African Love Grass

African Love Grass factsheet African love grass is a significant weed. It has spread rapidly and has the potential to invade the whole of south eastern Australia.

A factsheet prepared for the agricultural industry using 3D weed principles: Deliberation, Diversity and Diligence.

Training

Training

Don’t be a Drifter Herbicide use workshop

Date: 
18 Feb 2012 - 9:00am - 19 Feb 2012 - 4:00pm

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.

Equiculture Seminar 21 November 2011 from 5:30pm

Date: 
21 Nov 2011 - 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Jane Myers MSc (Equine Science) will present an evening seminar for horse owners on the subject of managing horses on horse properties. This seminar will be aimed at people who agist their horse and horse agistment property owners. It will also be of interest to people who are planning to buy land for horse-keeping in the future. Please see the attached flyer for venue & RSVP information.

Building Soil Carbon Workshop

Date: 
27 Mar 2011 - 9:00am - 4:00pm

If you are a land manager or primary producer with an interest in building soil carbon as a way of managing the effects of climate change, you should come along to workshops being run by the Organic Federation of Australia and supported by the ACT Regional Landcare Facilitator Initiative and the ACT Natural Resource Management Council. Besides building soil carbon, the workshop also deals with "best practice" methods to mitigate the effects of climate change.

Paddock Plants Field Day, Numeralla

Date: 
12 Nov 2010 - 10:00am - 1:00pm

Paddock Plants

Make the most from your farm or small property enterprise

PADDOCK PLANTS

Friday 12th November 2010

at ‘Bindaree’, Numeralla

A practical, hands‐on field day to answer your questions about:

    • Identifying which plants are useful and which plants are weeds
    • Distinguishing between native and introduced grasses
    • Understanding what plants tell you about paddocks and landscapes

Cost: FREE

Catering: Morning tea will be provided

Paddock Plants Field Day, Tharwa

Date: 
11 Nov 2010 - 10:00am - 1:00pm

Paddock Plants

Make the most from your farm or small property enterprise

PADDOCK PLANTS

Thursday 11th November 2010

at ‘Castle Hill’, Tharwa

A practical, hands‐on field day to answer your questions about:

    • Identifying which plants are useful and which plants are weeds
    • Distinguishing between native and introduced grasses
    • Understanding what plants tell you about paddocks and landscapes

Cost: FREE

Catering: Morning tea will be provided

Grassland Information & Identification Day

Date: 
27 Nov 2010 - 9:00am - 4:30pm

Blue devil (photo by Stuart Cohen)Blue devil (photo by Stuart Cohen)Come and see some rare, vulnerable and endangered Flora and Fauna and a wide range of native grasses.

“Talking Fish” in the Murray-Darling Basin

Date: 
5 Oct 2010 - 5:00pm


How long have you been fishing in Murrumbidgee?

Do you have stories about the ‘big ones’ or ‘the ones that got away’?

We are looking for people who have a current or past connection with Murrumbidgee River & surrounds.

Come along to hear a presentation about our “Talking Fish” project, meet the historians, and share your photographs and memories with us!

Frog Call Identification Evening - Kambah

Date: 
28 Jul 2010 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Frog Call Evening 3
Venue: Lions Youth Haven Functions Room - Kambah Pool Road
RSVP: By 21 July - Southern ACT Catchment Group - waterwatch@sactcg.org.au or 6296 6400

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Frog Call Identification Evening - Belconnen

Date: 
27 Jul 2010 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Frog Call Evening 2
Venue: Belconnen Library - 12 Chandler St, Belconnen
RSVP: By 20 July - Ginninderra Catchment Group - frogwatch@ginninderralandcare.org.au or 6278 3309

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Frog Call Identification Evening - Queanbeyan

Date: 
22 Jul 2010 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Frog Call Evening 1
Queanbeyan TAFE, Cnr Buttle and Macquoid Sts
RSVP: By 15 July - Molonglo Catchment Group coordinator@molonglocatchment.com.au or 6299 2119

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Fact sheet topic 1


Wetlands fact sheet

Unearthing wetlands of the upper Murrumbidgee

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Fact sheet topic 2


Drought fact sheet

Living with drought for small rural blocks in the upper Murrumbidgee

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Fact sheet topic 3


Groundwater fact sheet

Groundwater in the upper Murrumbidgee - understanding your bore

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