ACT Natural Resource Management Council

A partnership between ACT communities and the ACT and Australian Governments

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NRM projects supported by the Council

More than 30 natural resource management projects are underway in the ACT. They are funded by both Australian and ACT governments and partner organisations, and supported by the ACT Natural Resource Management Council.

Projects include

Collecting local native seeds, and germinating and planting them in areas where native vegetation was lost to the 2003 bushfires (Greening Australia)
Planting trees in the Lower Cotter River Catchment to replace those lost in the 2003 fires (Greening Australia)
Rehabilitating subalpine sphagnum bogs damaged in the 2003 fires (Parks, Conservation and Lands)
Conducting research to help save threatened species (e.g. the Macquarie perch) (Parks, Conservation and Lands)
Breeding and releasing the critically endangered corroboree frog (Parks Conservation and Lands)
Supporting community monitoring of frog species and water quality in ACT streams (ACT Government and catchment groups)
Controlling feral pigs in bushlands (Parks, Conservation and Lands)
Protecting precious grassland and woodlands near new suburbs on Canberra’s urban fringe (Australian National University, CSIRO, Conservation Council)
Researching how the ACT’s urban landscapes behave as ecosystems, to help develop tools to make these landscapes more sustainable at a neighbourhood scale (CSIRO)
Establishing a community nursery network using plants of local provenance (Billabong Aboriginal Corporation)

Council Communiqué

After each meeting the Council reports to the ACT community on its activities and deliberations.

Council last met on 1 June 2010 and some of the issues discussed included:

Welcoming the ACT and Region Catchment and Landcare Association as an observer

ACT Review of Nature Conservation Strategy and Nature Conservation Act 1980

Presentation on Investment Framework for Environmental Resources

NRM Regions Chairs Forum and Knowledge Sharing Conference Darwin April 2010

ACT Environment Grants Assessment Panel arrangements

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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

The 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

The Southern ACT Catchment Group operates in the southern areas of the ACT covering Woden, Weston Creek, Tuggeranong, Tharwa, Tidbinbilla and Namadgi national parks, and the rural leases.

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