Since 2008 volunteers of the Friends of Mount Majura, the Mount Ainslie Weeders, the Watson Woodland Working Group and the wider public assisted Parks and Conservation Service with the control of rabbits in the Mt Ainslie and Mt Majura nature reserves. For three years in a row volunteers recorded rabbit…
From October 2011 to March 2012 volunteers of the Friends of Mount Majura, the Mount Ainslie Weeders and the Watson Woodland Working Group joined forces with members of the wider public to map rabbit warrens in the Mt Majura and Mt Ainslie nature reserves.
When : Thursday November 10th from 6-7pm Where : Entrance to the Nature Park at the end of Phillip Avenue. Plenty of parking available off Kellaway Street. Here is a map of parking and entrances. Meet the local ranger and hear about the project Learn how to identify active warrens…
The Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment, Dr Maxine Cooper, is undertaking an investigation into the Canberra Nature Park (nature reserves). The Commissioner released expert reports on a number of issues and invited public comment on these reports. Managing Rabbits in Canberra Nature Park by Dr Kent Williams (pdf,…
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…
The following documents are prepared for volunteers who participate in the mapping of rabbit warrens. 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…
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…
Rabbit Mapping. Suggestions for 2nd round
The Rabbit Warren Mapping, a project jointly run by Friends of Mount Majura, the Mount Ainslie Weeders and the Watson Woodland Working Group, received a High Commendation at the ACT 2009 Landcare Awards ceremony held on the 10 September 2009. Thank you everyone who had a hand in the nomination,…
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…
