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Sustainable land management and conservation news from around the catchment.

BCCA turns 20!

On 22 August 2015, BCCA will mark its 20th year anniversary of incorporation as a member-based, not-for-profit organisation aimed at implementing natural resource management projects across the Burnett Catchment. Throughout the past 20 years, BCCA has engaged and...

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Feral animals in focus

- by Louise Newman In Mt Perry and Eidsvold last week, AgForce together with North Burnett Regional Council ran a Feral Animal Trapping workshop for landholders and interested people to learn about the latest in pest animal control options, including baiting and...

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Feral animals giving you problems?

North Burnett Regional Council and AgForce have teamed up to bring professional trappers, advice and practical demos on trapping wild dogs and wild pigs especially. Such as: - Practical feral animals trapping and baiting demonstrations - Where to place traps and baits...

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Gully Erosion Rehab Field Walk

We've been so fortunate to receive so much life-giving rain these past few years.  Sometimes a little too much at once, and sometimes the rain can exasperate existing land degradation issues such as gully erosion. Over the past few years, three landholders in the...

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Thinking about native timber harvesting?

Join the crew from Private Forestry Southern Queensland (PFSQ) in a 15 year old eucalypt plantation just east of Gympie where they will be exploring the logistics, markets and long-term effects of a commercial thinning operation which is currently in progress on this...

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Rainforest ID and seed collecting

It was a busy week last week - long before earthquakes and cyclones demanded our attention - we were taking a good look at some of our dry rainforest species around Mundubbera and Gayndah, identifying them and learning how to collect their seeds. On Wednesday a group...

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Seed Collection Field Day is on again!

          Have you noticed that it’s difficult to buy native plants for your garden, windbreak or indeed riverbank which are actually local species? Are you interested in learning how to collect and grow seeds from local native plants so you...

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