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

Christine Davies is the editor of Hut News. You can email Christine at hutnews@bluemountains.org.au.

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

In the November edition you will find:

• Limiting global warming to 1.5°C
• Gardens of Stone gets a mention… but no protection yet!  by Madi Maclean
• Bylong Mine: Make a Submission
• Climate Change Is Real – Our Challenge Is To Limit It  by Christine Davies and Alan Page
• The Cave by Jim Low
• Biodiversity Offsets Scandal at Western Sydney Airport Site  by Ross Coster
• Horses in National Parks – emotions running high  by Christine Davies
• Time to shrink the elephant  by Clare Power
• A sensitive watershed—Lithgow switches mayors  by Don Morison
• EPA requires big salt reduction from Clarence Mine’s discharge to the Wollangambe River  by Madi Maclean
• What bird is that? What flower is that?  by Rosemary Butler
• "November in Blackheath"  a poem by Brendan Doyle
• October Creek Walk  by Christine Davies
• Blue Trail: 53. Shooters Hill Cemetery  by Don Morison
• Bushwalks Program
• and much much more

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

In the October edition you will find:

• The ancient threatened species of Radiata Plateau – a new video
• Cleaner Greener NSW and Blue Mountains Meeting - 31 October
• Mick Dark Talk for the Future - Charles Massy - 8 November
• Black Birds by Alan Page
• An Act to Flood Wilderness
• Threatened Species Day - a review by Don Morison
• New lease to be issued for Katoomba airfield, Medlow Bath
• An interlude by Christine Davies
• Threatened plants of the Greater Blue Mountains:
  The ‘Cliffhanging Five’ plus two by Judy Smith
• Roadside carnage by Christine Davies
• Youth activists claiming their right to a future by Clare Power
• "To a waterfall" a poem by Brendan Doyle
• Bushwalkers, support the protest walk to save Kosciuszko by Christine Davies
• Bushwalks Program
• and much much more

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

In the September edition you will find:

• Threatened Species Month, 2018
• Draft Water Sensitive Blue Mountains Strategic Plan
• Anti Paris, Pro Coal Rejectors Of Reality by Don Morison
• ‘Unprecedented’ weather events by Clare Power
• Feral horse protest walk from Sydney to Kosciuszko
• Speaking For The Environment by Alan Page
• Threatened Plants Of The Greater Blue Mountains
  Downy Wattle Acacia pubescens by Judy Smith
• Current Mining in the unprotected Gardens of Stone area by Madi Maclean
• Helium-filled balloons
• Adani Update by Clare Power
• Access Denied? by Don Morison
• Observe a Gum Tree by Christine Davies
• "Night Herons" a poem by Judith Wright
• "Bluegum And Beyond" a poem by Ross Bridle
• Blue Trail: 52. Govetts Leap, Blackheath by Don Morison
• Bushwalks Program
• and much much more

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

In the August edition you will find:

• Threatened Species Day, 2018
• Celebrating the Plateau in verse
• Bushland Protection Workshop
• Greater Blue Mountains can star in Rail Route Renaissance by Don Morison
• Threats to World Heritage - IUCN on the case by Ross Coster
• Going out on a limb by Clare Power
• Denis Kevans
• A walk in the Gardens by Christine Davies
• Blue Trail: 51. Collitts Inn, Hartley Vale by Don Morison
• Bushwalks Program
• and much much more

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

Our Hut News Editor returns!

In the July edition you will find:

• Threatened Species Day, 2018
• National Parks Receive Grassroots Support
• Nursery News
• Horses In National Parks by Christine Davies
• Don’t flood our Blue Mountains World Heritage
• Community working to rebuild resilience by Clare Power
• 34 Reasons Not To Overpopulate The Cumberland Plain by Don Morison
• Three Blackheath haikus by Brendan Doyle
• The Resilient Hoya by Jim Low
• Blue Trail: 50. Oberon Dam by Don Morison
• "The Scribbly Gum Moth" by Graham Alcorn
• Bushwalks Program
• and much much more

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

Our Hut News Editor is taking an extra month off; Valda Low prepared the June edition.

In the June edition you will find:

• Fire Facts Forensic
• "Dante's Gem" by Ross Bridle
• Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby by Judy Smith
• Let’s Think About Saving Wild Rivers … by Harry Burkitt
• The Plastics Reformation by Clare Power
• Fern-leaved Banksia by Alan Page
• A Voice From The Country
• "Miss Atkinson" by Jim Low
• Blue Trail: 49. Mistletoes In The Mist, Richlands District by Don Morison
• "Bruce" by Pete Drinkall
• Bushwalks Program
• and much much more

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

Our Hut News Editor is recovering from surgery and as a result, this is a one-off shorter edition prepared by Valda Low.

In the June edition you will find:

• An Update on the Lawson Crown Land Masterplan
• "Katoomba Christian Convention Centre Redevelopment Over The Top"
• Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) Workshop - 14th July
• "The Old Blue Gum" by Marion James
• 2018 Threatened Species Children’s Art competition
• "A Visit to Yeddonba Aboriginal Cultural Site"
• Bushwalks Program
• and much much more

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

In the April edition you will find:

• Annual General Meeting
• Nursery News
• Thank you, Brian Marshall
• "Disappearing Islands" by Clare Power
• "Freshwater crayfish of the Blue Mountains and a new giant 'spiny'" by Ian Baird
• "Biosecurity risks to the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area" by Ross Coster
• Public consultation on the future of the old Lawson Golf Course
• "Predation (from the viewpoint of the prey)" by Don Morison
• "Kangaroo: A Love Hate Story" - Documentary movie directed by Michael McIntyre and Kate McIntyre-Clere. Reviewed by  Don Morison
• A tribute to Jack Austin (1927-2017) by Jim Smith (continued from March Hut News)
• "Wild Life in Blackheath" by Christine Davies
• "If now isn’t the time to talk about climate change, then when is?" by Christine Davies
• "Blue Trail: 48. Bracey's Lookout, Hassans Walls Plateau" by Don Morison
• Bushwalks Program
• and much much more