ACT Landcare and Sustainable Cities 2007 Awards for FoMM It is a great pleasure to announce that Friends of Mt Majura (FoMM) have received the Landcare Community Group 2007 Award as part of the ACT Landcare 2007 Awards and the ACT Sustainable Cities 2007 Award in the category Urban Habitat…
Watering National Tree Day seedlings – this Sunday, 9 September, 5.00 pm onwards Spring Working Bee and Morning Tea – Sunday, 16 September Leaping into Frogwatch 2007: Introduction session – Tuesday, 25 September FYI: The ABC Stateline television program “Sustainable Hackett” will be shown at the Hackett Community Association meeting,…
Up-coming events July and August, FoMM 2007 program Communication and emailing Minutes of FoMM meeting 01.07.07 / financial report 2006/2007 New to our website Up-coming Events, includes maps, pictures, reports and background information Dragonfly Waterbug Survey April 2007 World Environment Day 2007 Walk Talk and Tea – report and pictures…
Present: Vanessa Barbay, Pamela Mathie, Waltraud Pix, Andrew Blanckensee, Len Crossfield, Michael Doherty Apologies: Alison Inglis, Steve Bittinger Meeting opened: 5.15pm (1) FoMM Income and Expenditure Financial Year 2006/2007 Andrew Blankensee (treasurer) presented report Financial statement summary: 1st July 2006: $237.20 CR 1st July 2007: $449.90 CR Income: two single…
Preparation of upcoming events – FoMM meeting Sunday 13 May Project Dragonfly Follow-up Erosion Control Work – Working Bee Sunday 20 May Biodiversity in your Backyard. Talk by Beth Mitchell – Wednesday 23 May Preview: World Environment Day 2007 Walk Talk and Tea on Mt Majura – Sunday 3 June…
We will start our last woody weeds hunt in this season with morning tea – an opportunity for a chat before we tackle the serious business. Come along if you have some time to spare When: Sunday, 15 April 2007 Morning Tea starts at 9.00am Weed Hunt from 9.30am onwards…
Wrap up Ants Reminder: Woody Weeds Working Bee and Morning Tea – this Sunday 15 April Edwina Richardson: Retrofitting Gardens for Climate Change – Talk, Thursday 26 April More Seeds and Seedlings – Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 April Birds in your backyard: Bird ID at the Botanical Gardens –…
About eighty people of all ages joined ANU myrmecologist Ajay Narendra for a walk with ants on Mt Majura. On Sunday 23 March we discovered various species of ants at the lower slopes of Mt Majura and learned many interesting facts about the natural history of these insects, such as…
More than 60 people, many in the under 10 category, were entertained by Ajay Narendra. Ajay provided a fascinating glimpse into the life of ants. Starting with some facts and figures, ~12 000 ant species world wide, ~1500 in Australia, the biggest ant in the world is sausage ant of…
Friends of Mt Majura (FoMM) Draft Program 2007 (as at 3/7/07) Month Date Event Feb-07 18.02 Woody Weeds Mar-07 2.03 Seed Collection 11.03 FoMM meeting 18.03 Woody Weeds 25.03 Seeds and seedlings 25.03 Walk: Walking with Ants Apr-07 1.04 Walk: Walking with Ants …
