Voice of the Regions - September 2007
Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM
Make your backyard frog friendly
Burdekin Dry Tropics Natural Resource Management (BDTNRM) was one of many sponsors of North Queensland Conservation Council's (NQCC) Townsville Frog Club display at this year's Cultural Festival ... read more
Study into potential barriers to fish movement through the Burdekin Dry Tropics region
Burdekin Dry Tropics Natural Resource Management (BDTNRM) wants to know how to get native fish moving through the region again ... read more
Burnett Mary Regional Group for NRM
BMRG's innovative approach to a better Burnett
A snip of the wire cutters marked the official launch of the Burnett Mary Regional Group's newest program, the 'Better Burnett' project, at a ceremony in Bundaberg this week ... read more
Condamine Alliance
Downs farmers lead in spray drift control
The rate of adoption of the latest spray drift technology in the Brigalow-Jimbour area of the northern Darling Downs is leading the nation, according to spray consultant Bill Gordon ... read more
Landcare's $843 000 kick-starts new partnerships with farmers
Condamine Alliance has welcomed funding of $843 000 for three new National Landcare projects ... read more
Leg up for native fish
Condamine Alliance has secured a $63 000 Recreational Fishing Community Grant to support a $190 000 project to provide a fish passage along the Condamine River at Loudoun Weir, near Dalby ... read more
Traditional Owners lend a hand to help endangered eastern bristlebird
Queensland's national parks are vital for protecting habitat for a wide range of fauna species, especially those listed as endangered, vulnerable or rare ... read more
Desert Channels Queensland
Feral forum - Working across borders
More than a dozen feral people from industry and government gathered at a recent Regional Pest Management Forum at Desert Channels Queensland's Longreach office to share their knowledge and expertise on weed and feral animal control ... read more
The Holy Grail
A group of fanatics, from all parts of Australia, recently met to further their obsession with the Holy Grail of hard-core ornithologists, the night parrot ... read more
Desert Uplands Committee
Landscape Linkage stewardship success story
The Desert Uplands Committee, with funding provided by Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM, successfully ran a stewardship tender to protect remnant vegetation and areas of biodiversity significance by creating the foundation for Landscape Linkage across the Desert Uplands bioregion ... read more
Tiring, but well worth the effort!
The six-day tour of the region, bringing the most current natural resource information about relevant issues to landholders, has just been completed with plenty of positive comments from those in attendance ... read more
Fitzroy Basin Association
Socks saving beaches
Thongs washed up on the beach.
We've all heard of them, but what about socks? ... read more
SEQ Catchments
Camphor laurel mapping project
SEQ Catchments is leading a concerted attack on the woody weed camphor laurel, a serious agricultural and environmental pest in South East Queensland and northern New South Wales ... read more
SEQ Living Landscapes Think Tank
The inaugural Living Landscapes Think Tank held at Landsborough recently gave a powerful insight into what is possible when eager minds come together with a vision for the future ... read more
Southern Gulf Catchments
Ensuring preservation of cultural sites
Kalkadoon Tribal Council (KTC), along with Southern Gulf Catchments (SGC), is funding a $60 000 project to ensure the conservation and management of key cultural tourism sites around Mount Isa ... read more
South West NRM
'Crack the Cactus' ready to crack
South West NRM Ltd, Murweh Shire and Paroo Shire councils are tackling new cactus threats with the 'Crack the Cactus' initiative ... read more
Gift of the GAB
South West NRM Ltd recently talked about the GAB (Great Artesian Basin) and water conservation to local schools ... read more
terrain NRM
Bacteria put to work in cane fields
A ground breaking sustainable agriculture program is using bacteria to reduce artificial nitrogen application on Ingham's cane fields ... read more
Carbon-to-cash conversion
Is it really possible to convert carbon-to-cash or is carbon trading the next great green hype? ... read more
Last updated 27 January 2009