Climate Matters: Nature remains

by | 4 Jul 2021 | Climate, SLAM

Have you, like me, been enchanted by the pictures of tiny houses on the web and the alternate life possibilities that they hold out? While tiny houses could be described as a new phenomenon, Henry David Thoreau built and lived in his own tiny house in the mid 1800s in...

Vale Beth Williams

by | 23 Jun 2021 | AACSGaM, Habitat, SLAM

Photo from Armidale Express, 3 July 2015, ‘Beth still battling three decades on’.  Beth Williams was well known to many of us in SLA  for her indefatigable submission writing, clarity of thought and focus. She was a valued campaigner against the...

Climate Matters: Effects of the drought on trees

by | 23 Jun 2021 | Climate, Habitat, SLAM

The current drought has had a major impact on trees on the tablelands and western slopes. In some areas tree canopies have wilted and browned off. Sites most affected include rocky ridges and hillslopes with shallow soils with low water-holding capacity, typically on...

Koala Management Plan

by | 24 May 2021 | Habitat, SLAM

Armidale Regional Council has its Koala Management update on exhibition . Submissions close 10pm Monday 31 May 2021. ‘The purpose of this Koala Management Strategy is to encourage the conservation, management and rehabilitation of areas of natural vegetation...

Community joins to ‘Restore our Earth’

by | 12 May 2021 | Climate, SLAM

More than 200 members of the community, including many families and school students, enjoyed a signature Autumn day in Armidale’s Civic Park on Saturday, April 24th, to show their interest in and support for ‘Restoring the Earth’ – the theme of this year’s Earth Day....