2012 Media Releases

It’s Time to Celebrate - Australian Heritage Week 14-22 April

Australian Heritage Week is running from Saturday 14th to Sunday 22nd of April. It is annual event, but you may not have heard of it as it only began last year.

The Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife is raising awareness of the week-long event and encouraging all Australians to experience Australia’s natural and cultural heritage for themselves.

Sex in the Garden this Autumn

You may not have thought of the humble backyard as a good place to find a mate and get down and dirty, but for earthworms it is ideal. After autumn rains, lots of tiny earthworm eggs and baby worms are going to appear in your soil.

It’s easy to be a Buddy to earthworms, and the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife wants to let you know how.

You can be a part of the solution, it's easy!

Clive Hopkins suggests some great ways to help protect our unique wildlife and other endangered creatures around the world.

Appeared on page 11 of the Sydney Morning Herald Supplements on 26th March 2012.

Celebrate World Water Day on March 22nd

March 22 is World Water Day and Australians are encouraged to get involved.

The Foundation is urging all Australians to learn more about the role they can play in keeping water clean for native animals and their habitats.

Fancy Finches Courting

Heavy rain has been a feature of many parts of Australia this year so far, but did you know that rains are also a sign for many kinds of Finches to find a partner and mate?

Look out for breeding pairs of small birds around your area, and be a ‘Backyard Buddy’ to them. Some baby birdy visitors could soon be having a peek around your garden!

Dive Right In to Save Sydney’s Threatened Little Penguins

You could help save the last breeding colony of Little Penguins on the NSW mainland by swimming in the Ord Minnett Sydney Harbour Swim Classic on Sunday 11 March 2012. Enter by January 31 to receive discounted ‘earlybird’ entry.

More Private Landholders Eligible for Conservation Funding Than Ever Before

The Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife has been awarded $2 million by the NSW Environmental Trust over the next six years to expand its Private Land Conservation Grants Program.

Applications open 5th March and close 15th April 2012.

Bouddi gets a bold look: Maitland Bay Information Centre Revamp

ON the outside not much has changed, but inside, the Maitland Bay Information Centre at Killcare has taken a leap into the 21st century. The Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife provided funds to make this possible.

Since it was built in the1940s, the building has beena home, a shop, an informationcentre, a community meeting place, and a focal point of environmental conservation activities.

Bikies Revving Up!

Motorbike Frogs breed from spring and well into summer each year, and so a few tadpoles could soon be swimming about in Perth ponds.

The Motorbike Frog is the most commonly seen frog in south-western Australia, particularly in Perth suburban gardens. Backyard Buddies wants you to know that it’s easy to be a buddy to Motorbike Frogs, with some simple tips.

The readers of the Gladstone Observer love their Backyard Buddies so much that the paper is printing regular articles about Backyard Buddies.

Backyard Buddies is a free education program run by the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife about Australian animals you're likely to see each month, with tips on how to make your backyard safe and inviting for them.