Voice of the Regions
September 2006
Welcome to the September edition of the Voice of the Regions, where regional NRM groups tell their own stories in their own voice.
This month we hear about exciting projects to link remnant wildlife habitat and encourage better land management. So read on...
Burnett Mary Regional Group
Black Mountain Range Catchments Project
Many like minds, each with their own area of support and expertise, have combined in a multi-pronged mission co-coordinated by Noosa District Landcare Group to improve the biodiversity of the Black Mountain Range. Noosa Shire Council, community groups, property owners, Green Corps and other volunteers have been doing their part in a large-scale undertaking to protect and restore the Cooroy, Blackfellow and Happy Jack Creek sub-catchments... read more
Condamine Alliance
Farmers are stirring dust in the wetlands
Land owners who are battling the big dry in the Condamine have been heralded as heroes – in the struggle to protect and research the region's wetlands.
A partnership has been forged between the Condamine Alliance and Greening Australia Queensland to protect important Condamine wetlands and conduct research, at a time when many people in the region have almost forgotten that wetlands exist... read more
Dairy farming for the future
Change is so rapid in the Queensland dairy industry that it is a real challenge to keep up, says Donna Fitch, a member of the Darling Downs Young Farmers Network.
"Fortunately, we have the opportunity through the Young Farmers Network, to mix with other like-minded farmers and share ideas and learning experiences," she says... read more
Fitzroy Basin Association
A fair mob gathered at the FBA NC Muster
Around 200 people attended the Fitzroy Basin Association's Neighbourhood Catchments Muster on 7 and 8 September at Rockhampton's Leichhardt Hotel.
A conference by another name, the Muster bought together landholders, community groups, private consultants, industry and government agency representatives from around Queensland and interstate to share knowldege and celebrate successes achieved under the current regional approach to natural resource management in the Fitzroy Basin area... read more
Mackay Whitsundays NRM Group
Multi-scale approaches benefit water quality
The trialing of a water quality improvement plan requires that monitoring, reporting and community engagement be undertaken at a number of scales.
Mackay Whitsundays NRM Group has learned that in using a regional scale approach to managing water quality improvement, it can supplement representational river systems information, broadening the range of baseline information used to gauge the standards for regional catchment target setting... read more
SEQ Catchments
Improving grazing management
SEQ Catchments is again working with Beaudesert Landcare Group in 2006 to help graziers improve their land management.
The program, which is in its second year, is helping graziers who want to know how to increase production while looking after their land sustainably... read more
Conservation in a time of great land use change
Conservation of the region's natural resource assets during a time of great land use change is the focus of a field day, to be held on a Bunjurgen property, Boonah on Friday 13 October. This upcoming field day is supported by SEQ Catchments and CSIRO... read more
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Last updated 27 September 2006