The Bugle 11 July 2008
In news this week
Regional NRM group stories- Volunteers take a break from the office to help the environment
- Drum-beat of progress sounds for ancient site
- Wet tropics mayors take flight
- Southern Gulf Catchments goes native
- Free coastcare grant workshop
- Community Partnerships changes its name to Catchment Programs
- Sustainable land and water management grants now available
- Funding to run your next major NRM event
- Finalists announced in Queensland's top environment awards
- Queensland welcomes $510 million Murray-Darling water boost
- National Greenhouse Accounts figures released
- $8.6 million for enhancing farm water practices
- Arbor Day awards open
- National weeds guide available
- Helping possums get out of your roof and back into trees
- NRM decision making is made easier
- NRM Toolbar improvements and record use
- Investigating a 'green' agricultural system
- AgForward workshop update
- Get a job in NRM!
Regional NRM group stories
Volunteers take a break from the office to help the environment
Volunteers from the Suncorp Metway call centre in Toowoomba swapped their phones for a motorised digger and a Pottiputki (a hand-held device used to plant seedlings) to help out with revegetation work at Passmore Reserve, near Clifton.
Three volunteers from the call centre got their hands dirty and planted about 100 seedlings along the bank of the Condamine River.
Condamine Alliance, with the assistance of the Australian Government, has built shelters, tables and barbecues in the reserve and placed snags (specially selected logs) in the river to provide habitat for rare native fish.
The revegetation work was part of the program, designed to stop soil erosion along the banks and provide habitat for insects that contribute to food supplies for the native fish.
Cambooya Landcare provided equipment and acquired 100 lomandra (Lomandra longifolia) seedlings for the latest work. Lomandra was used as it is native and has two-metre long roots to provide stability for the river bank.
The activity was made possible as part of a Suncorp initiative called Volunteer Day, on which employees are entitled to leave to participate in community work.
Suncorp employee and volunteer Shelley Scotney said it was an excellent idea, "It's great that a big organisation like Suncorp is dedicated to letting its employees go out and help the community."
For more information please contact Fran Holt at the Alliance on 4620 0117.
Drum-beat of progress sounds for ancient site
Gummingurru is well-recognised for its heritage significance with sizeable areas of largely intact stone arrangements. Located near Gowrie Junction just west of Toowoomba, it is the most eastern stone bora and is currently the subject of a management study by Condamine Alliance.
The project, funded by the Queensland Government Blueprint for the Bush, builds on earlier work conducted by the Alliance and the University of Queensland in studying the site, and working with the traditional owners, the Jarowair people, to develop facilities and protect the site.
The project has engaged the Jarowair people, represented by the Gummingurru Land Corporation (GLC), to develop a three-part plan for the site, comprising site conservation, property management and a business plan.
The GLC has identified Gummingurru's importance in teaching cultural knowledge to Aboriginal people and the broader community, and this will be an essential part of the business plan. The Condamine Alliance project seeks to build community partnerships with the GLC and develop capacity to ensure a sustainable future for this historic site.
For several thousand years Aboriginal tribes from as far away as northern New South Wales and central Queensland accepted invitations from the Jarowair people to take part in the triennial Bunya Nut harvest at the Bunya Mountains north of Dalby in the Condamine catchment.
Prior to making their way to the Bunyas, the tribal groups gathered with men and women separating to perform rituals at special sites. The male initiation site, Gummingurru, is a complex site of stone bora rings and tribal symbols.
Today, Gummingurru no longer echoes to the foot-tread of hundreds of Aboriginal people but rather the drum-beat of progress as urban development encroaches on the site.
A series of workshops were held at Gummingurru in April and May with Traditional Owners and stakeholders (tourism, local government, anthropology, conservators) meeting to draft the development plan.
For more information please contact Corie Leslie at the Alliance 4620 0119.
Wet tropics mayors take flight
Mayors and councillors from north Queensland gained a bird's eye view of the NRM challenges facing the wet tropics region when they took to the skies for a 70-minute flight and in-air briefing last week.
Wujal Wujal Mayor Desmond Tayley joined Cairns Regional Council Mayor Val Schier and Cassowary Coast Mayor Bill Shannon on the two chartered flights to look at the interactions between various river catchments, their land uses and associated impacts on the region's natural environment.
Hosted by Terrain the flight was sponsored by the Local Government Association of Queensland with the support of the Far North Regional Organisation of Councils, and was followed by an informative afternoon workshop.
Terrain's CEO Allan Dale gave the in-air briefing and said he was encouraged by the positive response from the flight's participants.
"We saw this as an ideal opportunity to really flesh out the key environmental issues facing the region and to highlight some of the likely impacts of unsustainable development on the region's unique and fragile ecosystems," said Dr Dale.
"As development expands, the natural corridors between key habitat areas are put under tremendous stresses.
"We must maintain these important environmental links if we are to ensure the survival of the existing remnant vegetation and its unique biodiversity."
Other passengers on the flight included Barron River MP Steve Wettenhall and representatives of the Environmental Protection Agency and Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.
Story from Cooktown Local News
Southern Gulf Catchments goes native
Southern Gulf Catchments (SGC) are demonstrating an easy step businesses can take to help reduce their carbon footprint. SGC has transformed their front yard into a native garden and has reduced paper waste from their office and a local grocery store to do it.
SGC CEO Donald Coventry said he wanted local businesses and individuals to use SGC's front yard as an example of how cost effective and beautiful a native garden can be.
"With climate change trends bringing even more drought events to the northwest, residents in the outback need to learn to utilise water wise gardening and we as the natural resource management body need to promote this ourselves.
"We first laid down layers of used newspaper straight onto the grass to smother it, then came a tonne of crushed cardboard from the local grocery store," says Mr Coventry.
After the cardboard came shredded office paper and the straw and mulch.
SGC will use the garden as an environmental education area by placing informative signs at each plant and will later expand by building a 'bush tucker' garden.
To learn more about how to make your own native garden or about recent developments at SGC, contact SGC on 4743 1888 or free call 1800 676 242.
Free coastcare grant workshop
A workshop focused on giving people the skills to successfully win government grants for coastal restoration and protection works will be held tomorrow, 12 July at Boondall in South East Queensland.
The workshop, which is hosted by Moreton Bay Coastcare will feature well known community engagement specialist and professional grant writer, Samantha Morris. With more than 17 years experience securing funds from governments and corporations, Samantha will share best practice grant writing techniques with community volunteers and support workers from the Moreton Bay area.
Jennifer Singfield, spokesperson for Moreton Bay Coastcare said "as well as working to ensure the sustainability of Moreton Bay, we also strive to support community groups and their members in accessing resources and support for coastal restoration and protection work.
"This workshop will result in an increased investment by government funding programs in coastal projects in the Moreton Bay district."
The workshop is free for people wanting to apply for coastcare funding but RSVPs are essential.
Please contact Jennifer Singfield for more information on 3869 0359 or 0438 690 359.
SEQ Catchments has assisted with funding for this workshop.
Government updates
Community Partnerships changes its name to Catchment Programs
Community Partnerships has changed its name to Catchment Programs. The reason for the name change, is the unit will now also administer the policy aspects of operational water quality for the Department of Natural Resources and Water (NRW).
Catchment Programs will continue to provide regional NRM coordination and to assist regional NRM bodies and NRW regional officers with the Commonwealth's Caring for our Country and Queensland's complementary program.
Taking responsibility for operational water quality policy fits well with Catchment Programs' role in coordinating NRW's actions for the Reef Water Quality Protection Plan and its whole-of-catchment approach to regional NRM. Experience has shown that the best way to manage our natural resources is to involve local communities and to look at natural resource assets and problems across the catchment.
Bob Speirs is the General Manager of Catchment Programs and his team leaders are:
- Regional NRM Policy and Programs: Fred Tromp 3224 7520
- Contract Management and Grants: Wallace Yuen 3225 1608
- Office of the General Manager: Rob White·3224 7447
Catchment Programs looks forward to continuing to work closely with regional bodies and the community to manage Queensland's natural resources.
Sustainable land and water management grants now available
Projects to boost the sustainable management of Australia's farms, rivers, oceans and national icons can now apply for a share of $25 million in funding under a new Commonwealth Government initiative.
The $25 million Open Grants 2008 fund, part of the Commonwealth's $2.25 billion Caring for our Country package, provides grants of between $80 000 and $400 000 to councils, schools, groups, individuals, companies, partnerships, Indigenous groups, incorporated groups, trusts and unincorporated groups sponsored by a legal entity.
Open Grants projects must meet key criteria under the Commonwealth's Caring for our Country initiative, including: protect the nation's biodiversity; improve water quality of critical aquatic habitats; increase take-up of sustainable farming practices; address environmental and sustainable land management outcomes in remote and northern Australia; improve the national reserve system; and improve community skills, knowledge and engagement.
Queensland regional NRM stakeholders have the resources and experience in projects/programs that address these national priorities.
The Department of Natural Resources and Water's Catchment Programs is encouraging collaborative project proposals to place Queensland in the best possible position to attract a substantial share of available grant funds. Catchment Programs is keen to ensure that opportunities to share information on applications being developed and to make comprehensive linkages are maximised.
An information email group has therefore been set up to assist potential applicants in exploring potential collaborations. The email group provides further Queensland information about the Open Grants process. To be included in this email group, or to learn more about getting involved in a collaborative application, contact Aleisha Domrow on 3224 7677.
Applications for the Open Grants funding close on 1 August.
For further information on the Open Grants visit the Commonwealth's NRM website.
Funding to run your next major NRM event
With over 500 events having shared in $10 million of funding since the inception of the Queensland Events Regional Development Program (QERDP) in 2001, Premier Anna Bligh is once again encouraging events to make sure they apply for funding under Round 15 of this leading Queensland Government program.
While not all NRM events will fall into the criteria for Round 15 of the QERDP, the timeframe for holding events is up to and including 30 June 2010 and applications must be in by the 1 August 2008.
"Since 2001 the Queensland Government has supported 500 events across Queensland with an average of more than $20 000 funding per event," Ms Bligh said.
"The QERDP supports regional Queenslanders to build their local tourism economies through events which also boost the spirit of the community.
"The tourism industry is facing a number of issues at the moment and it is through programs like the QERDP that the Queensland Government is able to assist in making great things possible.
"The QERDP has funded events to undertake everything from visitor surveys to ascertain the right target market, through to funding for interstate marketing campaigns."
For more information and advice on the application process, applicants are encouraged to contact the funding program secretariat in Townsville on 1300 881 255 or visit the Queensland Events website.
Finalists announced in Queensland's top environment awards
An organic farming cooperative, a carbon cutting car insurance company, the creators of a solar powered battery, and an ecologically driven supermarket chain are joining 20 other finalists in the running for one of Queensland's top environmental awards.
Twenty-four Queensland-based projects which have achieved outstanding results in terms of sustainability are the finalists for the 2008 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Sustainable Industries Awards.
These finalists have been selected from more than 100 entries from small business to large multi-million dollar companies, showcasing Queensland's diverse range of sustainability champions.
Minister for Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation Andrew McNamara said there are visionary companies right here in Queensland that are committed to developing innovative products and practices that reduce the consumption of fossil fuels, water, waste and greenhouse gas emissions. The eight category award winners will be announced on 31 October.
Projects include an innovative water treatment process that removes dissolved toxic metals from mine wastewater, a highly sustainable fibre composite building panel for floors, bridge decking, beams and railway sleepers, and a supermarket reducing waste and energy use and lowering greenhouse gas emissions across its operations.
Other finalist projects include reduced water use in the ginger cleaning process, a coal-fired power station reducing its environmental emissions and water use through supercritical boilers and air-cooling technologies, eucalyptus oil extraction as part of an Indigenous community project, and the continuous rehabilitation of land at a sand mining operation.
For a full description of finalist projects visit the EPA website or contact the EPA Sustainable Industries Division on 3225 1999.
Queensland welcomes $510 million Murray-Darling water boost
Premier Anna Bligh and Water Minister Craig Wallace have welcomed Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's announcement that up to $510 million will be provided for the purchase of water entitlements and to improve water use efficiency in the Queensland section of the Murray-Darling Basin.
This agreement gives the Murray Darling a lifeline and our irrigators job security.
Premier Bligh said Commonwealth funds would be allocated to Queensland's 'Healthy HeadWaters' project, which will now be further refined by the Commonwealth and Queensland governments in consultation with industry and the community in the region.
In particular, the Commonwealth wishes to undertake 'due diligence' assessments of the various elements of the project.
"The project would deliver long lasting benefits to Murray-Darling Basin communities in Queensland by assisting the irrigation industry to be well positioned for the effects of climate change and reduced water availability,'' Ms Bligh said.
The funding will be provided over 10 years under the Commonwealth Water for the Future program.
Mr Wallace said the Bligh Government was committed to working with both the Commonwealth Government and the irrigation industry to build the details of the Healthy HeadWaters project.
Read the full media release on the Queensland Government media statement website.
National Greenhouse Accounts figures released
The federal government has released Australia's greenhouse emission results for 2006 and a preliminary result for 2007, showing that the national emissions are on target to meet the Kyoto Protocol requirements.
The report, Australia's National Greenhouse Accounts, shows that Australia's greenhouse emissions in 2007 were estimated to be 585 million tonnes or 106 per cent of 1990 levels which is an increase of 1.6 per cent from 576 million tonnes in 2006.
The report also showed the largest single source of direct emissions is the electricity, gas and water economic sector, accounting for 35.5 per cent of Australia’s emissions, while Australia's primary industries (agriculture, forestry and fishing and mining) accounted for 32.7 per cent of direct emissions.
Energy-related emissions grew over the year, increasing by 12 million tonnes to 378 million tonnes.
The trends showed that national aggregate emissions were 4.2 per cent above 1990 levels in 2006. While changes in emissions levels at the aggregate level have been small, there have been significant differences in the trends experienced across various economic sectors.
Emissions from agriculture, forestry and fishing are estimated to have declined by 39.9 per cent since 1990. The strong decline principally reflects the impacts of declining emissions from the clearing of forest cover and increased removals by the forestry industry.
Against that decline, direct emissions have increased in the mining (62.5 per cent) electricity, gas and water (50.0 per cent), residential (25.2 per cent), services, construction and transport (21.5 per cent) and manufacturing (6.5 per cent) sectors.
Australia's National Greenhouse Accounts comprises four annual reports. The National Greenhouse Gas Inventory, the State and Territory Greenhouse Gas Inventories and the National Inventory by Economic Sector report Australia's greenhouse gas emissions using the accounting rules for the Kyoto Protocol emissions targets. The National Inventory Report is prepared for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change using separate accounting rules.
The reports are available at the federal Department of Climate Change website.
$8.6 million for enhancing farm water practices
The federal government has provided $8.6 million for a new research project into how changed farming practices can simultaneously improve water use and productivity, while delivering better environmental outcomes.
The Farms, Rivers and Markets Project will develop a 'how to' guide for farmers to integrate their farm water needs with broader environmental needs. While the project will be based in Victoria the results will be useful to Queensland farmers.
The project will involve farm-scale demonstrations exploring how the latest technology in water measurement and management, combined with better use of water markets, can boost farm profits and productivity, improve delivery of water to the farm gate, reduce leakage, and improve water use efficiency.
Under the project, researchers in engineering, agriculture and economics will work in close partnership with farmers and water managers to help them choose the best mix of production opportunities according to their individual circumstances.
The project will provide farmers with practical ways to make the most of available irrigation water supplies, including rainfall and recycled water, through better planning, technology and predictive tools. The project will also provide spin-off environmental benefits including improved salinity and water quality management.
The project will run out of the University of Melbourne's Dookie research farm and the surrounding Goulburn-Broken River catchment. The project, to run over three years, will be managed by Uniwater (a joint initiative of the University of Melbourne and Monash University).
Reef updates
Growers invited to view progress on biodegradable
The Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPI&F) hosted a farm walk at Bowen Research Station to give fruit and vegetable growers the opportunity to review progress in a biodegradable mulch trial funded by Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM and Bowen District Growers Association as part of the Queensland and Australian Government's commitment to the Reef Water Quality Protection Plan.
The farm walk was held at Bowen Research Station on Thursday 10 July to demonstrate biodegradable alternatives to polyethylene mulch.
Polyethylene mulch is a staple in many trickle irrigation production systems, particularly in crops such as tomatoes, melons, capsicums and zucchini. The mulch assists growers to reduce their water and fertiliser use, suppresses weeds, as well as delivering higher yields and a better product.
The disposal of the polyethylene mulch is an on-going issue. DPI&F researchers have trialled alternative mulches for a number of years. Up until now, all have failed due to varying factors, including prohibitive cost, failure to biodegrade or being unusable in a commercial context.
After two seasons of trialling at the research station, a biodegradable mulch, which originates from Italy but is manufactured in Australia is performing well.
DPI&F horticulturist Sue Heisswolf said 12, 15 and 20 micron mulch was being trialled under double row capsicum crops.
"Cost remains an issue," she said, "so it is encouraging that the 12 micron mulch is still performing well after nine weeks in the field."
Find out more about this product on the DPI&F website.
Natural resources news
Arbor Day awards open
Nominations are open for the Queensland Arbor Day Awards. This year will be the 11th Queensland Arbor Day award ceremony and with population expansion, global warming and increased skin cancer, loss of habitat and biodiversity, caring for our native vegetation has never been so important.
Entries are invited from Queensland individuals and organisations who are involved in the establishment of vegetation and the creation of shade. Any individual, group or organisation which has planted trees in the two years from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2008 can be nominated for an award in the appropriate category.
Entries may be submitted by an individual or a representative of an organisation, business, school, or council by nominating the entrant for one of the five categories: Community Group Award; Corporate Award; Local Government Award; Individual Award; or School Award.
Entry is by submission of a completed entry form (posted or emailed) and a summary of the project, (no more than two A4 pages), which addresses all entry guidelines. Entries may be supported by maps, plans, media clippings, photographs, or slides. Please note these will not be returned.
Arbor Day is a nationally-celebrated observance that encourages tree planting and care, originally founded in the USA by J. Sterling Morton in Nebraska in 1872.
The Queensland Arbor Day Awards are a joint initiative of Greening Australia and Brisbane City Council, and are supported by Ergon Energy and the State Government Department of Natural Resources and Water.
Visit the Queensland Arbor Day Awards website for the guidelines, online entry form, and other information at Queensland Arbor Day website or call 3902 4444.
Nominations close on 15 August.
National weeds guide available
The 'Introduced Flora of Australia', now available on-line as a printable document and as a searchable database, was compiled by Rod Randall of the WA Department of Agriculture and Food and the Cooperative Research Centre for Australian Weed Management (Weeds CRC).
According to the new publication the number of plant species now growing in Australia has more than doubled since European settlement in the 1780s, largely due to new plants introduced for gardeners.
A lists of 26 242 introduced plant species are included in the database and this number exceeds the likely number of native plant species in Australia.
The guide lists precisely 2739 foreign species that have become weedy, and a further 5907 that are here, not yet weedy, but have a history of becoming weeds overseas.
Mr Randall said, "Australia has such a diversity of climates we can be sure than many of these 'weeds in waiting' will eventually find their way to a site that suits them and then they will simply explode in numbers."
"We are pretty adept at moving plants and seeds around, on purpose or by accident, which gives weeds the chance they need to spread and try their luck in new locations.
"This is basic 'weed risk' information that people have lacked up till now," said Mr Randall.
Users will need to know the correct scientific name of plants to search the system, since common names are too unreliable and vary too much.
Now available from the Weeds CRC website, the flora can also be searched on-line via the University of Queensland website.
Helping possums get out of your roof and back into trees
Blocking access to the roof and providing a nesting box in the garden are the best ways to remove an unwanted possum from your roof.
New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service Lachlan Ranger Mathew Makeham said in their natural environment, possums usually live in tree hollows but with the loss of native bushland many of these natural homes have been destroyed.
"Some possums are left with no alternative but to take up residence in our houses, but don't despair, possums can be persuaded to leave your roof by following a few practical steps," Mathew said.
"First, work out where the possum is getting in and block the area with chicken wire - a close look around the roofline should identify any entry points. This could be a broken tile, or a gap in the boards or space under the eaves.
"Night time is the best time to block off an entry point, after you're sure the possum has left the roof. There may be more than one, a mother with a baby or young possum, so make absolutely sure no possums are left inside before blocking up the hole.
"Cut back tree branches hanging close to or over the roof to prevent possums from jumping onto the roof.
"Erect a possum-box in your yard. By encouraging the possum to stay and claim your yard as its territory, the possum will then discourage others from moving into your roof and yard. In this way, you can help to conserve the species and learn about its way of life at the same time," Mathew said.
Capturing and relocating the possum out of the area is not a good idea, as it is often fatal for possums, which are highly territorial. At the end of the day, relocating a possum can also prove futile as the vacant territory will often be taken up by another possum.
NRM decision making is made easier
Thousands of items of regional evidence to assist in management decisions has been catalogued and is now available through a searchable Land and Water Australia (LWA) Evidence Bases.
Western Catchment Management Authority, in New South Wales, has made public over 2000 pieces of evidence using software provided with the NRM Toolbar. And there are now 15 other regional bodies with Evidence Bases, along with four sub-regional or non-regional organisations.
Evidence Base software enables regional bodies to develop online collections of information used as evidence in decision making. Western Catchment Management Authority's Evidence Base, for example, includes a large number of unique publications not found in any other library. These publications, along with any others listed as public in the Evidence Bases, can be searched using the search engine on the NRM Toolbar, thereby exposing the information to an extremely wide audience.
Read the full article including words from the managers of the Evidence Bases by the Western Catchment Management Authority (NSW), Fitzroy Basin Association (Qld) and the Mallee Catchment Authority (Vic) on the LWA website.
Email Alison Carter or call her on 02 6263 6000 for more information about starting an Evidence Base. Evidence Base software and support is provided free.
NRM Toolbar improvements and record use
The NRM Toolbar, the Australian-first search engine and databases for accessing NRM-specific information, has been improved. Comments have been taken on board about some of the technological issues and search is now working better than ever.
Try the NRM Search Engine and you will now find a better search functionality with the capacity to index five times as much as before. This means it can search many more pages to find results. It also has a more accurate alignment with the Australian Spatial Data Directory meaning it is finding more results from this database.
Further enhancements coming up include:
- My alerts, an alert tool will allow users to set up automatic email alerts for specific types of content and specific subject areas.
- Knowledge Market Report, this product will contain various statistics and graphs of user interaction with the NRM Toolbar.
- Evidence Bases Version 2
- MERI Evidence Base add-on, which has new functionality for the Evidence Base software that will allow a user to associate individual pieces of evidence to particular assumptions within a Program Logic or Conceptual model.
- A 'List of Evidence' page will be created for each assumption that evidence is to be collected for. On this page will be listed all the evidence that tests this assumption and also a summary of the evidence.
Investigating a 'green' agricultural system
CSIRO research underway in Central Queensland's cattle country is investigating whether the integration of trees, pasture and livestock into a single agricultural system will produce greater net returns for producers and the environment.
The 'silvopastoralism' system is gaining worldwide attention as a potentially profitable land-use practice, particularly following the emergence of new market opportunities such as carbon trading.
CSIRO Livestock Industries' (CLI) project leader and resource economist, Mick Stephens, says that since the 1960s a significant proportion of trees have been removed from the open woodland zones in northern Australia to support the pastoral and cropping industries.
"Given the environmental/economic problems associated with climate change, we now have an opportunity to investigate whether silvopastoralism can provide some of the answers," Mr Stephens said.
"The environmental benefits would include increased: soil and water retention, nutrient re-cycling and carbon sequestration. Emerging incentive schemes for the sequestration of carbon in forests, and forecast increases in the prices paid for forest products, may act as a driver for silvopastoralism."
The project will utilise earlier research by the Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water into some of the competitive and stimulatory effects of wide rows of trees on pasture production.
Modelling techniques will be employed at a farm level to assess the sensitivity of silvopastoral systems to current and projected cost, price and yield scenarios and help identify under what circumstances these systems are likely to be a profitable land use.
An image and full media release are available at the scienceimage website.
AgForward workshop update
The AgForward team present a range of workshops to landholders, including GPS essentials, computer mapping, vegetation management, and AgForest's native forest field days.
Upcoming workshops include:
- 22 July: Camooweal - Computer mapping
- 22 July: Georgetown - Vegetation management workshop
- 23 July: Georgetown - Computer mapping
- 24 July: Hughenden - Computer mapping
- 24 July: Georgetown - Vegetation management (one-on-one assistance)
- 29 July: Daintree - GPS essentials
- 30 July: Daintree - Vegetation management
To register for the workshops contact Bree Robertson on 3238 6039. To register for the AgForests Field Day contact Rohan Allen on 0408 769 918.
More information on these workshops can be found on the AgForward website (under 'Workshops').
Get a job in NRM!
Are you interested in working with Queensland's regional natural resource management bodies? Then head to the Regional NRM Groups' Collective website or NRMjobs website where current job opportunities are now available. Be sure to check back regularly to ensure you don't miss out on the job of a lifetime!
Here's a sample of what's on offer:
Regional body: Queensland Murray-Darling Committee (QMDC)
Title: Riverine and Water Quality Technical Officer
Tenure: Full time
Salary range: Attractive salary package
Location: Roma
Closing date: 4 August
Contact Tanya McKechnie at QMDC on 4637 6201 for more information or download a position description from the Regional NRM Groups' Collective website.
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Thought for the week
"Opportunities? They are all around us... There is power living latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it."
Orison Swett Marden
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Last updated 11 July 2008