Upper Murrumbidgee

Having received some good interest from people at the workshop in Bungendore on 1 December, particularly from around Carwoola - Captain's Flat - Hoskinstown, the project team is now planning to hold the first MLC workshop in this area.

The details for the workshop are not yet finalised, but at this stage expect a 1-day workshop in the Captains Flat valley (ideally on the property of an interested landholder) in late April or early May. The workshop will help land managers to get a better understanding of native vegetation on their property, and also to look at managing it in the context of its connectivity to surrounding patches, through aerial photos and maps (which we will provide for all attendees) of native vegetation types across the landscape around their individual properties. There will also be sessions on Indigenous land management principles, and how people can begin to apply these on their property, if they are interested.

Interested in learning more about herbicide application?

Are you a landholder in the ACT or in the Googong or Upper Murrumbidgee catchments south of the ACT?

Are you working with herbicides as a Park Carer/landcarer in the ACT or in the Googong or Upper Murrumbidgee catchments south of the ACT? If you fall into any of these categories and want to upgrade your chemical application skills, ensure your machinery is working correctly, enable up to date records and gain accreditation or reaccreditation then read on.

Venue to be confirmed (RSVP by Friday 17th February)

(The location of this field day will depend on the locale of the majority of the particpants.)

Cost: $20 per person

Fenner School Public Seminar Series

Forestry Lecture Theatre (Bld 48)

Safe drinking water through Source Water Protection in the ACT

Lara Odell

Abstract:

Ensuring that the water which enters our treatment plants is of as high a quality as possible is recognised in the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines as an important step in the provision of drinking water. The ACT's drinking water is drawn from several different catchments, both within and outside the Territory's borders, encompassing a wide range of different land uses.

The Murrumbidgee Catchment Management Authority (CMA) is inviting Request for Offers from suitably qualified providers for the delivery of the following activity:

Production of a plan to guide actions to improve water quality in the Upper Murrumbidgee River catchment.

A workshop for primary producers and land managers in the Upper Murrumbidgee presented by Industry and Investment NSW in association with ACT Land Management and Planning.

Venue: Namadgi National Park Visitor Centre, Naas Road, Tharwa ACT.

The workshop presents information on:

Rural lifestyle landowners occupy peri-urban areas—the non-urban landscape close to urban or regional centres. These landowners do not derive their living directly from their properties as they have chosen these locations essentially for lifestyle purposes. Because the rural lifestyle is increasingly popular, the landowners are key stakeholders in future landscape management.

UMCCC FORUM 2010

Friday 29 October 8.30am-4.30pm

The Common Room

University House, ANU

Interested in how the Upper Murrumbidgee catchment is managed?

• Ever thought what the catchment actually means to you and what values it embodies?

High profile speakers at the UMCCC Forum on Friday October 29th have been asked to address this question

Join Sarah Ryan ACT NRM Chair and Lee O'Brien Murrumbidgee CMA Chair at the launch of three long awaited UMCCC publications:

Look After Your Natural Assets (3rd Edition)

Willow Management - A Strategy for the Upper Murrumbidgee Catchment

Peri-urban Weed Management Study

Where: Queanbeyan Conference Centre, 253 Crawford St Queanbeyan
When: 11 am
11 August 2010, followed by lunch

RSVP to Pauline Carder, UMCCC Coordinator
Phone: 6207 2999
Email: pauline.carder@act.gov.au

Key Presenter: Sam Archer - Livestock producer & Biodiversity farmer, (MLA Nuffield Scholar 2008)

Venue: Centennial Park, Bredbo Village.

What you can enjoy …

• Visit farming, industry and community group stalls
• Learn how to achieve profits while enriching landscape health
• Info & talks on land management, weeds, trees, grasses, birds




• Learn how to train a sheep dog pup
• Visit Bush Heritage Australia’s “Scottsdale” property
• Enjoy good food and music
• Lots for the kids