Grose Valley at dawn  (Ian Brown)

The Blue Mountains that we know and love continues to be under threat. Our aim is to highlight these threats in an endeavour to protect and conserve the Blue Mountains. The threats are -

• Raising the Warragamba Dam wall by 14 metres
• Invasive species (cats)
• Commercial activity in the national parks estate
• Stormwater impacts on drinking water and the environment
• Climate change - gas phase out

articles

• Flood risk in the Hawkesbury-Nepean floodplain  by Prof. Jamie Pittock
  (March 2023 Hut News)

video

Warragamba Dam - Flood risk in the Hawkesbury-Nepean floodplain - Prof. Jamie Pittock (24MB)

articles

• Love Cats, Love Wildlife? You Can Do Both  by Candice Bartlett, Invasive Species Council
  (February 2023 Hut News)
• Herding cats: councils’ efforts to protect wildlife from roaming pets are hampered by state laws
  (The Conversation, 21 February 2023)

video

Invasive Species (cats) - Candice Bartlett (Invasive Species Council) (21MB)

video

Commercial Activity in the National Parks Estate - Tara Cameron (16MB)

articles

• World Heritage values and Sydney’s drinking water quality under threat  by the Society's Land Use Subcommittee
  (December 2022 Hut News)

articles

• Blue Mountains City Council and the Ready for Renewables Council Challenge  by Clare Power
  (November 2022 Hut News)