The Friends of BCA is now issuing a quarterly newsletter which is circulated to all members. Some of the articles appearing in each newsletter is given here. The full newsletter is available as a separate document and can be opened by clicking on the link with each edition. Please be patient - some of the documents are large and take time to open.
BCA Focus No 9.  September – November 2011	» Click here to open newsletter
• Festive greetings
• Best Reserve award!
• Outstanding achievement for BCA student
• Winner of our photo competition
• Residents encouraged to be fire safe this summer - by Martin Pollack
• BCA Animal Focus: Boomslang (Dispholidus typus)
BCA Focus No 8.  June – August 2011	» Click here to open newsletter
• Spring has sprung
• Well done Mr Appollis!
• Inshore movement of sharks: Safety for the summer season
• City to clamp down on illegal off-road activities
• Join the BCA MATES Trial Challenge on 15 October
• Cape Town to get two new nature reserves
• BCA Animal Focus: African Black Oystercatcher
• COMPETITION!! Win 2 bottles of wine in our photographic competition
BCA Focus No 7.  March - May 2011	» Click here to open newsletter
• Friends of BCA AGM
• BCA clearing further 94ha of invaders
• Motorists urged to slow down on Otto du Plessis Drive
• Public responds positively to City's proclamation of nature reserves - by Martin Pollack
• Conservation Officers nab two for trespassing and illegal harvesting in the BCA
• Comment on the draft Basic Assessment Report for proposed fencing
• BCA Animal Focus: Felis caracal
• Quick Guide to Upcoming Events
BCA Focus No 6.  January - February 2011	» Click here to open newsletter
• From our chairman
• Meet our new students
• Devastating veld fires
• Alien Clearing at the BCA
• Battle of Blaauwberg
• What's in a name
• Proclamation of City's Nature Reserves - by Clifford Dorse
• Comment on the City's new Recreational Water By-Law - by Martin Pollack
• Quick Guide to Upcoming Events
BCA Focus No 5.  October - December 2010	» Click here to open newsletter
• The City’s “Green Rangers”
• Sighting of elusive white tailed mouse
• Well done Daniel!
• Team Building Sports Day
• Residents encouraged to practise fire safety this season - by Martin Pollack
• Owl Farm outing
• Two Hills Fun Run
• Crew outing 16 October 2010
• Supporting our supporters!
BCA Focus No 4.  July - September 2010	» Click here to open newsletter
• Welcome to new Chairman and to new EE Officer for Northern District.
• City reflects on its biodiversity successes and challenges.
• South African Biodiversity Database.
• Friends’ member nominates WESSA Award Recipient.
• CREW Meeting.
• Comprehensive Security Audit of the Biodiversity Management Branch.
• Ready for the Fire Season.
• Snake decline prompts City to request assistance from Capetonians.
BCA Focus No 3.  January - June 2010	» Click here to open newsletter
• Garden Cities allocates 462 ha of land to Blaauwberg Conservation Area.
• Small Spotted Genet’s Remarkable Come-Back.
• Cape Flats Sand Plain Fynbos Restoration Project.
• CREW Report.
• Planting of Protea burchellii and Leucadendron thymifoliums.
• Meet Philip Swart, one of our many dedicated volunteers.
• Honey Badgers seen at BCA.
Newsletter - October, November, December 2009	» Click here to read newsletter
• BCA reinstates intruder attack
• BCA welcomes four new staff members
• BCA tops at team building
• Galloping to the top of Blaauwberg Hill
• Caught on camera
Newsletter - July, August, September 2009	» Click here to read newsletter
• Meet the new Reserve Manager
• Search and Rescue in the North District
• BCA student opens her heart to children in need
• Parkinson Support Group visit BCA
• Under the milkwood trees
• Who we are and what we do