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




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

Planning conservation to achieving restoration

A conference for everyone involved in conserving Australia’s unique flora and native vegetation

28 September to 1 October 2010, Perth WA

This conference is for practitioners, researchers, governments, community groups, non-government organisations and anyone else interested in plant conservation. We aim to provide updates on the latest, most relevant information, and opportunities to link up with other people working to conserve our native flora.

Landcarers across NSW will be encouraged to become "citizen scientists" with ClimateWatch.

Australia's biggest community tree planting event, National Tree Day, will be held on 1 August 2010.

Schools Tree Day will be held on 30 July 2010.

As in previous years, a number of Landcare groups will be taking part. For more information, including finding the nearest tree planting site and to register your own site:

» Planet Ark's National Tree Day

UMCCC has written to Actew to comment on the recent draft PER. If you would like a copy of the letter sent to you, please contact Pauline Carder on 6207 2999 or pauline.carder@act.gov.au

The Serrated Tussock Working Party for NSW and ACT, in partnership with Mid-Western Regional Council, has been successful in securing funding under the Noxious Weeds Grants to employ a project officer to lead a coordinated effort against this highly invasive weed.

The project is the first stage in a 5 year plan to coordinate better district and regional programs so that control efforts increase in their effectiveness and there is a decrease in the impact of serrated tussock.

The draft Australian Framework for Landcare has been released and is available at http://www.daff.gov.au/natural-resources/landcare/the_australian_landcare_framework.

Feedback from the community is welcome.  The final date for providing feedback is the 30th July 2010.