Water conservation issues are the most important local environmental issue for Albury-Wodonga residents, even surpassing the proposed freeway, according to findings from a survey conducted by Charles Sturt University researcher Jonathon Howard.

Eight young researchers took part in this year's Summer Scholars Day, working with senior researchers on Charles Sturt University's Albury-Wodonga and Wagga Wagga Campuses.

For the second year in a row, one of Australia’s largest breeding colonies of Little Penguins has suffered a very poor breeding season, according to Charles Sturt University wildlife researcher, Associate Professor Nicholas Klomp.

The International Nature Tourism Project is an arm of the Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Tourism.

Charles Sturt University won gold for the extensive water conservation systems and ecological management on the University's Thurgoona Campus.

Conservation of native bushland still standing on farmlands in the southern Riverina of NSW and Northeast Victoria would benefit the Australian community by up to $70 million over five years, according to a study by Charles Sturt University researchers.

Charles Sturt University's Thurgoona campus is a living, growing model of how a neighbourhood in the next century could address environmental concerns and community costs.

Charles Sturt University's Thurgoona campus received a top award for its innovative water management system from the Australian Water and Wastewater Association (AWWA) last Friday 6 August.

Budding researchers will be heartened by a $100, 000 injection by Charles Sturt University into funding for research into science, agriculture and information technology.