A nature walk high in the Byron and Tweed Shires is included in a list of seven projects to feature in a new state government supported eco tourism promotion campaign.

It is a walk that weaves through the ancient Gondwanan rainforest and ancient volcanic landscapes of the Northern Rivers, rainforest that was saved thanks to the remarkable efforts of the hippies and alternatives that made a stand for the rainforest of the region. 

John Seed, founder of the Rainforest Information Centre and the Deep Ecology Network, was arrested yesterday for attaching himself to logging machinery in Bulga State Forest, becoming the 16th person to be arrested in this campaign.

Yesterday a group of invited guests were treated to a very special event as part of the  40th anniversary of Nightcap National Park at the Rummery Park campground near Minion Falls.

Plans for a multi-day 36km walk from Mount Jerusalem National Park, near Uki, to Minyon Falls are now on public exhibition. 

Conservation Volunteers Australia are running a nest-building workshop in one of Australia’s most biodiverse hotspots, the Nightcap Range, ‘to create homes and hope for wildlife’.

The Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service say that on Saturday evening they were sent by Ambulance New South Wales to the Nightcap National Park, north of Nimbin after reports that

The bush fire on Mount Nardi has the potential to put the ABC's transmitter at risk.  

Two new projects have been launched at Wanganui Gorge and Minyon Falls, which are helping save over 28 threatened plant and animal species in Nightcap National Park.

National Parks NSW has now assessed and approved the Nightcap Monuments Project and acknowledged the significance of the project to regional history and local communities.