Conserving and enhancing our beloved bushland is the continuous theme of Friends of Mount Majura work parties on the third Sunday each month. In July we will continue removing horehound from the paddock adjacent to the lower Hackett reservoir and prepare planting holes for the National Tree Day 2010 community…
Rabbits are an environmental pest. Their grazing destroys vegetation and habitat and their warrens and digging cause soil erosion. In 2008/09 and 2009/10 Parks, Conservation and Lands with the help of volunteers carried out a rabbit control program on the Mount Majura, the Mount Ainslie Nature Reserves, the Watson Woodland…
Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) will conduct a working bee to remove weeds and prepare planting sites for the National Tree Day 2010 community planting in August. Come along and give a hand. You can make a difference even if you have only half an hour to spare. Sunday, 20…
FoMM Newsletter June 2010 pdf • World Environment Day 2010 celebration – this Sunday 6 June • FoMM Working Bee – Sunday 20 June • FoMM meeting – Sunday 27 June • 306 Degree Films documentary on kangaroos Dear Friends Next Sunday we will be celebrating World Environment Day 2010…
Help removing horehound from the grassy woolands of Mount Majura. Work for half an hour or longer – you will make a difference. When: Sunday, 30May, from 1.00pm Where: Meet at the Hackett reservoir off Rivett / French Streets (view this map for the meeting point). What to bring and…
Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) May 2010 newsletter (pdf version) • Explaining Change in the Mount Majura Nature Reserve • Working Bee old Ainslie tip – Sunday 2 May • FoMM Working Bee – Sunday 16 May • World Environment Day 2010 celebration – Sunday 6 June, make a note…
Sunday 6 June, from 1.00 pm to 3.30 pm Join your local ParkCare groups in celebrating World Environment Day 2010. The Friends of Mount Majura, the Mount Ainslie Weeders and the Watson Woodland Working Group will host a bush walk, talk and tea and warmly invite you to share in…
Weekend 15-16th May 2010 Take part in the upcoming survey of Swift Parrot and Regent Honeyeater to be held on the 15-16th May 2010. If you wish to participate in the survey, to receive further information, or to report sightings, please contact Chris Tzaros (Swift Parrots) c.tzaros@birdsaustralia.com.au Dean Ingwersen (Regent…
Come along for a serious weed massacre When: Sunday, 16 May, from 9.00 am to 12.00 noon Where: Meet at the Hackett reservoir off Rivett / French Streets (view this map for the meeting point). What to bring and wear: Enclosed footwear, preferably household gloves with long cuffs or garden…
Walking with Ants Report by Arminel Ryan (pdf) With a mere 45 other participants, I joined lively young ANU myrmecologist, Dr. Ajay Narendra, for a glimpse into the fascinating world of ants – one of the most dominant animals on the planet. Waltraud Pix had organised the adventure, and had…
