Category Archives: Reports & Submissions

The below FoMM 2010/2011 Report has been published in Scribbly Gum, the annual journal of the ACT parkCare groups (pdf)
During the 2010/2011 financial year volunteers contributed over 4000 hours towards the enhancement of Mount Majura nature reserve (3380 hours per year in the past five financial years). On average, 11.5 volunteers attended our regular monthly [...]

Friends of Mt Majura comment (21/12/2011) on the Centenary Trail proposal; click here to view the comment (pdf, 449 KB).
Centenary Trail
Parks and Conservation Service proposes a 100km long shared walk and bike track that runs through a number of nature reserves including the Mt Majura and  Mt Ainslie [...]

The ACT Government, Environment abd Sustainable Development Directorate, invited input from the public on the Draft ACT Pest Animal Management Strategy. The Draft Strategy is available at http://www.environment.act.gov.au/environment/pams
FoMM submitted that the Government should

develop leadership in the management of introduced and overabundant grazing and browsing animal species at landscape scale,
secure investments by ongoing follow-up and maintenance [...]

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, 885Kb)
The Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) [...]

2009-10 FoMM Report (word doc file with links)
The photograph of the south Majura paddock taken in spring 2007 shows a purple sea of Paterson’s Curse. Three years and many volunteer hours later the paddock has changed significantly – solid proof that volunteers can make a remarkable and hopefully a lasting difference. A horse holding [...]

Public comment on the Exposure Draft Planning and Development (Environmental Impact Statements) Amendment Bill 2010 (Bill) closed on Friday, 17. September 2010. The Bill proposes significant and far reaching changes to the Environmental Impact Assessment process in the ACT. The Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) submitted that the changes proposed by the Bill will restrict [...]