Cudgen Lake in the Tweed River catchment, far north coast of NSW, is one of WetlandCare Australia's Coastal 20 project sites, read more about it here.

Starting in your Backyard is a community program developed by WetlandCare Australia to inspire community action towards sustainability. This project was a pilot for the Coffs Harbour area modelled from a previous Starting in your Backyard program successfully implemented on the far north coast.

WetlandCare Australia and the Burnett Mary Regional Group (BMRG) held a two part mangrove/plastics awareness workshop and Marine Debris Clean Up in the Town of 1770 on 19th and 20th April as part of Clean up Australia Day, World Wetland Day and the Regional Landcare facilitation project. Over 105kgs of litter was collected and over 500 cigarette butts were retreived!

Byron Bay Tree Services are now supporting WetlandCare Australia!

Thanks to all who visited the WetlandCare Australia stand in the DEEDI tent at Agro-Trend from Thursday 12 April - Saturday 14 April.

Pumicestone Passage between the mainland and Bribie Island in south east Queensland is one of WetlandCare Australia's Coastal 20 project sites, read more about it here.

Maroochy River on the Sunshine Coast is one of WetlandCare Australia's Coastal 20 project sites, read more about it here.

Bustard Bay in the Burnett/Mary region of Queensland is one of WetlandCare Australia's Coastal 20 Wetlands Project sites, read more about the site here.

Carbrook Wetlands north of the Logan River in South East Queensland is one of WetlandCare Australia's Coastal 20 project sites, read more about it here.

WetlandCare Australia is working in partnership with Friends of Cudgen Nature Reserve, and National Parks and Wildlife Service to undertake planting of 4,000 trees at Clothiers Creek Road to improve Koala habitat in the catchment. We’d love the local community to get involved and invite you to a tree planting day which will be held on the 27th of May at Clothiers Creek Road (location details provided when your register) to assist in the revegetation of this important site, registration is a must.

WetlandCare Australia is a proud Silver Partner of the 2012 Hays Inlet Festival, a festival ‘celebrating the people, places and environment of the Hays Inlet catchment and its waterways through a series of environmental, recreational and cultural activities.’ The festival runs from 1st to 7th June.

View the award winning works from the 2012 WetlandCare Australia National Art and Photography Competition. Also included is a list of winner's names and artwork titles.

Sign up to the Coastal 20 Information Group

Are you living near Coffs Creek? You are invited to a free community event on April 28, 'Starting in your Backyard'. Join WetlandCare Australia, Australia's leading not-for-profit wetland conservation organisation, to learn how you can best protect your local waterways and wetlands, starting in your own backyard.

This year WetlandCare Australia, the leading national not for profit wetland conservation organisation, took on the challenge of hosting the 2012 Cane Toad Muster at the Yamba Golf Club. The evening was a great success, with enthusiastic volunteers attending from the local area and from as far away as the Blue Mountains. Volunteers from Clarence Valley Conservation in Action, and the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, provided invaluable assistance with weighing, counting, and euthansing the toads. Representatives from local and regional government bodies also lent a helping hand.

WetlandCare Australia are currently running a project to help selected Hunter nurseries develop Environmental Management Systems to reduce their impacts on the environment. First Workshop - 30th March.

WetlandCare Australia held 13 events around Australia for World Wetlands Day in February 2012, and directly engaged over 1000 people in exploring their local wetlands, read more...

This monthly wetland fact is brought to you with thanks to Golden Chain Motels.

North Creek, Richmond River, NSW is one of WetlandCare Australia's Coastal 20 Wetlands Project sites, read more about the site here.

WetlandCare Australia has been working in partnership with the Burnett Mary Regional Group (BMRG) in reducing threats to the Great Sandy Strait Ramsar Wetland and coastal systems.

The National Parks and Wildlife Service is preparing a plan of management for Hunter Wetlands National Park. To have your say and find out more, go to www.hunterwetlandsnationalpark.com.au, email hunter.wetlands@environment.nsw.gov.au, or call 0249464100

Last chance to vote for your favourite wetland and gain international recognition for your site!

Pumicestone Passage between the mainland and Bribie Island in south east Queensland is one of WetlandCare Australia's Coastal 20 project sites, read more about it here.

WetlandCare Australia welcomes Golden Chain Motels as our latest major sponsor.

The Sustainable Farm Practices project addresses issues that cause significant threat to natural resources and their values, agricultural and farm productivity as well as economic industries of the lower Bellinger and Nambucca catchment. The project focuses on landholder engagement in sustainable farm management.

Gumma Gumma Swamp, on the NSW Mid-North Coast is one of WetlandCare Australia's Coastal 20 Wetlands Project sites, read more about it here.

Litter has devastating effects on our local wildlife and waterway health, so join Bayside Creeks Catchments Group to clean up the Lota foreshore and surrounding reserves for Clean Up Australia Day 2012.

To celebrate World Wetlands Day, for the past 4 years, WetlandCare Australia has annually hosted a nation-wide art and photography competition. The competition aims to encourage everyone to explore, engage with and share local wetlands and waterways, and to have a chance to win great prizes. From January 11 to February 5 we are displaying a selection of winning works from the 2008 to 2011 competitions on display at the Northern Rivers Community Gallery in Ballina.

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The prize-winning artists and photographers in the 5th annual WetlandCare Australia National Art and Photography Competition were publicly announced and their work unveiled at the CSIRO Discovery Centre in Canberra on the eve of World Wetlands Day, Wednesday, February 1.

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WetlandCare Australia recently appointed Louise Duff as our first Hunter Region Coordinator.

Celebrate World Fisheries Day by joining WetlandCare Australia and partners to remove some of the rubbish that is poisoning our oceans, our fish and us. Come along to Helensvale on Sunday, November 20th 2011 from 9am -11am to help clean up an important saltmarsh area on the banks of the beautiful Lake Coombabah.

WetlandCare Australia is joining with the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Management Authority to host a wetland field day at the Saint Joseph’s College Colo Education Centre. 9.30 am – 12.30 pm Sunday 20 November.

WetlandCare Australia is hosting a Creek-to-Coast field day at Careel Bay in Avalon. Participants will enjoy a 4 km wetland walk from Avalon Beach along the creek to Careel Bay. The creek features 3 Endangered Ecological Communities: Swamp Oak Forest, Swamp Sclerophyll Forest and Saltmarsh. The tour will explore a mature stand of mangrove forest and look for migratory shorebirds on the tidal sand flats. 9.00 am – 1.30 pm Sunday 27 November

The WetlandCare Australia National Art and Photography Competition is still open for entries! We have recently heard from Anne O’Dea, a ranger in Kakadu National Park, about local community members getting together during the recent school holidays to make artworks at a culture camp for local Indigenous people.

WetlandCare Australia is working under the Aquatic WoNS Regional Partnership Project supported by the Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority.WetlandCare Australia will focus on increasing community understanding and knowledge of the potential impacts of Salvinia - not only small infestations in farm dams but also in larger water bodies.

WetlandCare Australia joined other community groups and government organisations to celebrate National Water Week in Townsville recently.

WetlandCare Australia was lucky enough to be invited to attend the Wild Wetlands Day held at Grafton Regional Gallery on Thursday October 20. The day was organised to give Grafton primary school students the opportunity to immerse themselves in all things wetlands - art, photography, water bugs, birds and water quality!

See WetlandCare Australia at Sydney Olympic Park's Youth Eco Summit 19th and 20th Oct 2011.

WetlandCare Australia is pleased to launch two new categories for Indigenous artists in the WetlandCare Australia National Art and Photography Competition.

Selected winning art and photography from previous year’s competitions are also currently on display at exhibitions throughout regional NSW.

1 — 5 PM Thursday 17 November 2011 Hunter Wetlands Centre Sandgate Road Shortland

Wetlandcare Australia team up with Australian Seabird Rescue to pick up rubbish in the North Creek area in Ballina last month in preparation for the 2011 nesting season.

Celebrating Blue Gum Hills Regional Park 10th Birthday, Friday 30th September

Tools & Methods for Monitoring & Evaluating in NRM Frameworks, on-ground methodologies & new opportunities 29th & 30th November 2011, Citigate Central, Sydney

View some of our recent printed articles.

The Ramada Hotel and Suites Ballina Byron has joined with their Community Environmental Partner, WetlandCare Australia to sponsor the 5th annual WetlandCare Australia National Art, Photography and Short Film competition. The Ramada has donated generous accommodation packages as prizes in the competition, including two weekends at their Hotel and Suites in Ballina with a combined value of $960 and a 3-night stay at Ramada Breakas in Vanuatu.

WetlandCare Australia and Jali Local Aboriginal Land Council have been highly successful in undertaking the Restoring Jali Lands at Wardell Project. This has involved managing the ecological and biodiversity values of these culturally and environmentally significant lands with funds from Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority

Check out the positive actions WetlandCare Australia is undertaking to celebrate World Environment Day this year.

Experts from across Australia present at NRM Conference.

The honourable member for Page, Janelle Saffin, spoke in Parliament Monday about her support for WetlandCare Australia's Coastal20 Wetlands Project and the 40th Anniversary of the International Ramsar Convention on Wetlands.

View WetlandCare Australia news from 2011.