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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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2010 Swift Parrot and Regent Honeyeater Survey

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 Honeyeaters) d.ingwersen@birdsaustralia.com.au,
or call (03) 9347 0757.
Please see this summary [...]

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Have you seen Swift Parrots on Mount Majura?

In the past years endangered Swift Parrots visited Mount Majura. We are keen to know whether they return this year. The official 2010 survey will be held on the weekend 15-16 May 2010.
Swift Parrot. Photograph courtesy Geoffrey Dabb.
In 2005 and 2008 between end of March and beginning of May Mount Majura hosted a [...]

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Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) April 2010 newsletter

Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) April 2010 newsletter (pdf version)

Seed Collection Redleg Grass – Saturday 3 April
Bird Walk – Saturday 17 April
Woody Weed Hunt – Sunday 18 April
Native plants sale – Saturday 10 April
GPS training – Wednesday 14 April

Dear Friends
The impertinence of native grasses is legendary – they time seed set with Australian holidays when [...]

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Submission: Investigation into Canberra Nature Park (nature reserves) (26.02.2010)

The Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment, Dr Maxine Cooper, invited public submissions to an investigation into the Canberra Nature Park (nature reserves); the Molonglo River Corridor (nature reserves) and Googong Foreshores.
The terms of reference were published on the Commissioner’s website at www.envcom.act.gov.au.
The closing date for the submission was 26 February 2010.
The Mt Ainslie Weeders, [...]

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FoMM Newsletter February 2010

FoMM Newsletter February

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Mapping Rabbit Warrens – Documents for Volunteers

The following documents are prepared for volunteers who participate in the mapping of rabbit warrens.
Enquiries: admin@majura.org
Risk Assessment – how to work safely in the field
Line of contact to be followed if there is an emergency or something untoward happens during the mapping.  For a medical emergency, Triple 000.  Then volunteers should call the Parks [...]

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Friends of Mt Majura (FoMM) November 2009 newsletter

FoMM Newsletter November 2009
• News on Monash Drive
• FoMM submission objecting to development application (Australian Heritage Village)
• Working bee with Marist College Year 9 students Wednesday 4 November – please help if you can
• Rabbit mapping second round – field information session on Thursday 12 November
Dear Friends,
For those of you who have not seen the exciting front page news [...]

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FoMM Submission DA200915605

FoMM Submission DA200915605  Australian Heritage Village and ajoining land
[pdf]
Waltraud Pix
Friends of Mt Majura (FoMM) Coordinator
To:
ACT Planning and Land Authority
Application Secretariat
Submission regarding:

DA200915605
Part Block 2 and Block 3, Section 75 Watson
The Village Building Company proposes to redevelop Block 3 Section 75 (the Australian Heritage Village) and part of Block 2 Section 75 (which is or which [...]

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