TSG survey Glycine latrobeana count (Clover Glycine)… Read the rest
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Halls Gap Wildflower & Art Show
*October 5 – 9* Halls Gap Wildflower & Art Show including Threatened Flora Display.
Contact: Anne Dempster 5356 4426… Read the rest
New Committe Formed at AGM
*President: Stan Parfett*
Vice-president: Proo Pyke
Secretary: Kathy McDonald
Treasurer: Dot Hoffmann
Newsletter: Margo Sietsma
Committee:
* Mabel and Jan Bert Brouwer
* Ben and Leigh Gunn
* Ewen Johnson
* David Fletcher
* and anyone else that wants to be!… Read the rest
10am – Annual General Meeting
AGM(Annual General Meeting) and Red Gum walk inspection (BYO lunch).
We have applied for a community grant to help us restore the walk. By September we should know if we have been successful, and we can start making some plans. It is also time for our AGM.
Please try to come along. Maybe we might attract some new members to our committee!… Read the rest
Threatened Species Group – Small-leaf Wax-flower
TSG excursion to search for _Philotheca difformis subsp difformis_ Small-leaf Wax-flower. Meet either at Brambuk at 9:30am or the Beehive Falls car park at 10am. Please RSVP to Sylvia on 5361 4001 by Monday 17th September if you plan to attend.
We will be searching in the Bee Hive Falls to Briggs Bluff area, and it is quite a rough steep climb up from Bee Hive Falls so sturdy footwear please.… Read the rest
Brush tailed rock wallaby community action group
Meeting to discuss the community action group at 2 pm on Saturday 8th September at the Mural Room at the Parks Victoria offices at Halls Gap. Please contact Tony Corrigan on 5361 4021 if you are interested in attending.
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10am – Fungi and Orchid Frolic
An exploration on private property on the western side of the Park. We will probably be missing the wonderful expert knowledge of Dave Munro, but we may be lucky and he and Lyn can come after all. They have moved some distance away, so we wish them all the best in their new home, and hope that health permits them to join us from time to time.
Contact Ewen Johnson Lot 4 Samuels Rd Wartook. Ph 5383 6294 if you plan to attend (soup for lunch will be provided). … Read the rest
4pm – Weed Spotter Training
Community Weed Spotter Training in the Mural room at Brambuk . (Not a FOGGS activity, but one we feel is most important). Weed Spotters assist the Victorian Government through the Weed Alert program by keeping an eye open for and reporting new and emerging Weed Alert species. The Department of Primary Industries is holding an introductory information session at Halls Gap.
The session will provide information on:
* the role and importance of Weed Spotters
* what weeds to look for
* basic weed identification
* how to report suspected new weed infestations.
To register for this session please contact Chris Malins at DPI on 5362 0787.… Read the rest
Brush tailed rock wallaby community action group
Following the successful launch of the Brush tailed rock wallaby (BTRW) holding facility at Dunkeld last December Barry Clugston and Tony Corrigan have been considering ways for interested people to become involved with the brush tailed rock wallaby recovery project.
A number of individuals have expressed an interest in being more involved in the project and as a result of that interest it is proposed that a community based action group be formed.
Such a group could have a number of functions, some suggestions are:
* Raise awareness of the plight of the species and the efforts to conserve it. This program has very broad benefits for the ecological communities in BTRW habitat – for example the control of foxes has shown to have extensive benefits for small native mammal populations and fire management regimes that benefit BTRWs can also be used to conserve landscape values.
* Raise awareness of … Read the rest
VEAC Draft Proposal for River Red Gum Forests
The Victorian Environmental Assessment Council recently released for public comment its draft proposals for future conservation and use of public land in the River Red Gum Forests area. VEAC has been investigating the River Red Gum Forests since April 2005 across an area in the Murray River corridor from Lake Hume to the South Australian border.
The draft proposals include five new national parks (Barmah, Gunbower, Lower Goulburn, Warby Range-Ovens River, Leaghur-Koorangie and a significant addition to Murray-Sunset) and five new regional or other parks. It is proposed that the Murray River Reserve and a number of existing regional parks including Echuca, Tocumwal, Cobram, Yarrawonga and Wodonga be consolidated into a new Murray River Park. The total area of national and state parks is proposed to increase from 62,000 hectares to 152,000 hectares. There are also significant proposals for increasing the environmental water allocation along the Murray, increasing Indigenous involvement … Read the rest