Wild Wild Inner West – National Parks Association of NSW

Citizen Science projects wrap up

Posted by NPA NSWon May 31, 2019in Bringing Back The Buzz, Citizen science & Community Engagment, Nature NSW, Winter 2019Leave a comment

‘Wild Wild Inner West’

The Wild Wild Inner West (WWIW) project aims to engage young adults (18-35 years old), a group which is under-represented in council environmental activities, with the local urban environment.

Wild Wild Inner West Launched

Posted by NPA NSWon August 31, 2018August 30, 2018in Citizen science & Community Engagment, Nature NSW, Spring 2018Leave a comment

^{Stephanie Clark, Citizen Science Officer}

The ‘Wild Wild Inner West’ project launched with a pub talk event run as part of the Sydney Science Festival in August. The pub talk had ecologists and biologists from the University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales discuss urban ecology and urban nature in the City of Sydney and Inner West Council Local Government Areas.

Citizen Science and Community Projects Update

Posted by NPA NSWon June 1, 2018June 1, 2018in Citizen science & Community Engagment, Nature NSW, Winter 2018Leave a comment

Margot Law and Stephanie Clark, Citizen Science Officers.

Dragons of Sydney

The ‘Dragons of Sydney’ project conducted a Sydney-wide Water Dragon backyard survey. This survey aimed to uncover the features of people’s backyards that led to the presence or absence of water dragons; things like water features, vegetation, presence of pets, and personal uses of backyard space.