Horehound, Marrubium vulgare was the most prevalent herbaceous weed in the southern part of the Majura paddock, a 7 ha area of originally grassy woodland that had been heavily degraded by horse holding. Growing in a monoculture and excluding native herbs, the perennial horehound covered an area of approximately 2…
2645 residents of the ACT signed the petition to return Majura paddocks 5 and 6 back into Mount Majura Nature Reserve. Katy Gallagher tabled the petition in the ACT Legislative Assembly on the 26th November. The petition and background information are available here.
Update (19/07/2014) The ACT Government, Environment and Planning Directorate released Draft Variation of the Territory Plan No 297 (see here) which proposes to return paddocks 5 and 6 to nature reserve and invites public comments by Friday 29 August 2014. Update (02/06/2014) The Chief Minister Katy Gallagher informed Friends of…
Letter to Shane Rattenbury, Minister for Municipal and Territory Services requesting the return of land into nature reserve; click here. The Variation to the Territory Plan No 182 (April 2002) moved an area north of the Hackett water reservoir from nature reserve to special purpose reserve, horse grazing. The area contains…
National Tree Day on Mount Majura – July 31st 2011 National Tree Day started early on the morning of Friday 29th, July when students, teachers and parents of the Hackett Blue Gum School planted more than 110 seedlings. Some of these enthusiastic planters came back for more on Sunday to…
Join the Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM) to celebrate National Tree Day 2011 with the planting of local trees, shrubs and ground cover plants in the Mount Majura nature reserve. Boost the feel-good factor and community spirit and bring your family, friends, neighbours and colleagues. Help make the event a…
