Voice of the Regions - November 2007
Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM
BDTNRM looking to the future
Whilst 2006 proved to be a time of substantial change and challenge for Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM (BDTNRM), the organisation has continued to strengthen its governance and operational structures, processes and capacity...more
Burnett Mary Regional Group
Funds solve environmental problems in Burnett
A meeting held in Gayndah today heard how millions of dollars has been invested in the Central and North Burnett to help solve environmental problems...more
Graziers save rare wallabies
Graziers in the Central Burnett Region are helping to save rare wallabies under a project supported by the Burnett Mary Regional Group.
Ross and Beth Shanks own a grazing property at Tomine, south of Gayndah, which contains important habitat for the rare Brush Tailed Rock Wallaby. Using funds from the Better Burnett program, Ross and Beth have fenced off 220 acres of their property from cattle to prevent degradation of the wallaby’s habitat...more
Cape York Peninsula Development Association
Fire economics in Cape York
A Cape York Peninsula Development Association (CYPDA) project has commenced in collaboration with Charles Darwin University (CDU), and funded by the National Landcare Program to investigate the economics of fire management on pastoral properties...more
Condamine Alliance
Snags make fish feel at home
Bemused campers at popular fishing spot Bowenville Reserve were left scratching their heads when Jondaryan Shire turned up at first light on a recent Saturday with a truckload of snags... more
Wanted: The Condamine Five
Condamine Alliance has called on people power to eradicate the “Five Most Wanted Weeds” in the Condamine catchment, urging landholders to remove them if possible, but not just dump them...more
Desert Uplands
Qantas funds Dersert Uplands project
Fencing off over 4 kilometres of Rosedale Creek has served environmental needs whilst making ‘Hotspur’, a grazing property north of Jericho in the southern Desert Uplands, more economically viable...more
Fitzroy Basin Association
Rainforests discovered with flora expert
Queensland flora expert Bill McDonald helped boost local knowledge of rainforests in the Boyne/Calliope region recently...more
AGM marks ten years in operation
The Fitzroy Basin Association (FBA) Annual General Meeting on Friday 26 October was cause for nostalgia as the organisation celebrated its’ 10th birthday. FBA Chief Executive Officer Suzie Christensen said the AGM covered the results of the last financial year, and enabled reflection on the association’s 10 year history...more
Graziers learn how pastures can benefit from tea
It’s not the brew we’re used to, but tea is proving the perfect way to improve pastures for Central Queensland grazier Peter Attard.
Mr Attard believes using compost tea, a concentrated microbial solution extracted from compost, has increased grass production and animal weight gain on his ‘Shingle Hut’ property in Moura...more
Queensland Murray-Darling Committee
Get paid to manage remnant vegetation
Landholders in the southern Brigalow Belt can now access stewardship funding from the Australian Government to help them protect or improve high quality remnant native vegetation on their properties...more
SEQ Catchments
Riders enjoy coastal trip
About 15 people attended the southern Gold Coast bike ride organised by SEQ Catchments, Griffith University and Gold Coast City Council in October...more
Landmark erosion report released
SEQ Catchments has released what it hopes will be a landmark report to guide land management in the Upper Brisbane River to reduce erosion and subsequent sedimentation of the river and therefore improve water quality in Lake Wivenhoe. Its recommendations also aim to dramatically improve the ecosystem health of the river system above the dam...more
Southern Gulf Catchments
Twinning regions look over the horizon
Southern Gulf Catchments (SGC) has formed another partnership with an NRM group, supported by the Brisbane based International River Foundation, to benefit the Gregory River Catchment. SGC has been working with Bulimba Creek Catchment Committee Inc (B4C) in urban Brisbane to overcome a perceived city–country divide by learning from one another and sharing knowledge and techniques in dealing with environmental, NRM and cultural skills...more
South West NRM
Knowledge spread about weed spread
Working together is the key to halting the spread of noogoora burr.
That was the message at South West NRM’s Noogoora Burr Field Day held in Toompine on October 24...more
Envirofund delivers for South West NRM
Almost 1000 projects across Australia have shared in $20 million recently announced by Australian Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation, Senator Eric Abetz and Assistant Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, John Cobb MP.
Over $471 000 has been allocated to successful Round 9 applicants for projects to be undertaken within the South West NRM Region...more
Last updated 19 December 2007