Charles Sturt University researchers have been congratulated for their work into wildlife ecology on Montague Island in a recent report on research and management in the NSW south coast nature reserve.

The NSW branch of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects has again recognised the future of public buildings in Australia with another award presented to Charles Sturt University’s Thurgoona Campus.

The release this week of a CSIRO report warning that Australia will be hotter and drier in the coming decades brings to the fore the importance of river management projects such as the Macquarie River Restoration Project.

Charles Sturt University has increased its share of industry-linked grants, with a number of projects aimed to benefit regional Australia following the announcement of Australian Research Council funding for 2002.

Australia is being driven into social, environmental and economic decay, but there are ways forward, according to a new book released today, Monday 6 August.

Saving one of Australia’s most endangered habitats, the White Box woodlands of south east Australia, is the goal of three Charles Sturt University scientists who recently received a $100 000 grant to help restore these habitats.

The prevalence of Australia’s largest nocturnal bird predator, the Powerful Owl, is greater in the Winburndale Ranges in the NSW central tablelands than may have first been thought.

A unique partnership between Charles Sturt University and the Jenolan Caves Reserve Trust has led to an Australian first in tertiary study.

The much-maligned mistletoe, a parasitic plant commonly seen on trees along Australian country roads, may play an important role in the Australian bush, according to Charles Sturt University researcher Dr David Watson.