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Has the NSW government put our critically endangered stocky galaxias at risk of extinction?
The NSW Berejiklian government’s lack of action to protect a critically endangered native fish from extinction is dangerous, irresponsible and should be condemned. The last remaining population of critically endangered stocky galaxias is confined to a three-kilometre...
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10,000 strong Save Kosci petition will force feral horse debate in NSW parliament
A statewide campaign to protect Kosciuszko National Park from destructive feral horses will force the NSW government to debate its controversial ‘Wild Horse Heritage Act’.
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NSW Kosciuszko feral horse party policies revealed
NSW political party policies for feral horse management in Kosciuszko National Park. The Invasive Species Council, on behalf of Reclaim Kosci, has reviewed the policies of the major political parties contesting the 2019 NSW election and analysed their responses to a...
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Greens weed and pest plan includes call for huge reduction in Kosciuszko feral horse numbers
The NSW Greens want legislation protecting feral horses in Kosciuszko National Park repealed.
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Labor announces $24 million jobs plan to protect Kosciuszko National Park and water catchments
NSW Labor announces $24 million plan to Kosciuszko National Park and repair environmental damage caused by feral horses and other feral pests.
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Feral horse hospitalises teenager camping in Kosciuszko National Park
A freedom of information request has revealed that a 16-year-old boy was hospitalised after being kicked in the shoulder by a feral horse running through a campsite at Long Plain in Kosciuszko National Park last November.
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Has the NSW government put our critically endangered stocky galaxias at risk of extinction?
The NSW Berejiklian government’s lack of action to protect a critically endangered native fish from extinction is dangerous, irresponsible and should be condemned. The last remaining population of critically endangered stocky galaxias is confined to a three-kilometre...
read moreFeral horse hospitalises teenager camping in Kosciuszko National Park
A freedom of information request has revealed that a 16-year-old boy was hospitalised after being kicked in the shoulder by a feral horse running through a campsite at Long Plain in Kosciuszko National Park last November.
read moreNSW environment minister turning blind eye to Kosciuszko destruction?
Gabrielle Upton is the first NSW environment minister since the Coalition was elected in 2011 not to visit Kosciuszko National Park to see firsthand the destructive impacts of feral horses, documents reveal. “An investigation of the minister’s diary shows she is yet...
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Pull on your hiking boots folks and join us for the final push to the top of Mt Kosciuszko as we send a loud and clear message to the NSW Government - Kosciuszko: It's a park, not a paddock! Join the long-distance Save Kosci walkers who have hiked all the way from...
read moreConservation groups boycott call for nominations for Wild Horse Community Advisory Panel
Leading conservation groups, including the Invasive Species Council, National Parks Association of NSW, Colong Foundation for Wilderness, Nature Conservation Council of NSW and the National Parks Association of the ACT will boycott the NSW Government’s call for nominations for the Wild Horse Community Advisory Panel.
read moreExpert NSW scientific committee lists feral horse threat
From today, Friday 30 November 2018, feral horses are officially recognised in NSW as a key threat to native wildlife. The case to address the growing feral horse threat to Kosciuszko National Park is now overwhelming. The NSW Scientific Committee listed ‘Degradation...
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Traditional healing ceremony at birth place of the Murrumbidgee
People who care about Australia’s waterways and catchments joined a traditional narjong (water) healing ceremony held by senior lore men and led by Uncle Max Dulumunmun Harrison in February 2019. The ceremony was held near the birthplace of the Murrumbidgee River, a...
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Excursion into Kosciuszko to investigate feral horse impacts
Author Mike Bremers gives an overview of the field trip into Kosciuszko with paleobotanist professor Geoff Hope learning about alpine wetlands and how they are impacted by feral horses.
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Save Kosci walkers celebrate at the summit
After 36 days, 790,000 steps and 560 kilometres, five walkers protesting legislation that protects feral horses in Kosciuszko National Park were joined on the summit of Mt Kosciuszko by around 200 enthusiastic supporters. The long-distance Save Kosci walkers, who...
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Walk for Kosci
Pull on your hiking boots folks and join us for the final push to the top of Mt Kosciuszko as we send a loud and clear message to the NSW Government - Kosciuszko: It's a park, not a paddock! Join the long-distance Save Kosci walkers who have hiked all the way from...
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Forty years later
In the late 1970s I started working in the Dead Horse Gap - Main Range area on my PhD. I was studying small mammals and insects. I set up camp in a pleasant spot just above the treeline and near my study areas, and used the faint footpad from the crest of Dead Horse...
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Four Mile Hut refuge at risk
Paul Jennings, a member of the Nordic Ski Club, writes of the changes that increasing horse numbers have brought to the area around Four Mile Hut. The Nordic Ski Club maintains the hut, and its work parties now include the new task of shovelling manure.
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Supporting Reclaim Kosci
Reclaim Kosci is led by the Invasive Species Council and supported by the National Parks Association of the ACT, National Parks Association of NSW, Colong Foundation for Wilderness and the Nature Conservation Council of NSW.
