Research into acid-producing soils along major rivers in northern NSW has illustrated the added threat posed by Mother Nature to fish stocks in the region, according to Dr Ben Wilson from Charles Sturt University.

Control of a major problem soil condition in the northern coastal rivers of NSW could soon be greatly improved by a new computer program being developed at Charles Sturt University.

Even with increased funds from the Federal Government's National Heritage Trust (NHT) Fund, Landcare groups in Victoria completed less onground work in 1998 than three years earlier.

Bushfires 99: Flammable Australia is a national conference of bushfire experts, ranging from firefighters, national park managers and meteorologists to wildlife researchers, ecologists and social scientists.

When Professor Alistar Robertson painted his beard red, white and blue for charity last year, it said much about this extraordinary scientist who has stepped out of the mould of the traditional academic.

Short grass, bare soil and increased erosion are symptoms of an environmental blight spreading across the rolling steppes of north China, according to Charles Sturt University researcher, Rik Thwaites.

Albury residents rank the environment higher than the rest of NSW but tend to act less on these concerns, according to a study recently completed by Charles Sturt University researcher, Johnathon Howard.

Charles Sturt University is exporting its air video system technology, with a three-week tour of New Zealand set to fly out of Wagga Wagga this week.

The level of population that can be supported by Australian ecosystems is dependent on how well modern agriculture works within the boundaries set by soil productivity and climate variability.