Molonglo

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.

Queanbeyan Landcare have arranged a short stroll/walk on "The Poplars" grassland this coming Sunday, 20 November,  to view rich native wildflowers and woodlands.  This is private property, however, the Larcombe family has given permission for this.

Join Tanya Noakes for a guided walk deep in the wilds of urban Queanbeyan on a Platypus Spotting Walk on Saturday 3 September 2011.

Meet Tanya at the Q Performing Arts Centre, Queanbeyan for a 5pm start. No bookings required. 

The Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment, Dr Maxine Cooper, has invited community members to take part in the Investigation into the state of the water courses and catchments for Lake Burley Griffin

Terms of Reference: Investigate the state of the water courses and catchments for Lake Burley Griffin including:

This is the third of three field days being run by the Molonglo and Ginninderra Catchment Groups with Jane Myers on Managing Horses on Small Properties as a follow-up from our very popular seminars with Jane earlier in the year. The days are being run with the assistance of the Australian Government’s Caring for our Country and ActewAGL.

The field days are:

This is the second of three field days being run by the Molonglo and Ginninderra Catchment Groups with Jane Myers on Managing Horses on Small Properties as a follow-up from our very popular seminars with Jane earlier in the year. The days are being run with the assistance of the Australian Government’s Caring for our Country and ActewAGL.

The field days are:

The Molonglo and Ginninderra Catchment Groups will be running three field days with Jane Myers on Managing Horses on Small Properties as a follow-up from our very popular seminars with Jane earlier in the year. The days are being run with the assistance of the Australian Government’s Caring for our Country and ActewAGL.

The field days are:

Local ecologist Michael Doherty will be guiding a Tree Walk through various types of woodlands will culminate at the site with remnant snow gums on Mount Ainslie. You will learn to distinguish between eucalyptus species and find out how trees have adapted to environmental conditions such as soils, fire and drought.

The preparations for the National Tree Day 2010 have started and the first planting holes are dug. National Tree Day will be our main planting event as it was in the past two years. This year we will extend our 2009 work. We will be planting mainly shrubs (mid-storey vegetation) along the drainage line close to the Hackett reservoir and at the adjacent sites that we cleared from horehound. We will add some clumps of Silver Wattle and replace some of the tree seedlings that were damaged by grazing.

Working bee to prepare planting holes for the National Tree Day community planting and to remove horehound.