Council is experiencing delays in assessment timeframes. The Assessment Team are working through applications at full capacity and request patience with our staff during this time.
The Shoalhaven is home to extraordinary natural environments. Council manages around 2,000 hectares of Natural Area reserves spread across more than 200 locations. Almost all these reserves are on our urban doorstep and include a variety of habitats comprising bushland, wetland, escarpments, foreshores and dunes.
Get a list of the most suitable plant and tree species to plant in your area and why this is important
Find a list of threatened plants across our beautiful region that have been identified as endangered species and how we can share the space with them
Find a list of animals across our beautiful region that have been identified as endangered species and how we can best share the space with them
Learn about our endangered ecological communities and species' facing a very high risk of extinction, how we work to protect them and how you can help
Learn about our endangered shorebird species and how we protect shorebird breeding and populations.
Learn how we work to manage and conserve flying-foxes in the Shoalhaven, and why they are important native animals