The land that comprises the St Ives Showground, Wildflower Garden and Community Nursery are important areas for conservation as well…

We haven’t heard much lately about Mirvac’s planned development on the IBM site in West Pennant Hills next to the…

In our previous newsletter there was a last-minute story about a proposal to build an 18-storey tower at Eden Gardens…

Early this month the Department of Planning, Industry and the Environment announced that Macquarie Park has been chosen as one…

In STEP Matters 210 we described the strong community opposition to plans by several councils for the installation of synthetic…

The Byles Creek Valley Union has been fighting for several years for the valley to be protected from further development.…

In Issue 191 we wrote about our concerns about the effectiveness of the Biodiversity Offsets Scheme (BOS) to be established…

The key recommendation of Prof Samuel’s review of the EPBC Act was that the national environmental standards need to be…

Since 2017 STEP has supported the Threatened Species Children’s Art Competition. The competition was instigated by Forestmedia Network, a non-profit…

This information has been provided by the Willoughby Environment Protection Association, a member of the Powerful Owl Coalition. WEPA was…

In the Issue 209 we reported on the community concern about Ku-ring-gai Council’s determination to remove an illegal mountain bike…

Birdlife Australia’s regular newsletters have a regular series of snippets about well-known birds. Here are some about the Grey Fantail,…

Staghorn ferns belong to a group of tree-dwelling plants known as epiphytes. Tree canopies are a challenging environment for plants…