Author: Secretary
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Park visit – 27 June
When: Saturday, 27 June from 9:30 amWhere: Franke Scrub (see map on the park page) Our next Park Visit will be to Franke Scrub at Highfields. Franke Scrub is the most recent park to join with FEP and is a small area of only a few acres. It has a high bio-diversity level with 37 dry-rainforest tree…
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Park visit – Rainforest Gully
Our next Park visit on 11th April, and the first for the year, is to Rainforest Gully which is situated within the Picnic Point Parklands. Rainforest Gully is the most recent bushland park to be worked by FEP, and Deb and Michael have taken on the task of regeneration. It is1.5 hectares of remnant dry rainforest. It…
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Healthy Land and Water newsletter
Healthy Land & Water published their November Enviro News. Read the stories on the website. Healthy Land & Water | Enviro news and more November 2024
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Wildlife Qld bulletin
Talking Wildlife eBulletin 196 from Wildlife Queensland can be viewed online.
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Weed spotters November bulletin
The Weed Spotters Network Queensland is a citizen science collaboration between the Queensland Herbarium, the Department of Primary Industries (formerly the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries)and local governments with funding support from the Land Protection Fund. It produces a weed spotters bulletin on the latest activities of the network. The November 2024 edition is now available.
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Bush fires and biodiversity
An Australian article published in Nature related to the 2019-20 fires found greater biodiversity loss in areas subject to frequent burning. The ABC has published a story about the findings.
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Koala count
NOVEMBER is TOOWOOMBA REGION KOALA COUNT MONTH THIS SATURDAY, join like-minded KOALA LOVERS to find, observe and record WILD KOALA sightings around the Crows Nest township. We use the iNaturalist app for our koala observations – download to your mobile phone. https://www.inaturalist.org/…/toowoomba-region-koala…
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Parks Volunteer Support facilitator
Council are seeking a Parks Volunteer Support Facilitator. This is a full time position. The Parks Volunteer Support Facilitator position will be responsible for the strategic and operational support of volunteers and partnership groups operating in Council Parks and aims to effectively utilise volunteer support to the benefit of the community, Council and the environment.…
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Microforest survey
Microforest Sentiment Survey. Daniel James, a student at UTS, is studying micro forests and has requested FEP members assistance in completing a survey on micro forests https://forms.gle/nJJA7R8nnzLabvhr9