SACTCG

An environmentally aware catchment community that has the commitment, knowledge, skills and capacity to improve the health of our landscape.

Weeds of National Significance grants program

Submitted by Sally McIntosh on Thu, 03/11/2011 - 02:57
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2 Feb 2012 - 5:00pm

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.

Sustainable horse management on small properties – community field days

Submitted by Lynton Bond on Wed, 30/11/2011 - 22:16
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The Molonglo Catchment Group with local landcare groups have organised four community field days which provide valuable horse, pasture and weed management advice relevant to your property, to be presented by Jane Myers (expert on horse management) and Alison Elvin (local expert on weed and pasture management).

Don't love this grass!

Submitted by SACTCG on Fri, 05/08/2011 - 02:57
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African Lovegrass has been increasingly encroaching upon farmland, bushland, and roadsides throughout the ACT and southern NSW over the past three decades. South Australia and Victoria are similarly affected. There have been various studies and meetings to discuss the problem. On a local level African Lovegrass is included in the Australian Capital Territory’s Environmental Weed Control Operations Plan, but it continues to spread, particularly through the southern suburbs.

Catalyst

Submitted by Deb Kellock on Sat, 09/07/2011 - 04:59
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If you missed Catalyst on ABC1 television on Thurs 7 July 2011, there were 2 really interesting and relevant stories: one on research into soil nitrogen and weeds in the Grassy Box Woodlands of SE Australia, and one on freshwater crayfish.

The riot of life

Submitted by Deb Kellock on Wed, 22/06/2011 - 02:53

Here's a quote from Tim Flannery. He starts by talking about London plane trees growing in Sydney:

"I have never seen so much as a leaf chewed by an insect on any of them. Eucalypts, in contrast have between 6 to 40 per cent of their leaves damaged by insects. This very high percentage is testimony to the riot of life each eucalypt shelters. Thousands of insects are dependent upon them, which in turn support countless birds and mammals."

(from an essay reproduced in An Explorer's Notebook, by Tim Flannery).

Funding Opportunities

Submitted by SACTCG on Tue, 08/03/2011 - 05:32
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A list of funding opportunities available in the ACT and NSW has been compiled. Please send suggested additions and alterations to info@sactcg.org.au.


2011 Environment Grants Guide (PDF 334 KB)

Mobile QuikSpray Unit available to local landholders

Submitted by SACTCG on Mon, 14/02/2011 - 22:00
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Mobile QuikSpray Unit available The Southern ACT Catchment Group supported by an ACT Environment Grant has purchased a QuikSpray unit to assist landholders across the ACT to undertake weed control.

Living with Lovegrass

Submitted by SACTCG on Wed, 29/12/2010 - 04:00
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Lovegrass mix
Redgrass African lovegrass mix.

‘Living with Lovegrass’ a forum designed around learning from each other on how to manage African Lovegrass was held at the Namadgi Visitor Centre on Saturday 22nd May.

Around sixty people attended the forum and it was interesting to hear the range of views expressed about lovegrass. Some graziers expressed the view that lovegrass is here, cattle can use it, so perhaps we are better off devoting resources to Serrated Tussock. Others thought that lovegrass is potentially our worst environmental and agricultural weed species. Whatever the view there is no denying African lovegrass is a highly persistent, summer growing, perennial grass weed that is invading rural properties, urban parklands and roadsides and nature reserves across our region.

The World of Tidbinbilla

Submitted by SACTCG on Wed, 29/12/2010 - 03:13
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World of Tidbinbilla
The World of Tidbinbilla is a user-friendly guide to the beauty, the riches and the history of Tidbinbilla.

The guide was launched by the Minister for Environment, Simon Corbell on 9 October 2010 at Stage 88.

Action on the Ground grants - Carbon Farming Futures

Submitted by Nicole Maher on Tue, 13/12/2011 - 02:48
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8 Feb 2012 - 5:00pm

Clean Energy FuturesThe Guidelines for the first funding round of the Federal Government's Carbon Farming Futures program have just been released. Applications can be submitted for funding of up to $605,000, for projects to be carried our by 30 June 2015.

Funding through this Action on the Ground program is for projects that trial ot demonstrate agricultural greenhouse gas emission reductions or carbon sequestration.

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