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Fireweed Alert
Madagascan Fireweed, Senecio madagascariensis is a serious weed of grasslands and grassy woodlands (grazed and un-grazed). It has been recently found on the Monaro Highway close to the ACT border and on a paddock abutting Antill Street in Watson. It was most likely introduced with fodder.
Click Fireweed alert flyer 201110080 to view pictures of the [...]
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Centenary Trail
Centenary Trail Maps showing the suggested walk and bike routes (Data of the routes: Feasibility Report January 2011, CBRE))
Mount Majura: http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6150/5933366264_a56af037e5_b.jpg
Mount Ainslie: http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6027/5933355654_b95a39079a_b.jpg
FoMM/Mt Ainslie Weeders Working Group on the Centenary Trail
Guiding principles for the proposed Centenary Trail (June 2011) pdf
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Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) Draft Program 2011
Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) Draft Program 2011 ( pdf )
Month
Date
Event
Jan-11
16.01
Working Bee: woody and herbaceous weeds, drainage line
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Seed collection: native grasses
Feb-11
20.02
Working Bee: woody and herbaceous weeds, drainage line
27.02
FoMM meeting: Plans 2011 (1)
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Seed collection: Clustered Everlastings
Mar-11
06.03
Clean up Australia Day: Bush Clean-up jointly with Watson
20.03
Working Bee: seedling maintenance, hand weeding Majura Paddock
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Common Onion Orchid Microtis unifolia (December 2010)
If you know what to look for you will find hundreds of Common Onion Orchids (Microtis unifolia) currently flourishing on Mount Majura. This rather inconspicuous orchid grows in poorly drained sites and has been found growing in large colonies at seepage areas on the footslopes where degradation is limited.
The orchid has a single tubular about [...]
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Lobelia gibbosa var. gibbosa
Lobelia gibbosa var. gibbosa flower (Photo W. Pix)
Lobelia gibbosa var. gibbosa raceme (Photo W. Pix)
The latest addition to the Mount Majura species list is the uncommon Lobelia gibbosa var. gibbosa. This is the only species of the genus Lobelia recorded in the ACT. The species was discovered end of November 2010 at two locations growing [...]
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Spotlight Walk 22 October 2010
When: Friday, 22 October, 2010, 6.45 pm – 8:45 pm
Where: Meet at the Hackett reservoir off Rivett / French Streets (view this map)
Bring: Sturdy shoes, warm clothes, torch and binoculars, if you have them.
The walk is free, however a gold coin donation to support volunteer work in the nature reserve would be much appreciated.
Do you [...]
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Working Bee (18.07.2010)
[ July 18, 2010; 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] 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 planting event (Sunday 1 August).
When: Sunday, [...]
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Update on the 2010 Majura / Ainslie Rabbit Control Program
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 and adjacent lands. Here [...]
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Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) June 2010 newsletter
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 together with our neighbouring ParkCare groups and you are warmly invited to celebrate with us. [...]
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Friends of Mt Majura (FoMM) May 2010 newsletter
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 in your diary
• Canberra Nature Park public forum – Wednesday 26 May
Dear Friends
Visit our [...]
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