancing genetic diversity, climate resilience and biodiversity outcomes in two Endangered Lowland Subtropical Rainforest communities. This three-and-a-half-year project marks a significant step forward in our long-term mission to restore […]

Now & Then: Paradise Riflebirds in the Big Scrub

Story by Ken Dorey | What a delightful sighting and Facebook post by Ruby Pearson!  Is the Paradise Riflebird a Big Scrub bird? I’ve never seen one and Ruby sure seemed pleased to see hers – what is the history of the Riflebird in the Big Scrub? Warning – my research revealed some brutal truths. […]

Remnant Ruminations: Victoria Park

Story and photographs by Babette Weatherell I wound my way up the Bruxner Highway, carried along by the current of morning commuters climbing the Alstonville plateau. My mind was already ticking through the day. A sudden left turn took me off my usual route to work, and the hum of the rush hour faded as […]