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NPWS’s Naturescapes visitor e-newsletter

Naturescapes is the new quarterly NSW National Parks e-newsletter for visitors. The newsletter profiles the great activities, events, experiences, places and camping/accommodation available in our national parks, with a seasonal flavour and a focus on upcoming opportunities.

We encourage national park visitors around the state to subscribe to Naturescapes – they can do so by:

• sending a Subscribe email to npwsvisitor.newsletter@environment.nsw.gov.au or
• via the Naturescapes newsletter link on the website – http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au

We hope you enjoy the current edition of Naturescapes, which can be viewed at the link below:

http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/naturescapes

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NPWS Wildlife Atlas

Want to learn more about how NPWS keeps its records on wildlife sightings? Are you interested in having your own sightings contribute to these records? How about how we monitor the progress of threatened fauna in Sydney North? How does our fox baiting program work? And how do we monitor its effects on local wildlife populations?

See the information and links below for the Wildlife Atlas.

• The best way to supply records for inclusion into the Atlas, is via the standard spreadsheet
  http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/nature/scientificLicenceDatasheet.xls
• Also attached is the Field Data Book, which explains how to fill in the spreadsheet, detailing the codes used
  http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/nature/WildlifeAtlasFieldDataBook.pdf
• Completed spreadsheets can be e-mailed back to gis@environment.nsw.gov.au
• If you would like a hard copy of the field data book, just provide your mailing address and DECC will send one out to you. They also have hard copy data cards and sheets if you would prefer to submit sightings manually.
• You can view the data from the Atlas Database at:
  http://wildlifeatlas.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/wildlifeatlas/watlas.jsp

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The Birds in Backyards program
Guidelines for developing urban bird habitat.

Funded by a NSW Environmental Trust Grant, this project has produced guidelines for the development of bird-habitat for seven different user groups including domestic gardeners, schools, landscape architects, planners, and open space, streetscape and

bushland managers. These can be downloaded at http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/spaces/guidelines.cfm

The Guidelines are based on a review of the scientific literature, and the complete report can also be downloaded from the site.

The wildflowers are out!!!!

There's something flowering at any time of the year!

Take a walk in your local remnant bushland, whether it be in Lane Cove National Park or in Pennant Hills, Macquarie Park, Lindfield (just to name some random suburbs) or wherever it may be.

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