Waterwatch Autumn 2024 Update
The view from Coordinator’s desk: Welcome to another Southern ACT Waterwatch Catchment Update. Last Autumn saw above average rain work its wonders on our waterways. As always there were were mixed blessings, with many waterways bearing the brunt of chronic catchment health issues such as high phosphorus diets, either from …
SACTCG Waterwatch Autumn 2024 Catchment Update
The view from Coordinator’s desk: Hi, Welcome to the first Southern ACT Waterwatch Catchment Update for 2024. Just in time for mid summer, 3 of our rivers, the Murrumbidgee, Cotter and Paddy’s were closed by the ACT Government to ‘primary contact’ (aka swimming) at various popular swimming spots due to …
SACTCG Waterwatch Summer 2024 Catchment Update
From the Coordinators Desk Hi, Welcome to Autumn team. We have 2 outings in one week to you socially engaged this month. On Wednesday 20th SACTCG is inviting you to our Quarterly Meeting. It will be on World Frog Day, so who better than AnkeMaria Hoefer to give a very …
SACTCG Waterwatch Spring 2023 Catchment Update
The view from Coordinator’s desk Here’s the belated update for last Spring. As usual it will be a bit bug-centric. October was our last month with below average rainfall and September was extremely dry. The reduced runoff since autumn was appreciated by critters in most of our waterways. Almost all …
SACTCG Waterwatch Winter 2023 Catchment Update
The view from Coordinator’s desk The wet years of La Nina oficially came to an end in March. Below are the monthly rainfall figures for last winter in case you’re in doubt. Some good news is the slower flows lend themselves to clearer rivers and the Waterwatch reports reflected this …
SACTCG Waterwatch Autumn 2023 Catchment Update
The view from Coordinator’s desk We launched the 2022 Catchment Health Indicators Program report on World Water day in March. If you have not had time to look at it yet head to this link . Many good folk joined me to see what the year would bring for little …
Hughes Tree-mendous Group
Who we are Tree-mendous Hughes Group are a group of Parkcare volunteers of all ages working in the park land running from the Federal Golf Course to Kent Street. We supported by the ACT Government and the Woden Valley Community Council. An Environment Plan was completed in March 2023 …
Southern ACT Catchment Group Celebrates its 20th birthday
On December 14th 2022 Southern ACT catchment group Celebrated its 20th Birthday. Over 75 hardworking volunteers, convenors, committee members and supporters throughout the Southern ACT Catchment attended the event at Section 57 in the Mawson Club. Throughout the evening speeches were made recognising the many efforts of our …