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 …
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 …
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 …
On Sunday 4th December Southern ACT Catchment Group in collaboration with Landcare ACT’s Wellbeing through Nature program wrapped up a series of dam restoration plantings spread across seven dams and five properties in total. The focus of these events was to demonstrate the mutual benefits of caring for our environment, …
On Saturday (26th of November), Southern ACT Catchment Group, with assistance from the ACT Government under the 2021-2022 ACT Environment Grant Program, conducted the first of 4 weeds workshops to assist Landcarers in our member groups identify and tackle weeds in their patch. Simon Lang from Willow and Environmental Management …
Southern ACT Catchment group, along with Rivers of Carbon, Landcare ACT’s Wellbeing Program and local landholders, have been working all through August and September with dam and river restoration plantings. These projects were supported by ACT NRM with funding from the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund. We would like to …
The view from Coordinator’s desk A big focus for Waterwatch in winter is the annual Platypus Month surveys run during August. Numbers of sightings were down this year at all monitoring points. High flows (look at the rainfall graph for August!) around all catchments are a likely cause. Burrow bound …
The ACT Landcare Awards were held on March 10th 2022, at Gold Creek Station, Hall. Outstanding contributions of individuals, schools, groups and organisations in caring for the land and water in the ACT region were recognised and celebrated. Landcare ACT received 37 nominations in 11 categories. The winners will go forward …
The end of the year is approaching and we want to thank every landcare volunteer for their hard work, resilience and continued love for looking after their local environment and building the landcare community here in Southern ACT over 2021. From all the staff at Southern ACT Catchment Group- wishing …
Exerpt from Canberra Weekly Article: “Environmental volunteer groups will receive $3.5 million from the ACT Government over the next four years to help them maintain and improve Canberra’s iconic landscape, Environment Minister Rebecca Vassarotti revealed ahead of the 2021-22 Budget being handed down on 6 October. The Southern ACT and Ginninderra Catchment Groups and the Molonglo …
