Blue Mountains City Council has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with University of Technology Sydney, Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF).
Council is continuing to support community bushfire recovery by selecting 19 local organisations to receive grants from the Bushfire Community Recovery &.
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Crayfish key to waterways health
Just like the canary in the coalmine, the presence or absence of freshwater crayfish can tell us a lot about creek health in the Blue Mountains.
Recent research conducted by Blue Mountains City Council show that while pesticides remain a common threat in many local waterways, crayfish populations at Jamison Creek (Wentworth Falls) have made a remarkable recovery after a serious incident of pesticide contamination at the site in 2012 led to the deaths of over 1000 crayfish.
These results are among several just released in Council’s 2021 Waterways Health Snapshot. This annual report on the ecological health of our waterways is compiled from data gathered at over 50 monitoring sites, which are located throughout the Blue Mountains from Lapstone through to Mount Wilson.
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Campaign launched to stop illegal dumping in Blue Mountains
Blue Mountains City Council, in partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has launched a new public education campaign to raise awareness of illegal dumping in our region.
The campaign will be rolled out through July and August and will be seen on buses as well on social media, in the form of a campaign video.
When members of community illegally drop items such as couches, mattresses, fridges and construction waste into reserves and bushland, the environmental, social and financial costs to the community are profound.
Fortunately, there are teams that are working hard to combat this problem.