Hut News is the monthly newsletter of the Blue Mountains Conservation Society. You can see our large archive of past issues here

Susan Crick is the editor of Hut News. You can email Susan at susan@bluemountains.org.au.

Note: The deadline for submitting articles is the 15th of the month.

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The May edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,

In the May edition you will find:

• Talking about climate change
• Management Committee's April meeting
• Hut News is for all members
• Focus on the Land Use Subcommittee
• We GIVE A DAM - Save the Blue Mountains Wild Rivers  (Christine Davies)
• In and out of lockdown for Saturday walkers  (Diana Levy)
• Bushfire Wildlife Recovery report  (Lyndal Sullivan)
• Why have the garden skinks gone?  (Christine Davies)
• Blue Trail Village Scenes 10  (Don Morison)
• Walks Program
• About us
• and much much more.

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The April  edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,

In the April edition you will find:

• Bodington plans now available
• President’s Annual Report  (Tara Cameron)
• Members' Workshop
• Management Committee March meeting
• Seeking Federal government protection of cultural heritage in Burragorang Valley  (Madi Maclean)
• Media release: ’Raising Warragamba Dam won't stop flooding’.  (Harry Burkitt)
• Remember the bushfires?  (Christine Davies)
• Climate Action Now - changes you can make  (Clare Power)
• Ramblings  (Alan Page)
• Blue Trail Village Scenes 9  (Don Morison)
• About us
• Walks Program
• and much much more.

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The March edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,

In the March edition you will find:

• No zoo or hotel at Bodington Hill
• About us
• Annual General Meeting
• Dr. Kellie Leigh on GBM Koalas
• When words aren't enough  (Susan Crick)
• Ramblings  (Alan Page)
• The Blue Mountains - home of environmental weeds  (Susan Crick)
• A proposed history of the conservation of the GBM  (Susan Crick)
• Blue Trail Village Scenes 8  (Don Morison)
• Council lands to be managed as community land  (Lyndal Sullivan)
• The Sunset Gathering 2021
• Walks Program, March - April 2021
• and much much more.

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The February edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,

In the February edition you will find:

• Helicopters are back on the agenda!
• About us
• Our new Publicity Officer, Rebecca Knight
• From the Editor  by Susan Crick
• Sunset Gathering
• One year later  by Ian Brown
• We do have to talk about ... Gas  by Clare  Power
• Ramblings  by Alan Page
• The Wonders Of The Wild  by Ross Bridle
• Spring in Minnehaha Falls Reserve  by Meredith Brownhill
• Badgerys Creek Airport  by Don Morison
• Prongdogalong Herbert the First  by Mary Dolittle
• Delightful ditty by Ross Coster
• World Heritage Listing and John Howard  by Ross Coster
• ‘The Weather Diaries’ at Mt. Vic Flicks
• Vale Wes Maley and Richard Lowson
• Delightful ditty by Ross Coster
• and much much more.

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The December edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,

The December 2020 edition of Hut News celebrates the 20th anniversary of the World Heritage listing of the Greater Blue Mountains. In it you will find:

• Introductions by Tara Cameron (President) and Susan Crick (Editor)
• What is the GBMWHA - including a map and description of the parks and reserves by Ian Brown
• The Movers and the Shakers -
  • Bob Debus
  • Keith Muir
  • Joan Domicelj
  • Mark Greenhill
  • Ian Brown
  • Henry Gold
• The Blue Mountains Conservation Society
• and many great photos by Ian Brown and Henry Gold.

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The November edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,

In the November edition you will find:

• Alternative proposal for Katoomba airfield?
• Vale Lachlan Garland
• About us
• Society doings
• Opinion  (Peter Green)
• Xanthorrhoea  (Christine Davies)
• Blue Trail Village Scenes 7  (Don Morison)
• Native Fauna of the GBMWHA - zoom talk
• Walks Program
• and much much more

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The October edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,

In the October edition you will find:

• Federal environmental law under attack
• From the President - Tara Cameron
• About us
• Society doings
• Raise your voice on climate change  (Clare Power)
• Wildlife rehabilitation centre proposal  (Lyndal Sullivan)
• Ash  (Cathy Cavanagh)
• From the archives - Nesting Time by Graham Alcorn
• Blue Trail Village Scenes 6  (Don Morison)
• Spring Tours - Gardens of Stone
• Photographic exhibition  (Chris Ireland)
• Walks Program
• and much much more

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The September edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,

In the September edition you will find:

• Blue Gum Forest - a threatened future - Part 2
• About us
• Society meetings
• Plant nursery
• Katoomba airfield decision reconsidered
• Move money out of fossil fuels
• Flora and fauna monitoring program
• Deaths of wombats Part 2
• Blue Trail Village Scenes 5
• A few of my favourite things
• School in the time of Covid and winter stories 10
• Walks Program
• and much much more

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The August edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,

In the August edition you will find:

• Blue Gum Forest - a threatened future
• From the President
• Management Committee meeting notes
• Welcome to new members
• Opinion
• Damned
• Switch to ethical electricity
• Blue Trail Village Scenes No. 4
• Discussing wombats
• Flora and fauna monitoring program
• Glossy black-cockatoos
• 2020/2021 Management Committee
• and much much more

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The July edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,

In the July edition you will find:

• Ngula Bulgarabang Regional Park
• From the President - Tara Cameron
• Climate Action Flyer
• Management Committee Meeting Notes
• Big Red - Angophora costata
• Climate Change - The Long Haul
• We Have To Talk About Tourism
• The Death of Wombats
• Viruses in Australian Bats
• Blue Trail Village Scenes
  - Urban Bird Habitat in Lithgow
• A Century on Track - Andy Macqueen
• New Walks Program
• 2020/21 Management Committee
• and much much more

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The June edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,

In the June edition you will find:

• 50 years of Society newsletters
• From The President - Tara Cameron
• School Strike 4 Climate
• Management Committee Reports
• Flora and Fauna Monitoring Program
• Wildlife rescue - it’s not over yet
• What animal is that?
• A death trap for flying foxes
• Blue Trail Village Scenes - John Whitton Memorial Place, Emu Plains
• The upside of Rona
• Vale Jack Mundey
• Activity pad
• 2020/21 Management Committee
• and much much more

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The May edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,

In the May edition you will find:

• Maintaining Vigilance  by Clare Power
• From The Editor - Susan Crick
• Breaking News - Grand Cliff Top Walk Upgrade
• Letters to the Editor
• Bell Quarry Dump Rejected  by Don Morison
• Flowering plants of the upper Blue Mountains  by Alan Page
• Controlling foxes  by Ross Coster
• Update from the Land Use Sub-committee  by Carolyn Williams and Angela Langdon
• Blue Trail Village Scenes - Eucalyptus oreades  by Christine Davies and Don Morison
• NSW Independent Bushfire Inquiry
• Mick Dark  by Christine Davies
• 50th Anniversary of Newsletter
• Birth notice - Eric & Marg
• 2020/21 Management Committee
• and much much more

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The April edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,

In the April edition you will find:

• All memberships extended due to COVID‑19
• 2020 Annual General Meeting outcome
• Thank you Christine
• 2019/20 Greater Blue Mountains Bushfires
• 2020/21 Management Committee
• Save the Tarkine  by Clare Power
• A Blue Trail Special: Big Sky Odyssey  by Christine Davies and Don Morison
• Post-fire recovery of a garden Wollemi Pine by Margaret Baker
• Australia’s first Chief Environmental Biosecurity Officer  by Chris Whiteman
• Wilf Hilder  by Christine Davies
• Is Govett’s Leap lookout safe?  by Jim Smith
• Can you enjoy a natural walk close to Oberon?  by Don Morison
• Does your child know more about dinosaurs than dugongs?
• and much much more

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The March edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,

In the March edition you will find:

• Don’t let the bushfires be forgotten
• Annual General Meeting - 26 March
• Raising Warragamba Dam Wall is NOT the Solution
• Bat Night - 21 March
• Grandparents Can  by Robin Mosman
• Management Committee roles
• Regeneration and Rejuvenation, not adaptation  by Don Morison
• "Black January"  by Diana Levy
• GBMWHA Bushfire Impact  by Peter Smith
• How do birds cope with rain?  by Christine Davies
• The amazing red and purple leaves of re-sprouting eucalypts by Margaret Baker
• A poem for the land and the people of the land  by Kalang Kedumba Jones
• A Timeline for the Upper Blue Mountains: Members’ observations
• The Great Grose Weed Walk - Autumn 2020
• What’s in a name? That which we call a fire, by any other name  by Andy Macqueen
• Dot Butler  by Christine Davies
• The joy of Nature revives our spirits  by Christine Davies
• A Blue Trail: Eurobodalla district and surrounds  Christine Davies and Don Morison
• Bushwalking Activities
• and much much more

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The February edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,

In the February edition you will find:

• Message from the President
• Sunset Gathering - 27 February
• Environmental Citizen of the Year 2020 - Margaret Baker
• Jim Barrett (1923-2020)  by Don Morison
• Sharing Our Grief  by Clare Power
• Katoomba Airfield Helicopters Rejected
• The Changing Focus of Blue Mountains Tourism  by Jim Smith
• Admin Officer Needed - Can you help?
• Newsletter Editor Retiring - answer the challenge!
• Environmental Education Project at North Katoomba  by Cathy Cavanagh
• Greater Glider Declines by Stephanie Chew
• Say No to a Toxic Incinerator Near Lithgow
• National Parks Recovery - A Message of Hope by  Keith Muir
• The Blue Trail Corridor  by Don Morison
• Close Encounter with a Silvereye  by John Low
• "As a child I sifted soft soil"  by Cathy Cavanagh
• Save Kosci
• Just An Old Tree  by Christine Davies
• Elizabeth Jessie Hickman - The Lady Bushranger  by Christine Davies
• Should Penrith Go Back to Country?  by Don Morison
• A Blue Trail: Wombeyan Caves and Jenolan Caves  David Hay
• Bushwalking Activities
• and much much more

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The December edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,

In the December edition you will find:

• Nursery Sales
• A sustainable Christmas  by Clare Power
• Society Admin Officer required
• The Mick Dark Talk for the Future
• Thirsty  by Alan Page
• Grandparents for Climate Action NOW
• New Children’s Picture Book: The Magical Blue Forest
• Radiata celebrated
• It’s time to update the Timeline  by Jim Smith
• Experiencing dissonance?  by Clare Power
• The Classroom in the Landscape  by Julie Humphreys
• Mel Ward  by Jim Smith
• A Blue Trail Special  by Christine Davies and Don Morison
• The Art of Threatened Species: Western Plains Cultural Centre by Cathy Cavanagh
• Vale Barb Carfrae and Morag Ryder
• Gang-gangs a happy sight at Woodford  by Jo Carroll
• Yaama Ngunna Baaka Corroboree Tour 2019 by Julie Brett
• The end of Rainbow Creek by Jim Low
• It’s our turn now!  by Christine Davies
• "New Year’s Day Blue Mountains"  by Graham Alcorn
• Bushwalking Activities
• and much much more

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The November edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,

In the November edition you will find:

• Radiata Plateau saved for future generations
• Society Doings  by Christine Davies
• “Native Fauna of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area”
  by Judy, Peter and Kate Smith.
• Mick Dark Talk for the Future
• Sorry for the inconvenience, but our planet has a problem  by Clare Power
• "Fire Ready"  by Michele Fermanis−Winward
• Grandparents Gathering for Climate Action  by Robin Mosman
• ‘Where Song Began’ concert review by Cathy Cavanagh
• A hilltop rendezvous  by Christine Davies
• Where have we gone wrong? by Ian Brown
• It’s our turn now!  by Christine Davies
• Bushwalking Activities
• and much much more

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The October edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,

In the October edition you will find:

• Popes Glen Bushcare Group
• More reasons not to raise Warragamba
• Society Doings  by Christine Davies
• Threatened Species Day 2019 - Katoomba by Cathy Cavanagh
• How good (and how threatened) is our biodiversity by Judy Smith
• School Strike for Climate Action  by Clare Power
• Greta Thunberg's address to the United Nations
• Bylong Mine Rejected  by Clare Power
• Monaro Tableland and Kosciuszko National Park  by Christine Davies
• Inner Landscape - Workshops for Environmentalists by Victoria Walker
• New Chapter for Bylong Proposal  by Don Morison
• Economic Growth at Any Cost? Part 3  by Ross Coster
• Lithgow Gallery supports Gardens of Stone  by Janine Kitson
• Water Disaster Will Confront Climate Sceptics  by Don Morison
• It’s our turn now!  by Christine Davies
• How To Be Part of the 3.5% That Will Bring About Climate Action  by Robin Mosman
• Blue Trail Question 2 – Why is there so much emphasis on the non-indigenous history of the Hartley Valley?  by Don Morison
• Bushwalking Activities
• and much much more

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The September edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,

In the September edition you will find:

• Minister Kean – buy Radiata Plateau today
• “No” to feral horses, say environment supporters
• Threatened Species Day
• School Strike 4 Climate - Sept. 20th
• Gardens of Stone Update by Madi Maclean
• Our Koalas Are In Crisis
• Aboriginal Australians and Water Management by Paddy Cavanagh
• Selective Federalism Could Worsen Crises  by Don Morison
• Economic Growth at Any Cost? Part 2  by Ross Coster
• Flora and Fauna Park Wentworth Falls
• Council acknowledges a climate emergency  by Clare Power
• "The Eagle"  by Michele Fermanis-Winward
• It’s our turn now!  by Christine Davies
• Lithgow and the “Lost World” in April 2008 by Cathy Cavanagh
• NSW Koala Inquiry by Judy Smith
• Climate Change - the greatest security threat Australia has ever faced  by Robin Mosman
• Blue Trail Question 2 – What lingering evidence of kerosene shale mining?  by Don Morison
• Bushwalking Activities
• and much much more

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The August edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,

In the August edition you will find:

• Radiata Plateau is for sale
• Help with Threatened Species  Judy Smith
• Feral Horse Petition Before Parliament
• School Strike for Climate - Sept. 20th
• Sublime Point, dawn by Brendan Doyle
• A Plea for Grassy Woodland by Judy Smith
• Spaceship Earth by Alan Page
• Economic Growth at Any Cost? by Ross Coster
• Destination Pagoda Campaign - Recent Events
• Weekend in the Bylong Valley  by Clare Power
• Wild Life in Blackheath  by Christine Davies
• It’s our turn now!
• Bob Brown Stands Up to Stupidity
• Take a Climate Action: Stand With Our Children  by Robin Mosman
• Blue Trail Question 1: How was the Kanangra Boyd Wilderness saved?  by Don Morison
• Bushwalking Activities
• and much much more

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The July  edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,

In the July edition you will find:

• Pass it On - Membership Drive
• Leave Radiata Plateau Wild - Campaign Update
• We Give a Dam - Huge Protest March
• Outstanding Biodiversity Value?  by Judy Smith
• Zombie DA - Fauna and Flora park
• Katoomba Airfield Update
• Aboriginal Heritage of the Blue Mountains
• Natural Area Foot Traffic
• A Dollar This Week - No Cents Afterwards  by Don Morison
• Bus Trip with Plant Study Group
• Volunteers Help Make a Difference
• Vox Pop - Climate Change and Sustainability  by Clare Power
• Wild Life in Kanimbla Valley  by Christine Davies
• Call for Volunteers - Citizens Science
• Warragamba Dam Wall Raising Inquiry
• Gardens of Stone Stage 2
• Footsteps in the Snow
• 2040 - Hope and Action in the Climate Crisis
• Wild Life in Blackheath  by Christine Davies
• Climate Change - Australia Pretends While UK Acts  by Robin Mosman
• Blue Trail: 60. Hartley Vale Cemetery  by Don Morison
• Bushwalking Activities
• and much much more

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The June edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,

In the June edition you will find:

• March for the Mountains
• "Croc Park" Development Revived
• Destination Pagoda
• Old White Woman Looks at Pre-European Australian Art  by Cathy Cavanagh
• The Power of Hope and Imagination  by Clare Power
• ‘A Place of Significance’  by Jim Low
• Nursery News
• Evidence of Vanishing Things  by Christine Davies and Cathy Cavanagh
• What Come Next on Climate?
• Moffitt's Gardens of Stone Celebration
• Looking Back …
• Hans the Donkey Drover  by Denis Kevans
• Blue Trail: 59. Historic Waterworks Museum  by Don Morison
• Bushwalks Program
• and much much more

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The May edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,

In the May edition you will find:

• Destination Pagoda Launch
• Helicopters And Katoomba Airfield—Have Your Say!
• Make Your Vote Count in the Federal Election
• Plants With Bite
• Climate Emergency: Time to get radical before it's too late  by Clare Power
• ‘Flying Shame’  by Cathy Cavanagh
• "Stop Adani Convoy" In Sydney
• Wild Life in Blackheath  by Christine Davies
• United Nations declares Decade on Ecosystem Restoration  by Peter Ardill
• Going batty and having fun  by Phoebe Coster
• Cleaner Greener Airport?  by Ross Coster
• School – It Works Well In Nations That Respect The Educated  by Don Morison
• Blue Trail: 58. Old Rehabilitation Project, State Mine Gully  by Don Morison
• Bushwalks Program
• and much much more

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The April edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,

In the April edition you will find:

• Annual General Meeting result
• Leave Radiata Plateau Campaign Continues
• Air Pollution In The Sydney Basin  by Ross Coster
• A Lonely Lament  by Ross Bridle
• Our Planet Is Changing, Why Aren’t We?  by Clare Power
• Battle For Bylong Update  by Clare Power
• Faulconbridge Point  by Phoebe Coster
• Autumn Honeyeater Migration  by Christine Davies
• Clarence Mine’s Licence Changes
  and Centennial Coles’ Court Action Is Dropped  by Madi Maclean
• Update Lawson Crown Land Masterplan
• Blue Trail: 57. Grazing In The Long Paddock, Parkesbourne District  by Don Morison
• Bushwalks Program
• and much much more

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The March edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,

In the March edition you will find:

• Annual General Meeting and Stealth Film - Thurs.28 March
• Bat Night 2019 - Fri.29 March
• Sunset Gathering
• Responses to our State Election Questionnaire
• 'Destination Pagoda' - Blue Mountains Launch
• Climate chaos and climate action  by Clare Power
• Submission extension to turn tide in quarry conflict?
• Huge community support for national parks
• Some Reflections On Trees  by Jim Low
• Radiata Win: Labor Commits To Seek To Purchase
• Cars, Trucks, Buses and Air Pollution  by Ross Coster
• Connecting With Our Local History Further Afield  by Christine Davies
• Wild Life in Blackheath  by Christine Davies
• Blue Mountains Fauna Project
• Blue Trail: 56. Lady And An Odd Couple. Mount Victoria  by Don Morison
• Bushwalks Program
• and much much more

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The February edition of Hut News is now available for downloading,

In the February edition you will find:

• Sunset Gathering - Thurs.14 February
• Nursery News
• It’s Time for Genuine Policies on Climate Action by Robin Mosman
• NSW State Election Questionnaire by Alan Page
• Sounds of summer: why are cicadas so loud? by Eliza Keck, CSIRO
• “Dieback disease” detected in Blackheath
• Moffitt family legacy honoured in Gardens of Stone
• The Save Kosci Walk Has Ended And The Campaign Continues
• A Past President Remembered
• Wild Life in Blackheath by Christine Davies
• Purple (Bathurst) Copper Butterfly by Malina Smith
• Blue Trail: 55. Diverse Parkland Plantings, Victoria Park, Goulburn  by Don Morison
• Bushwalks Program
• and much much more

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