PROJECTS
Title: Bicentennial Park Wildflower and Orchid Protection
Funding: NHT Bushcare Program
Year: 1998-1999
Description: The objectives of project are to raise public awareness of sustainable land management and the importance of biodiversity through community consultation; to focus attention on grassland and wildflower community, promoting their presence by preparing a flowering calendar and establishing a (natural) heritage walk/trail.
Title: Native Fish Restocking of the Queanbeyan River
Funding: NHT NRM Program
Year: 2002/03
Description: Assist Queanbeyan City Council with the next round of funding for their Native Fish Stocking Program of the Queanbeyan River. Landcare encourages this program as it aims to reintroduce and monitor native fish stock biodiversity in the river. This program has been running since 1998 with two formal Fish Monitoring Surveys already taken place and 25000 Native fish have been released. The recommendation from the last monitoring survey suggested that a further 5000 Murray Cod to be stocked in 2003 - 2004 this is what the funding application will be used for.
Title: Gale Precinct Rehabilitation and Reinvigorating Queanbeyan Landcare
Funding: NHT NRM Program
Year: 2004/2005
Description: This Interim Gale Precinct Management Committee project will collect native grass understorey and tree seeds for direct seeding rip 6km of hard packed dirt roads and tracks which will be direct seeded and divert water from numerous nick points to halt erosion. The project will commence eradicating weeds and will attempt to reinvigorate the membership of Queanbeyan Landcare.
Title: Landcare Walk brochures
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Description: Contributed to the development of self-guided Landcare Walk brochures produced by Queanbeyan Council
Title: "Pull a Privet" weed removal incentive project
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Description: "Pull a Privet" weed removal incentive project at the nursery, with Queanbeyan City Council and in recent years, co-sponsoring 6-monthly weed swaps with Queanbeyan Council
Title: River rehabilitation projects
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Description: played key roles in rehabilitation projects such as Buttles Creek, Barracks Flats Creek and sections of the Queanbeyan River, in association with Greencorps teams and Queanbeyan City Council
Title: Glebe Park Outdoor Classroom
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Description: Nature Park and Outdoor Classroom at Glebe Park in Thorpe Ave on the Queanbeyan River, together with Friends of Glebe Park and Queanbeyan Council.
Title: Bicentennial Park project
Funding:
Year: mid 1990s
Description: Calendar signs, pamphlet for walking and interpretation track in Bicentennial Park
Title: Radio Landcare Show
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Year: 1995 - present
Description: running QBNFM Radio 96.7 Radio Landcare Show on every Sunday morning 8-9am
Title: Leading urban landcare and heritage walks
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Title: Olympic Landcare Project
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Year: 2000
Description: Project below Marco Polo Club, adjacent to bikeway and stormwater system
Title: Barrer Reserve management
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Description: Managing the 2-ha Threatened legless lizard Aprasia parapulchella reserve in River Drive, Fairlane Estate, dedicated to the late Dr. Peter Barrer
Title: Native grasslands weed control
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Year: 2008-2009
Description: Brokering shared funding for weed control on privately owned, high conservation value native grasslands
