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BCCA AGM and General Meeting – 21 November 2019 – Mundubbera
It is that time of the year again!! BCCA will be holding an Annual General Meeting (AGM), on Thursday 21 November 2019, at Mundubbera town hall supper rooms. The meeting will begin at 9.30am, with morning tea to follow. After our AGM we will be holding our...
Inland Burnett: SMART Audit and Strategic Gap Analysis
Inland Burnett: SMART Audit and Strategic Gap Analysis project is funded by the Australian Government through Building Better Regions Fund. The founding concept behind this project is based on the fact that agriculture is fast becoming more knowledge intensive....
Risky Business
Improving Resilience & Risk-Based Decision Making workshops organised by BCCA were held in Gaeta and Coalstoun Lakes in August. Presenter Cam Nicholson from Nicon Rural Consulting, aimed to explore the decision's landholders make on a daily basis and the idea...
Monto Agricultural Strategy Launch
On Thursday evening, 29 August 2019, a crowd gathered to see the official launch of the Monto Agricultural Strategy. The Monto Agricultural Strategy was funded by the Australian Government through the Building Better Regions Fund. BBRF as it is known is an...
Advocate for the Burnett Catchment farewelled
Condolences to the Darlington family on the passing of Jan. She was a driving force behind the early years of the Burnett Catchment Care Association, and attended BCCA's 20 year celebration of natural resource management in the Burnett catchment in 2015. Jan was also...
Erosion control advice property visits
John Day (Soil Conservation Adviser - Emu Ridge Pty Ltd) is spending the week in Monto providing erosion control and remediation design advice as part of BCCA's Natural Disaster Resilience Project. Much of the damage sustained at the sites we've visited is as a result...
The Burnett Buzz…..Spring 2019
The latest Burnett Buzz is out, highlights include: Upcoming RCS Clinic— Biggenden 9 - 11 October Inland Burnett SMARTHub survey! Managing Risk in Agriculture - review of August workshops Drought Declaration - assistance available To download your copy click...
Water Weed Threats
Three invasive water weeds (hygrophila, saggittaria and alligator weed), which are currently not found in the Burnett, are being targeted in an awareness campaign to make sure the Burnett stays clear of these high-priority water weeds. If you think you have seen these...
Economic survey – feral pigs economic cost to horticultural and cropping industries
Widebay Burnett Regional Organisation of Councils (WBBROC), Invasive Species Advisory Committee is currently conducting an economic survey to approximate the economic cost that feral pigs are having to our horticultural and cropping industries. In addition to...
Welcome to the BCCA team Sarah!
Hi, my name is Sarah and I have recently come on-board with BCCA as the Community Resilience Officer, taking over the facilitation of the North Burnett Natural Disaster Resilience Program (NDRP). I come from a rural background; our family owned a piggery on the...
Entire Burnett Now Drought Declared
Due to significate ‘lack of rain and rapidly depleting pasture reserves’, the North Burnett local Council area has been drought declared, back dated to 1 September 2019. The North Burnett local government area now joins the South Burnett (declared March 2017) and the...
Burnett Mary Regional Grants Program
BMRG's funding program is targeting local community groups for implementation of organisational capacity building activities. The total available funding under this round is $50,000 with a maximum of $2,500 available for each eligible organisation; small community...
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