Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate - Environment
Presenting the revised plan for Belconnen oval
01 Feb 2023
Under the ACT Government Healthy Waterways project, Belconnen oval is proposed to host a new purpose-built waterway that includes Canberra’s very first subsurface-flow wetland.
Celebrate World Wetlands Day with a movie night under the stars
12 Jan 2023
On Saturday 4 February 2023, Jerrabomberra Wetlands will transform into an outdoor cinema with a series of short films exploring connections to Country through fire and water.
Keeping Oxeye Daisy out of the ACT
22 Dec 2022
Oxeye Daisy, a highly invasive weed widespread across NSW, was recently discovered in the Canberra region. Oxeye Daisy aggressively invades remote grasslands, Snow Gum woodlands, Box Gum woodlands, wetlands and agricultural areas.
Help protect Rosenberg's Goanna
19 Dec 2022
Rosenberg's Goanna are large monitor lizards, only found in southern Australia. Much more than just one of our largest native reptiles, the unique monitor lizards have been known to recognise people’s faces, migrate and return home from 12km away, and even count to 6!
Already listed as 'Vulnerable' in South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales, monitoring results are suggesting that they are declining in the ACT. Thanks to a citizen science project led by the National Parks Association of the ACT, our understanding of the goanna is rapidly increasing.
Car park closed at Casuarina Sands
Published: 06 Jan 2023
Prescribed burn at Cooleman Ridge this Sunday
Published: 06 Jan 2023
Prescribed burn today at Pialligo
Published: 30 Nov 2022
Bring stories to life at the 2023 Canberra and Region Heritage Festival
Published: 10 Nov 2022
Namadgi National Park Visitor Information Centre closed due to wet weather
Published: 06 Oct 2022
Spring into School Holidays at Tidbinbilla and Namadgi National Park
Published: 23 Sep 2022
Prescribed hazard reduction burn today at Googong Foreshores
Published: 27 Jul 2022