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 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 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 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• Angus Place mine extension proposal withdrawn  (Madi Maclean)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 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 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 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 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 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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