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DDEC News – Apr 2025
Darling Downs Environment Council has issued its April newsletter. A PDF copy is attached to this post. Items include:
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Birdata records for parks
FEP member, Roger Jaensch, has offered to provide links to Birdata records for parks where FEP members work. As the links become available they will be added to the relevant park pages. The first instalment appears at the foot of this page below the explanation of Birdata that Roger has provided. Birdata is a national…
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QWaLC eNews – 21 Mar
This edition of eNews from Queensland Water and Land Carers has items about: Disaster recovery web page with links to assist in accessing disaster relief, Disaster Recovery Quick Response Grants, Community Bee Innovation Fund, World Science Festival Brisbane 21 – 30 March, Litter and Marine Debris Clean Up and Prevention grants, National Volunteer Week 19…
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DDEC Volunteers – Mar 25
Darling Downs Environment Council Inc. has published the March newsletter for volunteers. Items include: Thursday morning gardening activities, April Nature Drinks event, Volunteers needed for stall at Toowoomba Show, Koala Climate Corridors, Citizen Science Club, Deongwar State Forest Bioblitz
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A Rocha bird survey
Toowoomba representatives of A Rocha Australia have recently completed a report on observations of bird life in Duggan Bushland Park undertaken during 2024. The report has been linked from the Duggan Bushland Park page along with earlier reports and is available here:
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QWaLC News – Mar 2025
The Queensland Water and Land Carers (QWaLC) March newsletter is available online. Topics include:
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Weed Spotters – March 2025
Weed Spotters Network has posted the March 2025 bulletin. The lead article is about high-risk pathways for unwanted ornamentals. There are also aids to identifying some weeds and other useful information.
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Amaroo microforest – rescheduled
Cyclone Alfred is moving on it is now possible to reschedule this eventful Sunday, 16 March from 7:30 am. A bit more than a year ago, Amaroo Environmental Education Centre planted approximately 900 seedlings in a microforest. The plants have grown well but would benefit from some maintenance work. If you have an hour to spare…
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Panorama Crescent discovery
The most recent work in Panorama Crescent park has been the uncovering of an historical dry rock wall which we believe was constructed late 1920’s the unemployed people living in Redwood Park as a practice exercise for the one-way section of Prince Henry Drive.