Green Spider Flower (Alan Page)Hut News is the monthly newsletter of the Blue Mountains Conservation Society.
Christine Davies is the Hut News Editor.
Contributions are very welcome. You can email Christine at hutnews@bluemountains.org.au.
The deadline for copy for each edition is the 12th of the preceding month. Please contact Christine to discuss any special arrangements that may be required.
The three latest issues are below - to see previous editions please visit the archives page here
The September 2026 edition of Hut News is now available for downloading as either a FlipBook or a PDF.
Acacia terminalis is a hardy, winter flowering shrub
(Peter Ardill 2026)
- Celebrating our heritage and our legacy (Wyn Jones, Blue Gum 100)
- Tribute to Norm Harris (Trish Doyle MP, State Member for the Blue Mountains)
- H5N1 bird flu update (Chris Whiteman)
- Blue Mountains International Day of Peace 2026 - Saturday 12 September: Katoomba Civic Centre
- The Gardens of Stone tourism degradation (Keith Muir, Gardens of Stone Alliance)
- Blue Mountains Sustainability Festival - Saturday 26 September - Katoomba Civic Centre and surrounds
- Environmentally friendly gardening (BMCS Bushcare Officer)
- Will the new Nature Laws work? (Shirley Lewis, Resilient Blue Mountains, ACE and BMCS member)
- Announcing the Society's 2026 Spring-Summer Environmental Weeds Campaign!
- and much more ...
The August 2026 edition of Hut News is now available for downloading as either a FlipBook or a PDF.
Orphan Rock (Christine Davies)
- Platypuses protected in Royal National Park but NOT in the Coxs River (Malcolm Read, National Parks and World Heritage Officer)
- BMCS 2026 Member Survey
- H5N1 bird flu (Chris Whiteman)
- Native vegetation clearing increases (The Hut News Team)
- From the archives - Weed of the Month (1996)
- ‘Modern Methods of Construction’ ... and us (Nigel Bell)
- The latest from the Gardens of Stone Alliance (Steph Lentz)
- Protecting our precious Minnehaha Falls (Meredith Brownhill)
- Environmental weeds of the Blue Mountains (BMCS Bushcare Officer)
- Pines Wind Farm Update (Malcolm Read, National Parks and World Heritage Officer)
- and much more ...
The July 2026 edition of Hut News is now available for downloading as either a FlipBook or a PDF.
Greater glider (Melina Budden)
- Greater Glider conservation before and after the Black Summer bushfires (Annette Sartor, President)
- Clean the Blue Mountains Rivers (Malcolm Read, National Parks and World Heritage Officer)
- Reducing our footprint (Lyndal Sullivan, Land Use Subcommittee)
- Environmental weeds Identification: not always straightforward! (BMCS Bushcare Officer)
- PFAS in Capertee Valley (Meredith Brownhill)
- Population, environment planning and politics (OPINION by Don Morison)
- BMCS supports the Hawkesbury Environmental Network’s School Birding Program (Annette Sartor, President)
- Luxe camping in wilderness: a total paradox (Diana Levy)
- The Pines wind farm (Nathalie Verellen, Sustainability Officer)
- Thirlmere Lakes National Park (Meredith Brownhill)
- and much more ...
We acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land
the Darug and Gundungurra people
and pay respect to their Elders past and present.