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There are already many synthetic turf fields at the edge of Lane Cove National Park:

• Lane Cove Council: two fields at Blackman Park, West Lane Cove
• Ryde Council: two fields at Christie Park, Macquar...

Threats to human and environmental health

Plastics are pervasive in our environment. The impact on seabirds that have been found to have large quantities in their gut is well documented. The impact of ...

Why is Ku-ring-gai Council unable to accept that Charles Bean Oval is on the edge of Lane Cove National Park and is not an appropriate place for a synthetic playing field? The current synthetic surfac...

Sydney Water is undertaking a major upgrade of the previously decommissioned Ryde-Pymble drinking water pipeline. This original pipeline was built in 1936 and ran from the Sydney Water Ryde Pump Stati...

STEPs grant Research Grant for the Conservation of Bushland for 2026 has been awarded to Georgie Brennan, a PhD student at the Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution lab at the University of Sydney on the p...

Ku-ring-gai Council is launching an Iconic Tree Register. Its aim is to raise awareness and celebrate individual trees of special significance to the community. These may include trees that are promin...

The author, Suzanne Simard is Professor of Forest Ecology at the University of British Columbia and this brand new volume expands on the mother tree concept and is set largely in BC, the most mountain...

After many years of conservation battles the NSW government has agreed to establish the Great Koala National Park, although some details are still under negotiation including the legislation. One deta...