The Voice of the Regions
August 2006
Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM
$1 million to improve water quality
BDTNRM is funding Dalrymple Landcare Committee to the tune of $1,094,380 to tackle land degradation in two high priority areas in the Burdekin Dry Tropics region. The East Burdekin area (Mingela to Mt Coolon) and the Clarke River Catchment (SW of Greenvale) have been identified as sources of high sediment loads contributing to the reduced water quality in the Burdekin Basin...read more
Burnett Mary Regional Group
Volunteers being work on exciting partnership
A team of international volunteers from Belgium, Japan, Italy, Korea and America are getting down and dirty in Bundaberg this month, volunteering their time to pull weeds and plant trees in some of the most environmentally sensitive areas of Bundaberg's landscape...read more
Condamine Alliance
Joint effort to manage coal-seam gas
Condamine Alliance has asked gas companies to work as part of a team to find solutions to the environmental impact of coal-seam gas extraction on the Darling Downs...read more
Inventory springs to light in Condamine
A recent investigation by the Environmental Protection Agency for the Condamine Alliance detected 1750 wetlands covering 27,000 ha in the Condamine River catchment...read more
Fitzroy Basin Association
Must get to the Muster
In the last four years, the Fitzroy Basin Association (FBA) and hundreds of landholders have cooperatively invested over $15 million in property improvements from the Capricorn Coast out to Central Queensland's boundaries – Injune, Rolleston, Emerald, Nebo and between...read more
Queensland Landcare Foundation
New director for Queensland Landcare Foundation
Barcaldine resident Louise Gronold is the latest addition to the Queensland Landcare Foundation board of directors after her recent appointment...read more
Landcare mourns a legend
Queensland Landcare lost a dedicated community volunteer and visionary leader last week when West Moreton Landcare President, June Harms was killed in a car accident at Gatton...read more
QFF to launch sustainable agriculture case studies
Queensland Landcare Foundation and Queensland Farmers Federation have announced that Environment Minister Desley Boyle will attend the Queensland Landcare Conference to launch QFF's Sustainable Agriculture Case Studies next week...read more
2000 trees for Black Snake Creek
An innovative project involving landcare volunteers and surf lifesavers will culminate in a salinity restoration planting at Black Snake Creek on Saturday 2 September...read more
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Last updated 23 August 2006