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What's happening in our region :
- Burdekin Solutions Ltd AGM, 26 November
- Serpentine Lagoon Field Day, 29 November -
Postponed
- New Community Support and Engagement
Facilitator
- Burdekin Solutions Annual Report 2006-2007 Out
Now
- BDTNRM Water Quality Monitoring On-line Collaboration Space
workshop, 21 November
- $500,000 from Envirofund
- ‘Hotspur’, a Desert Uplands Project with
Qantas and Landcare Queensland
- AgForward Workshops
- SIPS Evaluation Report
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Burdekin Solutions Ltd AGM, 26 November
The AGM will commence at 10.00am in the Board Room at
BDTNRM’s offices at 2 McIlwraith Street, South Townsville.
All members and other interested parties are welcome to attend.
Refreshments will be served at 9.30am, and tours of the new
premises will also be available prior to the meeting. To register
interest, contact Gloria MacDonald on 4724 3544, or gloria.macdonald@bdtnrm.org.au.
Serpentine Lagoon Field Day, 29 November –
Postponed
Information day to review and discuss removal of the woody weed
chinee apple (Ziziphus mauritiana) at Serpentine Lagoon has been
postponed.
Find out more about this current BDTMRN project at: www.bdtnrm.org.au/projects/serp3003.html
For further information, contact Diana O’Donnell on 4724 3544
or diana.odonnell@bdtnrm.org.au
New Community Support and Engagement
Facilitator
Ann Doak is our new Community Support and
Engagement Facilitator based in Charters Towers. Ann has a
community engagement and extension background with pest animal,
cane, and grazing experience. Ann will start on 19 November, mainly
in the Townsville office until Christmas, and then at Charters
Towers.
Burdekin Solutions Annual Report 2006-2007 Out
Now
BDTNRM and eWater CRC will host this invitation-only workshop to
evaluate the development of an On-Line Collaboration Space (OLCS)
for community, industry, research organisations, government and
BDTNRM staff involved in water quality monitoring in our region.
This workshop is one outcome of the Water Quality Monitoring
Link-Up forum held in September, at which BDTNRM actively
encouraged greater collaboration between all groups involved in
monitoring our region's waterways.
BDTNRM Water Quality Monitoring On-line Collaboration
Space workshop, 21 November
BDTNRM and eWater CRC will host this invitation-only workshop to
evaluate the development of an On-Line Collaboration Space (OLCS)
for community, industry, research organisations, government and
BDTNRM staff involved in water quality monitoring in our region.
This workshop is one outcome of the Water Quality Monitoring
Link-Up forum held in September, at which BDTNRM actively
encouraged greater collaboration between all groups involved in
monitoring our region's waterways.
$500,000 from Envirofund
The Australian Government Envirofund (Rounds 9 and 10, Natural
Heritage Trust funding) has just approved over $500,000 for the
Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM Region. The range of successful projects
include biodiversity, water quality, coastal and marine, vegetation
management, and community awareness and education projects. For
more information regarding the successful projects in the Burdekin
Dry Tropics NRM region visit: www.nht.gov.au/envirofund
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BDTNRM Out and About
The Regional Groups Collective (representing all 14 NRM bodies
across Queensland) had its annual meeting in Brisbane this week.
Bob Frazer, Orlanda Endicott, Deb Cavanagh and
Doug Willis attended to discuss strategic
directions for NHT3.
Soil Health workshops were held at Clermont, Kilcunnin and
Bowen, with Gale Duell, Amanda Laurie and
Peter Artfhofer delivering these.
The Bowen Broken Bogie Project was launched at Clermont,
Kilcunnin and Bowen with Gale Duell, Amanda Laurie
and Peter Artfhofer.
Rachel Allen and Leonie
Maddigan conducted a condition assessment of the site at
Horseshoe Bay for the Beach Scrub Project.
Neil Pemberton-Ovens attended the Lantana field
day in Atherton on 13 November.
On 16 November Bob Frazer, Gale Duell, Amanda
Laurie and Doug Willis attended the
Dalrymple Landcare Committee AGM at Charters Towers.
What's On
For more details go to: www.bdtnrm.org.au/news/on/
November
16: Nominations close for
the McKell Medal
20: CHRRUP Board
Meeting
21: BDTNRM Water Quality
Monitoring On-line Collaboration Space workshop
26: Burdekin Solutions Ltd AGM
26: Waterwatch
Conference, Canberra
26: ‘A Climate
for Change’, ALGA National General Assembly, Darwin
28-30: International
Association of Facilitators
30: Clean Beach Challenge
Awards
30 - 3 Dec: Ecology
and Health: People & Places in a Changing World,
The Asia Pacific EcoHealth Conference, Melbourne
December
5: International
Volunteer Day
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‘Hotspur’, a Desert Uplands Project with
Qantas and Landcare Queensland
Michael McKay received a grant from Qantas and Landcare
Queensland through the Desert Uplands Advancing On-Ground Nature
Conservation Project, which encourages nature conservation by
funding activities which protect native vegetation, habitat and
wildlife on working properties.
He has fenced off over 4 kilometres of Rosedale Creek and a number
of clay pan areas to reduce soil erosion and assist with
revegetation on his 3280 hectare property ‘Hotspur’.
This included clearing the fence line by hand, and building fences
where slopes were not so steep to allow the fenced off area to
re-generate and which also helps reduce soil erosion along the
creek.
For more information contact the Desert Uplands Committee office on
1800 007 807
Michael McKay stands next to a section of Rosedale Creek now
fenced off
AgForward Workshops
Dates and locations of GPS Essentials Workshops for late
2007:
- 27
November
Alpha
- 28
November
Aramac
- 6
December
Hughenden
- 5
December
Prairie
- 4
December
Belyando Crossing (Bookings for
this workshop are Full)
AgForward is currently scheduling workshops for 2008 and will
recommence rolling out workshops in vegetation management, computer
mapping, GPS Essentials and Forest Management (AgForest) from March
2008.
For further information or to book, contact Bree Robertson on
(07) 3238 6039
SIPS Evaluation Report
Commissioned by the Department of Natural Resources and Water
and conducted by the UniQuest Evaluation Team, the report
evaluates:
- the SIPs (state-level investment programs) initiative as a
whole
- each of the five thematic suites that comprise the whole
initiative
- each of the 44 projects that make up the five suites.
It presents the success factors, the barriers and how these were
overcome, and evidence of practice change in relation to each SIP
suite. Methods used were an on-line survey, interviews of key
personnel and investigation of four case studies. For more
information, go to
www.regionalnrm.qld.gov.au/research_sips/state_evaluations/relevance_value_sips.html
For more information on the events above and more, go to
www.bdtnrm.org.au/news/on/index.html
This edition as well as past Burdekin Bites can be found on our
website:
www.bdtnrm.org.au/news/burdekinbites/index.html
Burdekin Bites is produced by BDTNRM, compiled and edited
by Kim Pritchard and Deborah Cavanagh.
We welcome your comments, ideas and contributions for future
e-bulletins.
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