Mudgee District Environment Group
Catch up with MDEG members and supporters at our information stall at the WollarALIVE! September 21-22! Enjoy live music, stalls, competitions, workshops, country dance. Free camping available — let’s come together to protect our community. More information here: facebook.com/wollaralive
Next MDEG General Meeting: Sunday 9th June 2024 2-4pm Lions Shed, Mudgee Showground Nicholson St entry, then first right
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 […]
Friday 19 April at 11am Community Park Church St Mudgee (next to Shell Servo, parking out back) Speakers: Jacqui Mumford, CEO Nature Conservation Council of NSW Mick Boller, Mudgee Region Action Group Bev Smiles, Mudgee Coal Alert The NSW Government is reviewing the state Koala Strategy. Mudgee Region has a […]
Sunday 11th February 2pm – 4pm General meeting – visitors welcome Venue: Lions Shed, Mudgee Showground – entry via Nicholson St, then first turn right.
In late November 2023 the NSW Government passed new legislation to better manage carbon emissions into the future. MDEG looks forward to more effective action on climate change More information here. The Act legislates: guiding principles for action to address climate change that consider the impacts, opportunities and need for […]
Mudgee District Environment Group (MDEG) and Rylstone District Environment Society (RDES) are inviting you to a free, community picnic on Saturday, October 21, to celebrate the great Australian outdoors. The picnic will be held at the peaceful Putta Bucca Wetlands, 10.30am-1.30pm. BYO everything. All welcome! “Taking time out to sit […]
Mudgee District Environment Group has slammed the Glencore Ulan Coal Mine assessment of water impacts from the sixth proposed extension of mining under the Great Dividing Range at Ulan, north of Mudgee. The group has written to the NSW Planning Minister, Paul Scully, outlining key issues that have not been […]
Mudgee District Environment Group is launching the Mudgee Coal Alert campaign today to notify the community and decision-makers about plans to continue expanding coal production in the Mudgee Region beyond the 2030s. The three large multinational corporations operating in the Mudgee area: Glencore, Yancoal and Peabody Energy all have expansion […]
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 […]