Green Spider Flower  (Alan Page)

Hut News is the monthly newsletter of the Blue Mountains Conservation Society.

Christine Davies is the Hut News Editor.

Contributions are very welcome. You can email Christine at hutnews@bluemountains.org.au.

The deadline for copy for each edition is the 12th of the preceding month. Please contact Christine to discuss any special arrangements that may be required.

The three latest issues are below - to see previous editions please visit the archives page here

The May 2025 edition of Hut News is now available for downloading.

The Flame Robin (Photo by Mark Ley)

• Two new life members appointed at the recent AGM
• The Gumtree Songlines Walk
• There are two vacancies on the management committee - please apply
• Changes to reporting rates of some Blue Mountains birds within the City of the Blue Mountains (Mark Ley)
• Bat Night 2025: A Celebration of Connection and Conservation (Annette Sartor, Education Officer)
• Will the Wombat (Rosemary Butler)
• Celebrating World Heritage, 2001-style (Andy Macqueen)
• Wildlife Real Estate event: Habitat conservation and innovation
• What to look for in Autumn in the Blue Mountains
• and much more ...

The April 2025 edition of Hut News is now available for downloading.

Camp in the Blue Gum Forest, Easter 1931 (Rigby family collection)

• Annual General Meeting - Saturday, 5th April 2025, 2pm - with guest speaker Andy Macqueen
• Bats and the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area (Marg Turton)
• Western Sydney International airport update. (Annette Cam)
• Planting for the Future. (Christine Davies)
• A new review on Companion Animals Laws — Have Your Say (Meredith Brownhill)
• Post-fire recovery of the threatened Southern Greater Glider (Judy Smith and Peter Smith)
• Leeches in the Blue Mountains (Susanne Rix)
• 25 years of living near the bush (Part 3) (Christine Davies)
• and much more ...

The March 2025 edition of Hut News is now available for downloading.

The role of Eucalypts © (Peter Smith)

• Council Cliff Drive Plans: Threat to Flora and Fauna (Don Morison)
• The Bodington Hill zoo and hotel development is back!
• The extraordinary diversity of eucalypts in the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area (Judy Smith and Peter Smith)
• Environmental weeds and their Impacts (Peter Ardill, Bushcare Officer)
• Wildlife Real Estate: Building Homes for Nature (Elizabeth Howard)
• Agapanthus (Roberta Johnston)
• Celebrating an outstanding achievement by Banksia Park Bushcare Group! (Peter Ardill, Bushcare Officer)
• 25 years of living near the bush (Part 2) (Christine Davies)
• Annual General Meeting - Saturday, 5th April 2025, 2pm - with guest speaker Andy Macqueen
• and much more ...