Hut News is the monthly newsletter of the Blue Mountains Conservation Society. You can see our large archive of past issues here and the 2022 Hut News Survey Report here.

Christine Davies is the current editor of Hut News. Contributions are very welcome. You can email the editor at hutnews@bluemountains.org.au.

The general deadline for copy for each edition is the 15th of the preceding month. Please contact the newsletter editor to discuss any special arrangements that may be required.

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The Mar 2023 edition of Hut News is now available for downloading.

In this edition you will find:

• National Parks & World Heritage report (Annette Cam)
• BMCS 2023 AGM Notice
• Future directions - P/T Paid Coordinator (Tara Cameron)
• Feral deer threats to the GBMWHA (Mary Marlow)
• Privatisation of our National Parks (Keith Muir)
• Glossy Black-Cockatoos and Fire (Dr Leo Joseph)
• Scribblygum Moth (Ogmograptis scribula) (Graham Alcorn)
• Not In My Backyard - Tanya Plibersek, NSW South Coast & Leura Cascades (Paddy Cavanagh)
• Wild image - Letter F - for colouring
• and much more ...

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The Feb 2023 edition of Hut News is now available for downloading.

In this edition you will find:

• New Threats to Gardens of Stone
• NSW State Election - Candidates' Forum - 25 Feb
• A wonderful start to the year (Plant Study Group)
• Book review: Native Orchids of the Blue Mountains and Surrounding Areas’
• Warragamba Dam: Government seeks to offset project
• Love cats, love wildlife? You can do both. (Candice Bartlett)
• Twilight Gathering for members and guests - 16 Feb
• 2023 Challenge (Liz van Reyswoud)
• Farewell to Haydn Washington
• Wild image - Letter E - for colouring
• and much more ...

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The Dec 2022 ~ Jan 2023 edition of Hut News is now available for downloading.

In this edition you will find:

• NSW State Election - 25 March 2023 information
• Wildlife Rescue on Rhodo Day (Christine Davies)
• World Heritage values and Sydney’s drinking water quality under threat (Land Use Subcommittee)
• Along the Snowy Valleys Way (Marilyn Kraus)
• Request for help with termite study
• Things to do in the summer holidays
• To bee or not to bee - Part 4
• Binnaway Creek - A Seasonal Creek (Jim Low)
• Wild image - Letter D - for colouring
• and much more ...

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

In the November edition you will find:

• GBMWHA – Assessment of additional values and areas
• BMCC and the Ready for Renewables Challenge (Clare Power)
• The latest on damming
• Audit of NSW Biodiversity Offsets Scheme (Judy Smith)
• Crown Road reserve purchase threatens public access
• Broken Waratahs
• Book Review: A Wide and Open Land – Walking the Last of Western Sydney's Woodlands by Peter Ridgeway (David Noble)
• Maps go missing?
• Wild image - Letter C - for colouring
• and much more ...

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

In the October edition you will find:

• Tourism development in protected areas: Are we on the right track?
• Vale native plant lover, Kevin Bell
• To bee or not to bee - Bees of Australia Part 2 (Chris Whiteman)
• Feathered Passions: An exhibition at Everglades Gallery by Dr Graham Cam & Steve Tredinnick
• Vital Feral Culling Agreement Under Threat
• The environmental repair and conservation work of Dr. Alec Costin (Peter Ardill)
• Lookouts and escarpment walks Part 2: Environmental challenges of upgrading visitor access (Don Morison)
• Wild image - Letter B - for colouring
• and much more ...

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

In the September edition you will find:

• Green Gully tree planting day 20 Aug 2022
• Our mountains are falling apart; Part 2: Landslides (Ian Brown)
• To bee or not to bee - Bees of Australia Part 1 (Chris Whiteman)
• Not the time for complacency (Clare Power)
• Spring Timeline – a diary of natural events
• Camden White Gum – uplisting from Vulnerable to Endangered in NSW (Judy Smith)
• The next wave of Eucalyptus oreades loss (Meredith Brownhill)
• Can we have our cake and eat it too? (Paddy Cavanagh)
• Wild image - Letter A - for colouring
• and much more ...

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

In the August edition you will find:

• State of the Environment Report 2016-2021
• Gardens of Stone hangs in the balance (Keith Muir)
• Campaigning with the Knitting Nannas (Robin Murray)
• The saving of the Blue Gum Forest — Part 2 (Andy Macqueen)
• Kazan Brown and the Burragorang Valley (Diana Levy)
• My Bush Regeneration Journey - Part 1 (Alan Crooks)
• Gang-gang Cockatoo, Greater Glider, Koala, Littlejohn’s Frog, Pilotbird and Yellow-bellied Glider – all declining (Judy Smith)
• Our mountains are falling apart; Part 1: Rock weaknesses (Ian Brown)
• Wild image - Initial - for colouring
• and much more ...

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

In the July edition you will find:

• Tasmania - still logging the Tarkine (Liz van Reyswoud)
• 60 years at the Conservation Hut
• Keeping cats safe at home
• The saving of the Blue Gum Forest — Part 1 (Andy Macqueen)
• Mountain Pygmy Possum Breeding Facility at Lithgow
• Reintroducing Madi Maclean, Society President
• Post-fire regeneration in Jenolan Karst Conservation Reserve (Judy Smith)
• National Parks: Victims of Neo Liberalism and Bucket Lists (Review by Paddy Cavanagh)
• and much more ...

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

In the June edition you will find:

• Where is the 2021 National State of the Environment Report? (Judy Smith)
• World Environment Day, 5 June 2022
• Gardens of Stone Challenge — World Class Reserve or Theme Park? Have your say.
• Introducing Annette Cam, NP & WH Officer
• The highest mountain? (Andy Macqueen)
• Join the ‘Ready for Renewables Council Challenge’ (Clare Power)
• What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? Climate Change and the Environment: Just who is responsible? (Paddy Cavanagh)
• Megalong Valley to Coxs River (Mave Roberts, Monday Leisure Walks)
• and much more ...

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

In the May edition you will find:

• Restoration of Blue Mountains Walking Tracks
• At our AGM
• Making Your Vote Count
• BMCS Managment Committee Update
• Proposed Waste Incinerators at Wallerawang and Portland
• Koalas Uplisted to Endangered (Liz van Reyswoud)
• Where the Water Starts - Kosciuszko National Park
• Looking back ... Never to be forgotten - Olegas Truchanas
• A clarion call on climate (Clare Power)
• Opinion; Leura Falls Creek (Don Morison)
• Subsidies to the Fossil Fuel Industry: The Cost to the Taxpayer (Anne Ammann)
• and much more ...

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

In the April edition you will find:

• Hut News Survey 2022 Summary
• Management Committee's March meeting
• Sunset Gathering Success
• National park at risk without EIS  (Bridget Jackson)
• Campaign to oppose the raising of Warragamba Dam continues  (Bridget Jackson)
• The impacts of dogs on bushland  (Jim Smith)
• Climate Change, Population and Infrastructure  (Don Morison)
• Walks Program
• About us
• and much more ...

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

In the March edition you will find:

• Gardens of Stone Update
• Management Committee's February meeting
• Annual General Meeting - 30 March
• Landscapes of the Blue Mountains presentation (following the AGM)
• Strengthen our Democracy campaign  (Clare Power)
• Renewables leading the way  (Clare Power)
• Ramblings  (Alan Page)
• Waste of Humanity  (Don Morison)
• "You passed me by"  (Ross Bridle)
• Mining in the Blue Mountains  (Bridget Jackson)
• 2022 Federal Election
• Eco-Schools  (Shirley Lewis)
• Walks Program
• About us
• and much more ...

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

In the February edition you will find:

• Tell us what you think about Hut News?
• Management Committee's January meeting
• Welcome to new members
• Margaret Baker OAM
• Sunset Gathering
• Introducing the Macquarie Alliance – Climate Action Now  (Clare Power)
• Agapanthus - The Worst Weed?  (Paul Vale)
• Minnehaha Falls Reserve, a place to care for  (Meredith Brownhill)
• Ramblings  (Alan Page)
• A Very Special River System  (Don Morison)
• Walks Program
• About us
• and much more ...

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

In the December edition you will find:

• Gardens of Stone protected
• Management Committee's November meeting
• Welcome to new members
• Australia’s shame  (Clare Power)
• Halting deforestation, a global and local challenge  (Don Morison)
• Ramblings  (Alan Page)
• Passionate about Pagodas … Memories of Olive and John Noble  (Margaret Baker)
• A virtual interpretive bushwalk to share  (Christine Davies)
• Poet’s Corner
  • Paean  (Lois Holland)
  • Nature’s call  (Georgia Croke)
  • Take a moment  (Ross Bridle)
• Walks Program
• About us
• and much more ...

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

In the November edition you will find:

• Stop press: Katoomba Airfield Lease Refused
• Don’t Raise Warragamba Dam
• Raising the Warragamba Dam wall will be catastrophic for our Blue Mountains wilderness  (Christine Davies and Don Morison )
• 2021 Council Election
• Silent Sentinels  (Ross Bridle)
• Ramblings  (Alan Page)
• 99 not out!  (Alan Page)
• Emergence from lockdown is a sustainability crossroads  (Don Morison)
• Management Committee's October meeting
• Survey Seeking Input for RSPCA NSW Project - Keeping Cats Safe at Home
• Walks Program November 2021
• About us
• and much more ...

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

In the October edition you will find:

• Happy 60th anniversary  (Tara Cameron)
• This special edition  (Susan Crick)
• Just some of the Society's achievements over 60 years
• Memories of the Conservation Hut  (Meredith Brownhill)
• My memories of the Lower Blue Mountains Conservation Society  (Christine Stickley)
• More memories  (Beverley Thompson)
• 31 years as a member  (Christine Davies)
• Outstanding successes through the Land Use Subcommittee  (Lyndal Sullivan)
• The Plant Study Group  (Meredith Brownhill)
• About us
• and much more ...

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

In the September edition you will find:

• Angus Place mine extension proposal withdrawn  (Madi Maclean)
• Management Committee's August meeting
• New Members
• On our watch - Code Red for humanity  (Clare Power)
• Use your electoral power  (Clare Power)
• New coal exploration areas considered near World Heritage Area  (Madi Maclean)
• Katoomba Airfield: Let’s keep our peace  (Bridget Jackson)
• Ramblings  (Alan Page)
• Native Plant Nursery
• Carrion birds  (Rosemary Butler)
• Captioning virtual bushwalk photos  (Christine Davies and Don Morison)
• About us
• Management Committee Officers
• and much more ...

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

In the August edition you will find:

• Raising the Warragamba Dam wall  (Christine Davies and Don Morison)
• Management Committee's July meeting
• New Members
• Council elections postponed
• Use your electoral power  (Clare Power)
• Takayna/ Tarkine is under threat  (Clare Power)
• Twin crises - what does it mean?  (Susan Crick)
• We shouldn’t need our kids to tell us…  (Shirley Lewis)
• Ramblings  (Alan Page)
• That Tree  (Ross Bridle)
• Energy Democracy  (Keith Muir)
• Walks Program
• About us
• Management Committee Officers
• and much more.

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

In the July edition you will find:

• Tourism after the pandemic
• Management Committee's June meeting
• New Members
• Katoomba Airfield Open Letter
• Profile of a youth climate activist  (Clare Power)
• What does sport have to do with climate action?  (Clare Power)
• Resource Recovery at Springwood Public School  (Cathy Cavanagh)
• Feral Cat Pandemic Report  (Meredith Brownhill)
• Take action, sign a petition  (Allen Greer)
• Ramblings  (Alan Page)
• Clarence sand mine  (Meredith Brownhill)
• River access threatened by land sale  (Tim Vollmer)
• Book Review - 'Cats in Australia, Companion or Killer'  (Meredith Brownhill)
• Walks Program
• About us
• Management Committee Officers
• and much more.

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

In the June edition you will find:

• The Blue Mountains is not just another suburb of Sydney
• Management Committee's May meeting
• Members' Workshop Report
• Gardens of Stone Campaign Update  (Madi Maclean)
• Be Part of Australia's Largest Frog Count  (Jordann Crawford‑Ash)
• Katoomba Airfield Campaign
• Fauna at Risk  (Judy & Peter Smith)
• Catching a Killer
• 2021 Council Election
• Farewell to Warwick Mosman
• Book Review - 'Blue Mountains Byways'  (Christine Davies)
• Walks Program
• Welcome to New Members
• About us
• and much more.

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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 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 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 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 more.

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