Lithgow Environment

Wetlands as Climate Protectors! Wetlands store vast amounts of carbon and act as natural buffers against storms and floods. Protecting them is one of the most effective climate solutions we already have. Spread the word to your Local Wetlands Champions to create awareness about wetlands and climate resilience. #WetlandsLocalChampions #Wetlandsmatter #ConventionOnWetlands

@australian Heart-warming story and thumbs up to the emblem choice and Megan.

The city chose the critically endangered daisy as its emblem after experts shortlisted nine native species and asked residents to vote for their favourite. Gardens: bit.ly/4mcjsZb

Zooming across near on sunset in the background Gardens of Stone SCA western area Lidsdale

Pterostylis coccina Scarlet Greenhood Terrestrial herb. Rosette leaves 2–5, ovate, 1–3 cm L, 10–15 mm W; scape to 20 cm high, 3–5 stem leaves Flower 4–4.5 cm long, white & bluish green, reddish or reddish brown Grows among grass sclerophyll forest, ranges & tablelands.

Post 2. Site 3 - Feb 2025 walk proposed NSW NPWS glamping site 30 to 50 y.o endangered Banksia penicillata walking in Gardens of Stone SCA. Luckily, this site survived 2019-20. Otherwise, if it burnt, no food source till seedlings produce flowers. This is not a disturbed site!

Site 3 - Feb 2025 walk proposed NSW NPWS glamping site 30 to 50 y.o endangered Banksia penicillata walking in the Gardens of Stone SCA. Luckily, this site survived 2019-20. Otherwise, if it burnt, no food source till seedlings produce flowers. This site is not a disturbed site!

Chiloglottis sp - Family Orchidaceae. April is the time to step carefully as it is the time for many of the Chiloglottis species show their beauty. Remember they are only a few cms high and flower parts in mms.

Thomas shared his story of installing solar on his rental property in Brisbane—and how the right government incentives could help more landlords do the same.☀️ 👉Tell Jim Chalmers to Unlock Solar for Renters! - bit.ly/us4r_budget #solarforrenters #solar #renters

“There are catastrophic risks coming right now… but the insurance industry won’t help people in 20 years’ time with their flooded houses.” - Richard Denniss, co-Chief Executive Officer Add your name to the petition to support a climate disaster levy: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/climatedisaste…

Olax stricta flowers all year round. Erect shrub to c. 2 m. Leaves linear-oblong/narrow-elliptic,- 3–10mm L x 1–2mm W apex obtuse/acute - mucronate/hooked, yellowish. Flowers solitary 1.5mm L. Petals 5 free/fused 3–6mm L, white/yellowish, Drupe obovoid-ellipsoid, 4–8mm L x5mm W

epa.nsw.gov.au/Your-environme… Changes to re-gazette a map for West Lithgow to include the former Wallerawang power station site and establish a new Tomago Precinct in the industrial area of Tomago near the Resource Recovery Facilities already in the area.

National Eucalyptus Day - home to many that need to survive with our precious Eucalypt species.

Olearia elliptica sticky daisy-bush flowering now in Lithgow. Shrub to 2 m high, Leaves alternate, scattered narrow to broad, 20–115 mm long, 5–38 mm wide, apex acute or obtuse or rounded. Grows in heath, woodland & sclerophyll forest in sandy/ dark silty soils

Let the Rivers run with clean water! World Water Day. Care and protect our rivers into the future. Headwaters Coxs River Lidsdale inclusive of being a Threatened Ecological Community.

Every so tiny herb but it has a purpose no matter how small it still has a purpose. Vittadinia sp to 0.3 m H, stems hairy, 0.2-2.5 cm L, 1–7 mm W, petals 2–3 mm L mauve to violet purple yellow-orange centres. ID most species Vittadinia depends on microscopic examination of seeds

Post 2. Maybe -Coronidium monticola -Button Everlasting, Pale Swamp Everlasting, Mountain Everlasting. herb to 0.35 m tall, compact, sometimes sprawling, Stems densely, hairy, leaves 2-5 cm L, 3-12 mm W, upper surface smooth, sparsely to densely, lower woolly cotton white hairs

Maybe -Coronidium monticola -Button Everlasting, Pale Swamp Everlasting, Mountain Everlasting. herb to 0.35 m tall, compact, sometimes sprawling, Stems densely, hairy, leaves 2-5 cm L, 3-12 mm W, upper surface smooth, sparsely to densely, lower woolly cotton white hairs .

One to watch out for in March. Rimacola elliptica - Green Beaks, Green Rock Orchid. Leaves few to several, to 10 cm L x 30 mm W. Grows in wet crevices and on damp ledges of sandstone cliffs often among mosses, grasses and ferns