All of our main libraries are open, but your experience will be a little different whilst we slowly get back to full operations.

There was a confirmed sighting on 31 May 2021 of two glossy black cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus lathami) enjoying feasting on seeds of the Allocasuarina trees at Doyle Street Bushcare Site at Kincumber.

Brian is a founding member of the Palm Grove Ourimbah Creek Landcare group.

Each year Council’s nursery at Erina provides between 10,000 and 15,000 tubes for planting at your sites through the Environmental Volunteer Program.

Central Coast Council’s June/July school holiday program is here, with a wide range of online and face-to-face activities on offer to keep young minds entertained and bodies moving throughout the winter break.Families can head to the School Holidays what’s on page on Council’s website to see everything that’s taking place.

Ecologists from Central Coast Council and the Environmental Volunteers at Wadalba have recently teamed up to help track down Squirrel Gliders (Petaurus norfolcensis) in the Wadalba Wildlife Corridor.Across several bushland reserves on the Central Coast, Council officers have been fitting Squirrel Gliders and Sugar Gliders (Petaurus breviceps) with collars that emit a harmless radio frequency.

Camphor laurels (Cinnamomum camphora) have been widely planted all over Australia as a park tree because they provide amazing shade in our harsh Australian summers.Although a bushland weed, in some locations there may be benefit in keeping these large exotic trees.

This is the second edition of our Environmental Volunteer Program ENews, and it certainly doesn’t feel like three months have gone by since the first edition.We hope that you enjoy the articles that we have put together for this edition.