Voice of the Regions - May 2009
Burnett Mary Regional Group
Kalkie wins prize for protecting reef
Kalkie State School has won a cash prize for its efforts to help the Great Barrier Reef...more
Desert Channels Queensland
Soil days a first for the west
For the first time in the west over 70 local landholders had the chance to get expert advice on the issues, limitations and benefits associated with particular soil types at three soil information days hosted by natural resource management group Desert Channels Queensland (DCQ)...more
Uni comes to Longreach
School was in at Desert Channels Queensland in late April when it partnered with Rangelands Australia to host the graduate diploma course, Sustainable Rangeland Production Systems and Regions in Longreach from the 20 to 24 April...more
Innovations attract graziers from across the central west
Producers took the opportunity to benefit from each other’s experiences at the inaugural Blackall Innovations Forum run by the Blackall Bestprac Group, Desert Channels Queensland and Grazing Bestprac, which attracted over 90 people from across the central west...more
Fitzroy Basin Association
New ground cover guide for land managers
Landholders seeking productive paddocks and good land condition need to start from the ground up...more
Cropping at the cutting-edge in Wowan
Combining technology and cropping to achieve the greatest gains in productivity and sustainability was the focus of a field day in Wowan-Dululu in February...more
NQ Dry Tropics
Reef Rescue in the NQ Dry Tropics Region
NQ Dry tropics has formalised 53 landholder agreements relating to sugar, totalling over $1 million to carry out works under the Australian Government's Reef Rescue program. These activities will cover over 11,000 hectares of land...more
Queensland Murray-Darling Committee
QMDC holds member meeting in St George
Natural resource management work ranging from tackling pest and weed issues through to improving on-farm water efficiency are all part of the Queensland Murray-Darling Committee’s operations in the St George area...more
Success for Surat Carp Buster event
There are now more than 130 less carp in the Balonne River and more than 200 anglers and their families are better informed about how to maintain riparian health and encourage native fish populations after the latest 2009 Carp Buster Series fishing event in Surat...more
Field trip showcases value of catchment-wide NRM
The value of landscape scale natural resource management was the key message delivered to more than 20 university students during a tour of the Goondiwindi region last week...more
Anglers haul in a mixed bag at Goondiwindi competition
The importance of continuing efforts to control riverine pests was highlighted at the Goondiwindi leg of the Carp Buster 2009 fishing competition on 25 and 26 April...more
Reef Catchments
Reef Catchments host annual forum
Reef Catchments were congenial hosts last week to the members of the regional NRM communicators network...more
Graziers lap up reef rescue incentives aimed at improving pasture management
An astounding amount of graziers within the Mackay Whitsunday region are eager to participate in the Reef Rescue water quality improvement plan. Over 100 expressions of interests (EOI) have been received, including 50 in the past two months. The Reef Rescue project is funded from the Australian Government's Caring for our Country initiative...more
The ‘barra’ are back in the Sandringham lagoon
Platypus, large numbers of barramundi and birds are once again thriving in Sandringham lagoon. Previously this 2.1 kilometre lagoon had been choked with water weeds had depleted the water of oxygen, making it uninhabitable for fish...more
SEQ Catchments
New home in Beaudesert for SEQ Catchments
The SEQ Catchments team has recently moved to a new home in the centre of the Beaudesert township with a more visible presence to the local community and upgraded facilities to more easily host community groups and in-house training sessions...more
Growing effort to preserve endangered butterfly
SEQ Catchments and ENERGEX have announced a major commitment to help preserve the threatened Richmond birdwing butterfly, one of Australia’s largest and most spectacular native butterflies...more
Oil spill focus at coastal conference
Coastal management has been thrown into sharp focus following the devastating oil spill on the coast of south east Queensland in early March, and in an Australia first Clive Cook, the Department of Environment and Resource Management’s Senior Director – Conservation, Strategy and Planning will discuss the environmental recovery phase as one of the keynote speakers at a coastal conference on the Gold Coast in May...more
Southern Gulf Catchments
Members of the Southern Gulf Catchments approve a new Chairperson
At the Annual General Meeting held in Mount Isa on 14 March Southern Gulf members approved the appointment of Alison Bohannan as the incoming Chair. Alison replaced Paul Warren who had served for four years...more
Last updated 05 May 2009