Mudgee District Environment Group
The Mudgee community mobilised last Friday to highlight the threats to local koala populations due to multiple mining projects impacting their habitat. Residents voiced strong support for koalas and called for an end to the destruction of habitat and breeding sites for these iconic marsupials. There are two mining projects […]
The Drip A Study of Visitor Attitudes To ascertain community sentiment on visitor attitudes to The Drip gorge, MDEG conducted a study interviewing members of the public who were visiting to The Drip as a stakeholder group in February 2022. These people have experienced and witnessed The Drip, have no […]
What are they? The grazing industry uses a network of Crown reserves called Travelling Stock Reserves (TSR) for moving or grazing stock around the state. There are currently more than 6,500 TSRs on Crown land in NSW covering an area of approximately 2 million hectares. Almost 1.5 million hectares, or […]
The beautiful Macquarie Marshes are irreplaceable. This stunning natural feature is on the Ramsar List as a wetland of international significance. The Marshes hold important cultural sites for the Wailwan People. The ecosystem is unique and a vital breeding site for migratory birds. Plans to build a massive new super […]
Mudgee District Environment Group has much pleasure in joining with Dr Julia Imrie in presenting a copy of her doctoral thesis to Mid-Western Regional Council Library: “Changing land use in an uncertain climate; Impacts on surface water and groundwater in the Goulburn River, NSW” Electronic access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/172041 A key aim […]
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Well, if you were a plant the answer would be, ‘by influences on my hormone system’. Within a single plant there are various types of buds, all with different functions. The plant’s hormones play a significant role in how, when, and if the buds develop. Apical or terminal buds appear […]
You might have noticed the odd mushroom or other strange fungus popping up in the garden or around town. This above-ground growth is the reproductive structure (fruit) produced by mycelium. The mycelium is the growing structure and you can’t usually see it as it’s underground and has fine branching tubes. […]
‘Incredibly, while bushfires still burn in parts of the state, water is trucked hourly to towns like Gloucester and the coast battens down for extreme rain, we spent Thursday morning explaining to a parliamentary inquiry that climate change impacts are relevant to planning decisions in NSW.’ By Rachel Walmsley, Director […]
Swathes of trees in multiple areas of the Mid-Western Region – and indeed across the state – look like they’ve burnt by fire even though no such event has occurred, and a research project is asking locals to help document this. The Dead Tree Detective is a citizen science project, […]