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A listing of community & environmental events across the ACT, including in your local area.

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ACT NRM Plan Plan for managing the natural resources of the ACT

This plan has been compiled by the ACT Natural Resource Management Council in partnership with the ACT scientific and natural resource management communities, and ACT and Australian governments.
The ACT NRM Council works with the ACT and Australian governments to deliver national natural resource management funding programs in the ACT. The Council is a non-statutory advisory committee to the Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development. The Council's operations are supported by the Australian Government's Caring for our Country Initiative and ACT Government complementary funding.

ACT Weeds of National Significance Grants Program

Date: 
2 February 2012 - 9:00am

The ACT Natural Resource Management (NRM) Council, with support from the Australian Government’s Caring for our Country (CFOC) program, is making $330,000 available for targeted control of Weeds of National Significance (WONS) within the ACT.

Council Site Inspection Tour

On Friday 25 November 2011, the Council hosted a site tour of projects being undertaken with investment from the Australian Government's Caring for our Countriy intitiative.  The Council was accompanied by representatives of the Australian Government's Land and Coasts group and the ACT Government Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate.

Yurung Dhaura Caring for the Cotter Catchment Project


Caring for our Country Regional Investment: Restoration of Sub-Alpine Sphagnum Peat Bogs


Photo: D Whitfield
Sub-alpine Sphagnum bogs are found on the higher altitudes of the Australian Alps and Tasmania. They form a highly specialised habitat that makes up only a small fraction of the landscape of south-eastern Australia.

Caring for our Country Regional Investment: Incentives for Biodiversity Conservation on Rural and Broad Acre Land in the ACT

 
Photo:  Greening Australia Capital Region

Tools and Methods for Monitoring and Evaluating in NRM

Date: 
29 November 2011 - 8:30am

Criterion is once again running a workshop on NRM and on this occasion on the important topic of monitoring and evaluation NRM investment activities.  The Forum is being held at Citigate Central in Sydney. 

Speakers include local Upper Murrumbidgee Waterwatch Facilitator, Tanya Rucosky Noakes.


For further information www.nrmoutcomes.com

Minister Ludwig announces appointments to Australian Landcare Council

Media Release 7 October 2010 Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Joe Ludwig, today announced the appointment of 16 new members to the Australian Landcare Council.

The Council is the Australian Government’s key advisory body on Landcare. “The Gillard Government is committed to supporting the Landcare community, which has been protecting and restoring Australia’s environment and improving the landscape for farmers for the past 20 years,”

Minister Ludwig said. “The appointment of 16 outstanding individuals with demonstrated commitment to their local environment and communities will strengthen Landcare.”

ACT NRM Council Meeting

Date: 
21 February 2012 - 10:30am

The Council convenes every two months for its regular meeting.  Council's final meeting for 2011 was held on Tuesday, 6 December 2011.


The first Council meeting for 2012 will be held on 21 February 2012.

Publications


 

ACT NRM Council, ACT Department of Education and Training, ACT Department of Environment, Climate Change, Energy and Water Understanding the Land through the Eyes of the Ngunnawal People May 2010

Controlling Serrated Tussock now easier for southern ACT landholders

Controlling one of southern Australia’s worst introduced grassland weeds just got easier for Southern ACT landholders. With a $5000 grant provided by the Australian Government through the ACT Natural Resources Management Council, the Southern ACT Catchment Group has purchased a heavy-duty trailer for use in transporting spray equipment by landholders in the Lanyon bowl area in southern ACT, for serrated tussock control.


ACT Land Keepers

 


The ACT Land Keepers


The ACT Land Keepers project was the winner of the Land and Biodiveristy Award in the 2009 Banksia Awards.


ACT Land Keepers is funded by the ACT and Australian Governments through the Caring for our Country Initiative and delivered by Greening Australian Capital Region.  ACT Land Keepers is a strong and effective partnership between government, community and science to achive results at the landscape scale.



Photo: Greening Australia Capital Region

The Project is delivered through 3 sub-projects:



  • Biodiversity Incentives - working with landholders to achieve on-ground conservation work on rural and non-urban land; 
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Molonglo Catchment Group

Molonglo Catchment Group The Molonglo Catchment Group works largely in NSW and covers the catchments of the Molonglo and Queanbeyan Rivers, Jerrabomberra Creek and the urban areas of inner Canberra and Queanbeyan.

Ginninderra Catchment Group

Ginninderra Catchment GroupThe Ginninderra Catchment Group works in the urban areas of Belconnen, West Belconnen, Hall, Gunghalin, and the rural areas and nature reserves of the Ginninderra Creek catchment.

Southern ACT Catchment Group

Southern ACT Catchment Group The Southern ACT Catchment Group operates in the southern areas of the ACT covering Woden, Weston Creek, Tuggeranong, Tharwa, Tidbinbilla, the Cotter Road, Namadgi National Park and related rural areas.
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