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The new Lost City Walking Track is now open in the Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area (SCA), providing visitors with another great option to get out and explore the Lithgow region these summer holidays. The track is part of the $2.3 million Lost City Visitor Precinct project.

The much-loved Pigeon House Mountain Didthul walking track in Morton National Park has reopened to the public following a four-month closure, allowing visitors to once again experience this culturally and environmentally significant landscape.

The Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW) has entered into a Deed with the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) after admitting to illegally clearing 1.44 hectares of Bindarri National Park near Coffs Harbour in 2019 and 2020. 

The overall health of Kosciuszko National Park, the largest national park in the state, has been assessed for the first time through the EcoHealth Scorecard.

Walk-in campers and canyoners can once again enjoy Deep Pass in Wollemi National Park, with the canyon now re-opened following a significant rockfall and the installation of a new toilet at the adjacent campground.

The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has extended the closure of the Wollumbin summit track to allow additional time for careful consideration of the site’s future.

An improved I Spy Koala app has been released that allows anyone in NSW to record koala sightings. 

The Minns Labor Government has reached a major milestone in the transformation of the state's energy system, signing a commitment deed to appoint Ausgrid as the preferred network operator for the Hunter-Central Coast Renewable Energy Zone (REZ).

Each year, millions of native animals are struck by vehicles while crossing roads, resulting in injury and often death. In New South Wales, vehicle strike has played a key role in the decline of koalas and is one of the leading reasons koalas are admitted into care.

This Christmas, the critically endangered holly-leaf grevillea (Grevillea ilicifolia subsp. ilicifolia) is being given a new lease on life thanks to a translocation project designed to boost its wild population in central west NSW.

Brachyscome mittagongensis P.S.Short, a herb has been listed as an Endangered species.

The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is now taking applications from people seeking to register to rehome wild horses from Barrington Tops National Park on the NSW mid-north coast.

Shark Beach and Nielsen Park have reopened to the public following a landmark project to replace the nearly century-old Nielsen Park seawall.

The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) advises residents in Sydney's south that several areas in Kamay Botany Bay National Park will be closed during the Christmas period due to ongoing works.

The NSW Government will take further action in 2025 to tackle the growing risk of battery-related fires, by requiring battery suppliers to participate in mandatory safe disposal and product stewardship of their products.

The Minns Labor Government has granted nearly $300,000 to Number 8 Bio Pty Ltd to fund an early-stage project which aims to reduce methane emissions in beef and dairy farming.

Four projects on new technologies to support emissions reductions have been awarded $7 million in grants from the NSW Government’s Clean Technology Research and Development Grants Program.

The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), with support from NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) and Fire and Rescue NSW, will conduct a hazard reduction burn in Wyrrabalong National Park at Magenta and Noraville on Thursday and Friday, weather permitting.

The final stage of water infrastructure works at Toorale National Park and State Conservation Area is complete. These works have greatly improved the ability to manage flows and fish passage, passing more water to the Baaka-Darling River, while maintaining the important cultural and environmental values at Toorale.

A new multi-day hiking trail through the breathtaking alpine scenery of southern New South Wales is complete and ready for adventure, with the entire Snowies Alpine Walk in Kosciuszko National Park officially opened on the afternoon of Monday 2 December 2024.