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Creek Health Monitoring Survey Sunday 27 November

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The second Creek Health Monitoring Project (CHMP) event for 2016 is scheduled for Sunday 27 November.

Find out more from the brochure here.

If you’ve been previously involved or even if you have never participated and would like to take part, we’d love to make contact!

Since early 2011, MCCG has run this project to monitor and assess the health of Moggill Creek and its tributaries in relation to riparian conditions, the physical and chemical properties of the creek water and the biological data on abundance and diversity of local fish and macro-invertebrate fauna.

We have six teams, each of which monitors two sites from the upper reaches of Moggill Creek to its junction with the Brisbane River.

We are keen to get undergraduate and graduate students involved. You will have the opportunity to learn new, practical skills in assessing waterway health including macro-invertebrate and fish identification, habitat assessment and water quality testing. 

To find out more or to sign up to help, contact Adrian Webb on 3774 1407 or 0412 672 283, or email him at [email protected]

 

* WHAT REVISION DAY * CANCELLED

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Saturday 26 November 2016

Unfortunately the Waterway Health Assessment Training (WHAT) Revision Day at the Yoorala Street Community Garden, The Gap has been cancelled.

If, however, you have attended previous training sessions and are still interested in attending a 2017 session, please e-mail Anna Bourke, emphasising that you are a volunteer member of MCCG Creek Health Monitoring program.  Anna’s email address is:  [email protected]

If you have not previously attended a WHAT session or if you have missed one in the last 12 months, please email Anna and provide an EOI in attending our WHAT program in 2017. We will record your details and send you a draft calendar of events shortly so that you can plan in advance to attend future events or promote to your network.

During training, we generally go over each component covered by WHAT, including: 

  • use of the horiba for phys/chem parameters
  • fish sampling and id
  • macro invertebrate sampling
  • rapid assessment of riparian condition (vegetation assessment)
We incorporate all these items into one monitoring event to demonstrate how this might look for your group on the ground.

Please consider joining us – we’d love to hear from you!  

WEED ALERT-MOGGILL CREEK

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An infestation of the Creeping Burrhead water plant has recently been found and removed from the bed of Moggill Creek. This raises some concern that more infestations may be present in other locations, particularly below pools.

Creeping Burrhead (Echinodorus cordifolius) is often grown as an ornamental in garden ponds, aquariums and water features.  In recent years it has become established along creeks and other water bodies in South-Eastern Queensland.

 It quickly spreads via its creeping underwater stems and forms dense clumps that out-compete native species.  Clumps or segments of the underwater stems can separate from each other and form new colonies.


Image courtesy of Yongkiet at FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Please help us by reporting any suspected sightings of the weed.

For more info and to help you identify Creeping Burrhead, please refer to the Alert Sheet: 
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FIRE ANTS FOUND IN BROOKFIELD !

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A CALL TO ACTION: Unfortunately Fire Ants have recently been found in Brookfield.
Everyone can play a part in eradicating these dangerous and invasive pests. Please help out! 

Visit our Facebook page to see how you can help.

… AND THE WINNER IS ….

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TAKE A LOOK AT SOME PHOTOS FROM OUR PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION!

The calibre of this year’s entries was simply outstanding and all entrants are to be congratulated on the high quality of their entries.

Click here to see many of the winning entries!

Head to our Facebook page to see the winning entries in our new Young Persons Digital Category.

And click here for a list of this year’s winners.

* EVENT CANCELLED!! * WHAT Revision Day

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Location: n/a
Type: Event
Organiser: Anna Bourke
Contact: [email protected]

Unfortunately the 2016 WHAT Revision Day has been cancelled due to a lack of interest. 

Please click here to read more about Waterway Health Assessment Training (WHAT) for 2017 or contact Anna Bourke for more info.

Why it Matters

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The Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland is hosting a dinner with special guest Peter Garrett AM on Saturday 19 November.

Please contact WPSQ directly for more information by phoning them on  (07) 3844 0129, or visiting their website.

Love Life, Love Birds

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November’s issue of Feather Fascination is a beautifully written and romantic tribute to the precious Plains Wanderer.

Click here and be entranced by this lovely piece of literature. 

A Word of Caution about Weed Removal

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We are all worried about environmental weeds in the Moggill Creek Catchment and we are continually on the lookout for the best way to control them.


There is continuing concern regarding operators who use heavy machinery to remove environmental weeds. The use of excavators or other heavy equipment can cause enormous damage to existing native species, particularly on sloping land and when there is heavy rainfall.

For further details and advice about weed removal, please read the article below, authored by MCCG’s Landcare Advisor Bryan Hacker. It was published in The Local Bulletin some time ago but the message remains as relevant and critical as ever – exercise extreme caution when removing exotic weeds from your property and plan your revegetation carefully!

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