Report Rabbit Warren Mapping 2008-09 (pdf) RABBIT WARREN MAPPING – A JOINT PROJECT It’s 7am on a surprisingly chilly morning in late Summer. We’re up on the shoulder of Mount Ainslie, armed with a precious GPS unit, orange tape, folder, thermos (old softies, we are) and ready for a long…
National Tree Day 2009 full report click here to view pictures of the event More than 140 enthusiastic volunteers from Hackett and surrounding suburbs joined by Ms Caroline Le Couteur MLA, Andrew Barr, Minister for Planning and Senator Gary Humphries celebrated National Tree Day 2009 on Sunday, 2 August by…
Talk by Dr. Brian Cooke Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), University of Canberra Thursday 28 May 2009, 7.30pm ACT Sports House, 100 Maitland Street, Hackett Download this poster for distribution Enquiries: Ph 6247 7515 or e-mail admin@majura.org The Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease (RHD) had a huge impact on one of…
Hackett residents will almost certainly have noticed an alarming increase in rabbits in the area over the last few years. Unfortunately this is not just a local problem with rabbit populations all over Australia increasing as the pests build up resistance to rabbit calici disease and myxomatosis. Rabbit calici disease…
Learn a new skill and help protect the environment. When: Thursday, 4 December 2008, 6.00-7.00pm Where: Meet at the Majura horse paddocks off Antill St opposite Justice Robert Hope Park; view this map for the meeting point Bring: Appropriate clothing and a GPS if you have one. Enquiries: 6241 5553…
Morning tea Working the compacted ground
The Rehabilitation of a Former Sheep Camp on Mount Majura First step. Friends of Mt Majura (FoMM) began work at the old sheep camp in 2003. The approximately 4.5 ha area was monitored and subdivided to proceed in three stages. An inventory of introduced and indigenous plants of the site…
The dams are located along a gully in the drainage line between Mt Majura and Mt Ainslie. Overflow from the higher of the two dams flows into the lower dam, overflow from the lower dam flows into the Hackett stormwater system, and eventually into Sullivans creek. Although Mount Majura was…
Results of survey below Macro-invertebrates are animals without backbones that are big enough to see with the naked eye. Because they are widespread and come in a lot of different shapes and sizes, macro-invertebrates are often used as indicators of the health of streams and other water bodies. Known to…
Our first planting day was held on the 9th of October. It was a great success and we’d like to thank all of those people who put in many hours to get the plants in. About 9300 plants in total were planted. We were also helped by a group of…
