Tag: FEP

  • Imagining 2040

    Imagining 2040

    FEP President, Elizabeth Addie, DDEC Coordinator, Ahri Tallon, and Ornithologist, Scott McPhie, are all guests on a podcast series, IMAGINING 2040 – Pathways to Flourishing Futures, produced by HOPE. What kind of future do you hope to live in?What kind of world do you want for the people you love and the places you care…

  • Redwood Madeira Challenge – Autumn

    Redwood Madeira Challenge – Autumn

    Our next Redwood Madeira Weed Challenge – AUTUMN is on Saturday 7thMarch from 7.00 – 10.00am.  We aim to clear Madeira which is starting to return in areas which were particularly badly affected 12 months ago. Our regular volunteers are unable to bring this area under control on their own and would love three hours of…

  • Christmas Greetings

    Christmas Greetings

    The FEP Committee wishes members and volunteers a joyful and peaceful Christmas.

  • Safe chemical use

    Safe chemical use

    The Australian Association of Bush Regenerators has a variety of useful resources on the website, including several documents produced by their Chemicals in the Management of Biodiversity (CIMB) Working Group. One that FEP volunteers working in parks may find useful is Safe chemical use for bush regenerators.

  • Christmas Party – Sat, 6 Dec

    Christmas Party – Sat, 6 Dec

    The FEP end of year get together this year will be a breakfast event at the DDEC Eco Hut on Saturday 6 December. RSVP by message to Shirley Dunsdon (number below) and advise any dietary requirements .

  • Safety Manual

    Safety Manual

    The FEP Safe Work Procedures Manual has been available for download from the website on the Volunteer and Park Care pages. Following a recent suggestion that it should be more easily accessible when needed in the field it has now been linked from the icon (seen in this post) that appears at top right on…

  • Echo Valley: Help wanted & amazing insect

    Echo Valley: Help wanted & amazing insect

    Wanted: FEP volunteers to assist with a volunteer student group who will be removing weeds and lantana on Wednesday 12 November. If you can help contact Greg Lukes 04 2828 8077 or glukes@bigpond.com. Read the whole piece for more details including about the stick insect.

  • Redwood Madeira Challenge – Summer

    Redwood Madeira Challenge – Summer

    Thank-you for your support in the past. Our next Redwood Madeira Weed Challenge – SUMMER is on Saturday 29th November from 7.00 – 10.00am. We aim to clear a 10-metre-wide strip of Madeira Vine, Cats Claw and Climbing Asparagus along the Redwood Forest Walk. Our regular volunteers are unable to bring this area under control on their…

  • Christmas party – Dec 6

    Christmas party – Dec 6

    The FEP end of year get together this year will be a breakfast event at the DDEC Eco Hut on Saturday 6 December. RSVP by message to Shirley Dunsdon (number below) and advise any dietary requirements .

  • Microforest Open Day

    Microforest Open Day

    Your chance to experience a Microforest – an urban contribution to creating a native habitat stepping stone in the landscape by planting what was once there. Toowoomba’s Friends of Escarpment Parks invite you to celebrate the success of their Hancock Street Park MICROFOREST at an OPEN DAY Saturday 4th October. What an amazing accomplishment https://fep.org.au/projects/microforest-project/ Join…