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STEP is a community-based environmental organisation with over 400 members from Ku-ring-gai, Hornsby and surrounding suburbs. Our primary aim is to work for the conservation of bushland in northern Sydney. Learn more about our history, aims and achievements.

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Canoon Road Saga Continues

There has been much local angst about the idea that lights be installed on some of the Canoon Road netball…
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Biodiversity Laws Court Case

The Nature Conservation Council with the help of the Environmental Defenders Office won the case challenging the process of implementation…
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Vale Noel Rosten

All members of the local botanical, bushcare and conservation communities have been deeply saddened by the sudden death of Noel…
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Native Forest Protections are Deeply Flawed, yet May be in Place for another 20 Years

Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs) are the mechanism by which the states are permitted to log native forest under accreditation from…
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Foreign Donations Bill is a Threat to Democracy

The Australian government proposal, first floated in 2016, to remove tax deductibility status from donations to environment groups unless they…
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New Alliance to Push for Strong National Environment Laws

Australia’s rate of species decline continues to be among the world’s highest. Government decisions to promote population growth and resource…
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Hopes for Marine National Parks Protection Slashed

It has been a long drawn out process to develop a National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas (NRSMPA). In…
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Tree Frog Apartments Available – Free!

We gardeners are often urged to ‘buy native’, especially nectar-producing flowering shrubs like grevilleas and banksias – they attract birds of…
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STEP History – A Mapping Retrospective

The preparation of STEP’s history by Graeme Aplin and the committee is progressing well and will be completed by our…
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Children’s Threatened Species Art Competition

STEP was a sponsor of this competition last year. Over 1,600 children entered and created some brilliant art works. The…
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Citizen Science Opportunities

FrogID is a project to help identify and survey frogs in your area. This is done via an app on…
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