The National Parks Association of the ACT was set up in 1960 to establish ‘a national park for the national capital’. This was achieved in 1984 with the gazettal of Namadgi National Park, which covers  46 per cent of the ACT. Today over 400 NPA members work to protect and raise awareness of the unique flora and fauna, landscapes and natural, cultural and Indigenous heritage of Namadgi and other parks and nature reserves in the ACT region. We are part of a national network of national park associations across Australia. Our activities include:

• conservation and protection advocacy
• work parties in Namadgi National Park and other reserves in cooperation with ACT Parks
• bushwalks, snowshoe walks, kayaking trips, and other outings such as nature and heritage walks in Canberra’s urban parks and reserves
• funding scholarships at the ANU’s Fenner School
• supporting research such as the internationally recognised Rosenberg’s Goanna Project
• publishing popular field guides on ACT flora and fauna and raising community awareness of important environmental, conservation and heritage issues through public seminars and a program of monthly talks.