Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) July 2011 Newsletter (pdf) Working party Majura Paddock – Sunday 17 July National Tree Day 2011 – Sunday 31 July ChemCert training course – Tuesday 9 August, please register your interest asap Possible FoMM stall at the Majura Primary School Spring Carnival Dear Friends Preparations…
Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) Newsletter June 2011 (pdf) Working party Majura Paddock – Sunday 19 June FoMM draft program 2011 Centenary Trail FoMM meeting – Friday 10 June Proposed Development at Throsby threatens Endangered Grassy Woodland Canberra Nature Park Inquiry – more reports released Dear Friends Thank you everyone…
Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) Draft Program 2011 ( pdf ) Month Date Event Jan-11 16.01 Working Bee: woody and herbaceous weeds, drainage line tba Seed collection: native grasses Feb-11 20.02 Working Bee: woody and herbaceous weeds, drainage line 27.02 FoMM meeting: Plans 2011 (1) tba Seed collection: Clustered Everlastings…
Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) Newsletter May 2011 pdf Workshop: Identification and control of grass weeds and woody weed frilling – Saturday 7 May Music in the Park, FoMM fund raising – Saturday 7 May Volunteer Week work party on the old Ainslie tip – Saturday 14 May Work party…
Hand weeding and direct seeding of the 5 hectare sheep camp on Mount Majura ridge started in 2004 followed by planting of a limited number of eucalypts and shrubs. The photographs capture the views of a partly weeded site in August 2005 (left) and of the same site in February…
Serrated Tussock, Mount Ainslie Nature Reserve, ACTEW transmission line easement (Photograph W. Pix, 21.04.2010). Serrated Tussock (Nassella trichotoma), a Weed of National Significance, is regarded as one of the worst weeds in Australia because of its invasiveness, potential for spread, and economic and environmental impacts. Participants of the Workshop held…
The Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment, Dr Maxine Cooper, is undertaking an investigation into the Canberra Nature Park (nature reserves). The Commissioner released expert reports on a number of issues and invited public comment on these reports. Managing Rabbits in Canberra Nature Park by Dr Kent Williams (pdf,…
Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) Newsletter April 2011 (pdf) Removing Fleabane – Saturday 9 April Woody Weed Working Bee jointly with Mt Ainslie Weeders – Sunday 17 April Workshop grass weed identification and control and woody weed frilling – Saturday 7 May Dear Friends Last Sunday over forty participants enjoyed…
Come along for a work party jointly hosted by the Friends of Mount Majura and the Mount Ainslie Weeders. Join us for morning tea and help tackle the woody weeds that grow downhill of the saddle between the Mt Majura and Mt Ainslie. When: Sunday, 17 April 2011 from 9.00…
Friends of Mount Majura are restoring degraded woodlands in the Mount Majura nature park. The work involves direct seeding and planting tube stock from locally collected seeds. Come along and help collect seeds of the Eucalypts Scribbly gum, Bundy and Apple box. When: Sunday 27 March 2011, 4.00 pm Where:…
