Over the second half of August, community members gathered on mountains across the Victorian, NSW and ACT Alps to conduct citizen science surveys of snow gum forests.

This happened as part of our ongoing campaign to get snow gums listed as a threatened species under federal environment laws, which is vital for the government attention and funding needed to advance protection efforts.

Now that the winter surveys are over, we invite people to join us for a short debrief session. We're keen to understand how people went conducting their surveys out in the field, and gather any feedback and ideas. All citizen science survey organisers, anyone who participated in a survey, and anyone interested in being part of the second wave of surveys we will conduct this summer.

Join us on Wednesday September 30 at 6:30 for an hour on zoom to debrief and discuss what's next.

Who would have thought you could find fifteen people prepared to rise early on a wintery Sunday morning, travel far from home and scratch around the wet undergrowth of a little-known forest in South Gippsland to search for koala poo? Members of the SKAT collective were pleasantly surprised with everyone's commitment to learn how to survey one of the last intact forests for the Strzelecki koala.

Some of the enthusiastic folk keen to learn how to survey for koala presence.

Climate change is the big issue of our times. People from all walks of life such as Maffra science teacher Marie Clark are stepping up and getting active.

Marie Clark first started her journey in science growing up in Creswick when she received a microscope as a Christmas gift from her mother. In February 2018, Marie will be one of 80 women from across the globe travelling to Antarctica as part of a climate change leadership program.

Act on Climate coordinator Leigh Ewbank had a quick chat with Marie ahead of her inspiring research trip to Antarctica….