Summary of forthcoming events over the next two weeks:
29 June: Nominations close, Queensland Smart Women - Smart State Awards
29 June: Nominations close, Queensland Landcare Awards
29 June: BBIFMAC General Meeting, 9.30am to 12.00noon
30 June: Last day, “Old Phones, New Trees” campaign
30 June: Closing date for applications for Nuffield Scholarship
04 July: Online applications close, Community Water Grants Round 3
06-08 July: Country Week Expo
8-15 July: NAIDOC: 50 years: Looking Forward, Looking Blak
10 July: The Biodiversity Extinction Crisis-A Pacific Response conference
10 July: The Biodiversity Extinction Crisis – An Australasian and Pacific Response Conference
10 July: Burdekin Bridge 50th Anniversary Celebrations
11 July: LGAQ 5th Annual Environment Conference "Local Government – meeting the environmental challenge"
12 July: Early registration closes, Inaugural Queensland Coastal Conference
16 July: Applications close for AgFund
20 July: Closing Date: Coastal Management Plan Funding Applications

Recent additions to our “What’s On” web page:
30 June: Early bird registration closes for Landcare conference
17-19 July: Ag-Force State Conference, Goondiwindi
6 July: BBIFMAC General Meeting, Brandon Landcare Centre - NEW DATE
6 July: Enrolments close for Semester 1, Rangeland Management programs
3-5 July: Healthy Soils Symposium
12 July: Nominations close, BDTNRM sponsorships to Queensland Landcare Conference, Mackay
12 August: Standard registrations close for Landcare conference, 22 - 25 August, Mackay

For more information on the events above and more, go to www.bdtnrm.org.au/news/on/index.html

1. BDTNRM sponsorships to attend the 18 ^th Queensland Landcare Conference, Mackay
2. BDTNRM Out and About
3. BDTNRM’s Annual Performance Report
4. Pilot online training program
5. Sustainable House Project – north of Brisbane
6. Added to our Government web links page
7. Queensland's Nature Refuge Program
8. Added to our Non-Government web links page
9. New book
10. Water, Environment & Climate Update
11. Community Infrastructure Ideas Register
12. Proposed Shute Harbour Marina Development

BDTNRM sponsorships to attend the 18 ^th Queensland Landcare Conference, Mackay

BDTNRM has approved $4000 for 5 Landcare members to attend the 18 ^th Annual Queensland Landcare Conference, in Mackay from 22 – 25 August.

Open to Landcare and other community NRM group members within the Burdekin Dry Tropics region, this year’s sponsorship program will pay full conference registration and four night’s accommodation in individual fully self contained cabins with ensuites at Andergrove Caravan Park for five Landcare members. Confirmation of an applicant’s membership of a Landcare/community NRM group must be made by a relevant Committee Member (on the application form or separately by email or telephone).

Preference will be given to those not previously sponsored by BDTNRM, but all interested persons are encouraged to apply. Selection will be made by ballot and, unless the sponsorship program is not fully subscribed, there will be only one person from any single group. Successful applicants will be notified on Friday 13 July. For more details and application form, go to www.bdtnrm.org.au

For any enquiries, or to confirm an applicant’s membership of a group, contact BDTNRM’s Regional Landcare Facilitator, Gale Duell, on 47243544 or 0427 779 855, or email gale.duell@bdtnrm.org.au

BDTNRM Out and About

• A Biodiversity Adaptive Management Group forum will be held in Townsville on August 8 ^th .
• BDTNRM will be sharing a tent with Landcare at the Ayr Show is on the 28 and 29 June.
• Jenni Edmonds will be attending an Industry and Engagement Workshop.
• Dave Scheltinga gave a presentation to BDTNRM staff about Queensland trialing estuarine, coastal and marine resource condition indicators on the 18th June. Dr Scheltinga also spoke at the Queensland Community Based Waterway Monitoring Workshop last week.
• Chloe Schauble, our Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator, was thinking about NRM the other day, and sent us this quote from Steve Twomlow and Nina Lilja, "NRM is like jazz, or raising children: It requires constant improvisation and there is no single correct way of doing it".

BDTNRM’s Annual Performance Report

BDTNRM staff are currently very busy writing BDTNRM’s Annual Performance Report for the Joint Steering Committee for the period ending June 2007. The substance of this report will be available later in the year as part of the Burdekin Solutions 2006-2007 Annual Report.

Pilot online training program

Congratulations to John Woods of Lynd Landcare who was accepted into a pilot online training program specifically for mature age people living in rural areas remote from training opportunities. Delivered by River Murray Training from South Australia under the Inclusivity for Mature Age Workers project, the program focuses on MYOB, recordkeeping skills, OHS and Environmental Systems and was made possible through a grant from the Australian Flexible Learning Framework.

Sustainable House Project – north of Brisbane

Sustainable Insight is currently working on a new sustainable house project. The project will incorporate elements of passive solar design, permaculture, renewable energy and water recycling and be showcased to the public. You can keep up to date with progress through a monthly e-newsletter. Follow the link from our non-government web page: www.bdtnrm.org.au/links/nongovernment.html

Added to our Government web links page:

www.bdtnrm.org.au/links/government.html

• ClimateSmart Living
• Water for cities and homes

Queensland 's Nature Refuge Program

This program recently reached 242 nature refuges spanning 561,000 hectares of some of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. For more information, go to www.epa.qld.gov.au/nature_conservation/nature_refuges/

Added to our Non-Government web links page:

www.bdtnrm.org.au/links/nongovernment.html

• BeGreen
• Beyond Zero Emissions
• Earth Portal
• Encyclopedia of Life
• Sustainable Insight
• Sustained

New book

“Estuarine Ecohydrology” by Eric Wolanski, AIMS. Information is available at Elsevier Europe
www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/712546/description#description

Water, Environment & Climate Update

Farmers Info have added this weekly update to their newsletter services to provide you with the latest water, environment and climate information from a wide variety of sources. The inaugural issue includes articles on: a drip irrigation trial boosting pineapple production by 21 per cent; how a new fruit and vegetable washer reduces water use by 95%; urging community to take advantage of climate forums; an extra $500,000 in funding for water tank rebates; and CSIRO begins climate project with China.

The Farmers Info site can be found via our news links page: www.bdtnrm.org.au/news/links/index.html

Community Infrastructure Ideas Register

With a national infrastructure backlog in renewal work of $14.5 billion, over 300 proposals submitted by councils to this register reveal a grass-roots demand for the urgent renewal of community infrastructure around Australia. For more information, go to www.alga.asn.au .

Proposed Shute Harbour Marina Development

This document looks into the potential effects of the proposed Shute Harbour Development construction and operation (marina, resort hotel and residential community), and strategies to minimise its impact on the adjoining Great Barrier Reef Coast Marine Park, nearby fish habitat areas and coastal wetlands.
www.coordinatorgeneral.qld.gov.au/library/txt/mp_shute_harbour_marina_IAS.txt

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