The Moggill Creek Catchment Group has recently lost a founding member and one of our most staunch supporters.
CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU to our Green Army trainees for their outstanding contribution throughout 2016.
A graduation ceremony for each team will be held on Thursday 15 December at the Rafting Ground site near Boscombe Road.
Work for 2016 will end on 18 December and start again in mid to late January.
For more info, please contact Adrian Webb on 0412 672 283.
Note: The Green Army is an initiative of the Australian Government provided for young Australians aged 17–24 years who have an interest in protecting their local environment.
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2016 marks the 19th year of the MCCG’s operation. A very successful and well attended AGM (57 Attendees) was held on Monday 28th November.
Birds are remarkable builders and Jim Butler’s latest edition of “Feather Fascination” gives us an insight into the complexities and science of nest building.
Considerable effort is expended in creating these temporary homes which provide exactly the right conditions to ensure the survival of each individual species.
Photo courtesy of Ed Frazer
Click here to open the latest issue of “Feather Fascinations” and learn about the extraordinary building behaviours of birds.
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]
Saturday 26 November 2016
During training, we generally go over each component covered by WHAT, including:
Please consider joining us – we’d love to hear from you!
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.
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.
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.
For more info and to help you identify Creeping Burrhead, please refer to the Alert Sheet:
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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.
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.
