BCCA is excited to welcome Wendy Thorsborne and Ann McKenzie to the team. Both ladies have extensive experience and will bring great expertise to their roles as Community Resilience Officers. Wendy and Ann are from the South Burnett area and have a keen interest in...
BCCA attended 3 North Burnett Shows (Monto, Eidsvold and Mundubbera) and set up with NBRC Recovery Officer, SES and Rural Fire to provide information and support to producers including soil mapping info, grants available, technical support, biocontrol agents, weed and...
BCCA attended the Brian Pastures Field Day last week and with over 200 people in attendance, gave us the opportunity to showcase some of our current project at our trade stall. Particularly our biocontrol project which involved breeding biocontrol agents for...
🔸Last week BCCA hosted a Prevention & Remediation Erosion Workshop in Monto. Landholders received invaluable information from experienced soil practitioner John Day. 🚜Visits to two erosion remediation sites just outside Monto, demonstrated how practical...
Billy tea and Damper in the bush has not lost its flavour as 35 Participants will attest to after another fantastic day at Ben and Lindsey Scott’s property “Tydale” last Thursday. With pasture identification guru Col Paton, and his right-hand man Rob Young (who is...
Burnett Catchment Care Association organised another fantastic field trip on the weekend and their first multi-day bus trip. A substantial number of keen participants gave up a Friday and Saturday in their busy lives for this all-inclusive journey to learn from the...
Check out the Wittwer’s experience as part of BCCA’s “Invest in a Test” project. Thanks to Steve & Gill for sharing. BCCA have conducted over 80 soils tests from right across the inland Burnett over the last 2 years. This project was thanks...
We are thrilled to share the latest strides from our groundbreaking “Burnett Koala Program,” the first large-scale koala conservation initiative in the Burnett catchment. Objective: Enhancing our understanding of inland Burnett koalas’ population...
This project is a grassroots habitat protection/restoration and community education initiative with the primary goal of aiding the recovery of the endangered greater gliders in the Burnett region. The project’s primary object was to enhance the presence,...
Last week BCCA installed additional nesting boxes across multiple grazing properties as part of their ‘Saving the endangered Greater Glider’ project. These nesting boxes were built and supplied locally by the Monto Australian Men’s Shed Association and were...
