Tag: TRC
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DDEC November update
Darling Downs Environment Council has posted its November update by email. A compressed PDF version appears below but subscribe at the DDEC site to receive your own copy by email. Highlights include:
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Black Gully Linear Corridor Park and Captain Cook Recreation Reserve
Toowoomba Regional Council welcomes your feedback on a draft master plan for Black Gully Linear Corridor Park and Captain Cook Recreation Reserve and a proposal to designate an additional dog off-leash area in Black Gully Linear Corridor Park. Draft master plan The draft master plan proposes a range of features for park-goers of all ages…
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TRC Change Project & survey
The Healthy Community Survey is now live: https://yoursay.tr.qld.gov.au/change-project-evaluation This survey is targeted to both Change Project participants and the wider community to help with understanding why people may not be participating in the project but are interested in healthy living. The survey is open until Monday the 26 August, 2024 and needs a good number of responses…
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Toowoomba RC Biosecurity Advisory Committee
Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) is looking for members of the community that have a passion for ensuring the region remains vigilant in the fight against invasive plants and animals. TRC is running a short expressions of interest process for new members to join its existing Biosecurity Advisory Committee. The Committee plays a role in advising…
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Spring Planting – Stage Two
Fifty people attended the planting day. Stage Two of the microforest has now been planted, bringing the plant total of stages one and two to just under 1000 plants. All of these plants are found naturally growing in Hancock St Park. Plants were grown for us by Crows Nest Community Nursery, and we also obtained some…
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Care and maintenance
During the last four months volunteers have continued with regular watering, weeding and mulching. The plants in the microforest have grown well and some are now in flower, despite the cooler weather. The table below shows the rate of growth of several species since planting in April. Some are growing more quickly than others. The…
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Planting Day – a huge success!
Machinery was used to cultivate the soil to a depth of 30cm and a layer of 10cm of compost was incorporated into the soil. The process aims to simulate the ground level of a forest ecosystem. The soil was then evenly raked over in preparation for planting. Stage 1 planting took place on 1 April 2023.…
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Site preparation
In preparation for the planting, we need to remove the grass on this site. This has been done by a herbicide spray undertaken by a Friends of the Escarpment Parks volunteer. It is estimated that the forest which will replace the grass will store 30 times more carbon than the grass can. And once established…
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Microforest creation
Why create a microforest at Hancock St Park? This project has received funding support from the Queensland Government’s Community Sustainability Action grant program and an environment grant from Toowoomba Regional Council. Hancock St Park is an endangered ecosystem (classification 12.5.6: https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/regional-ecosystems/details/?re=12.5.6). The park is a tiny spec of the original natural world, of Rangeville Toowoomba. It is an…
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About Hancock Street Microforest
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Located in Rangeville, Toowoomba, Hancock Street Park is surrounded by urban development but offers locals and visitors an opportunity to connect with nature. The park is just over 3.7 hectares and contains bushland vegetation of significant environmental value. In 2016 the Friends of the Escarpment Parks (FEP) started working with Council to eradicate weeds and…