Niche is proud to sponsor the 8th Annual Best Practice Ecological Rehabilitation of Mined Lands Conference, taking place in Newcastle on 12 April 2018. The event promotes the use of best-practice approaches in the management of rehabilitation of mined lands, and attracts more than 200 delegates from business, government and research organisations. Niche founding director […]

Niche has recently welcomed three new consultants to our growing team. Kristy Bennetts in Mudgee – a senior environmental engineer with over 15 years of experience working for local government, mining and consulting. Kristy has extensive knowledge and experience specifically in central and western NSW. Lucy Porter in Wollongong – a field ecologist with experience […]

Coastal wildlife will face one of the most certain impacts of global warming; that of changing coastlines caused by sea-level rise. While not a coastline-dependent species, many of the recognised strongholds of the Koala occur in low elevation coastal areas. The Port Stephens population of the Koala was once considered a stronghold for the species. […]

Niche and Riparian Engineering were commissioned by Kiama Council to prepare a conceptual design of a 1.6km boardwalk from the southern part of Minnamurra River estuary adjacent to Riverside Drive to the northern road bridge. The boardwalk will improve pedestrian and cyclist access between Minnamurra and Kiama whilst achieving an iconic tourist attraction for visitors, […]

Lucy Porter has recently joined Niche’s South Coast office as the latest addition to our growing multidisciplinary consulting team. Lucy graduated from the Australian National University with a first class honours degree majoring in zoology, geography, management and corporate responsibility. She has 2 years’ professional experience as a field ecologist and has worked on projects […]

Niche Environment and Heritage is proud to sponsor the Mine Subsidence Technological Society’s tenth conference, taking place from 5th to 7th November 2017 at Pokolbin, in the Hunter Valley, NSW. The theme of this year’s conference is Adaptive Innovation for Managing Challenges and the program includes presentations on the latest mine subsidence research, developments and […]

Our NSW consulting team has travelled far and wide in recent weeks, providing advice to clients across the state, from Broken Hill to Brimbin. Our historical heritage team has been busy preparing a Conservation Management Plan (CMP) for the Portland Cement Works. Meanwhile on the South Coast, our ecologists have been assisting Roads and Maritime […]

Niche marine ecologist Dr David Cummings will present a seminar at this year’s Coastal Conference, entitled Fauna and flora of the ‘terra nullius zone’: Considerations for ecological assessments of estuarine habitats. “There are a number of species that can utilise a combination of both terrestrial and marine habitats along the shorelines of estuaries – what […]

Watershed Landcare’s Green Day is an annual event for year five and six students from sixteen schools in Mudgee and the surrounding region.  Now in its ninth year, Green Day 2017 will provide a record number of 625 kids with an opportunity to learn about the environment. Green Day includes workshop presentations from a local […]

Research ecologist Matthew Stanton is an expert on Koala ecology and management, with 26 years’ experience in researching the ecology of Australian vertebrate fauna, particularly in regards to habitat requirements and relationships of forest fauna and threatened species. Matthew is the co-author of a new research paper, published this month in the online journal Ecology […]