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Fraser Island to Benefit from Commonwealth Funding for Green Army Projects
The Fraser Island Defenders Organization has been provided with funding as Project Host as a result of Green Army funding for two projects from the Department of Environment and Heritage. The service provider for these projects will be Conservation Volunteers Australia.
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Propagating Natives instead of Weeds
Since Fraser Island’s World Heritage nomination was prepared 25 years ago, the number of identified weeds has grown from 40 to 200. Most of the additions to the weed list are garden escapees or alien grasses and pasture plants.
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K’Gari’s Six Dune Systems
In this FIDO Backgrounder, rhyme describes the nexus between K’Gari’s soil formation and vegetation types as it evolves from dune systems on K’Gari’s east coast (#1) to the nutrient deficient system on the west coast (#6).
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Weeds of the Month – Please keep your eyes open for these!
Inspections in Fraser Island townships continue every May and November, with great work occurring with the volunteer groups and residents.
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Call for Survey Takers – Iconic Dingo Project
The University of the Sunshine Coast’s DSITIA-funded ‘Iconic Dingo project’ is very keen to secure the views and perspectives of all FINIA members as they finalise the data-gathering stage of their project. Essentially we are a small team of humanities and social science scholars who are exploring how different stakeholders perceive the dingo and the stories they hold. (more…)
Eurong’s New Nature Trail
A comprehensive Site Visitor Capacity Study in 2008 identified Eurong as the most visited site on all of Fraser Island (K’Gari). It is the main hub for all the island’s visitors.
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Fraser Island Umbrella Organisation Turns Ten
In late 2005, a small group of dedicated people spent two days visiting weed sites on the internationally significant Fraser Island World Heritage Area in a workshop facilitated by the Burnett Mary Regional Group. The group consisted of land managers – Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (National Park), the Department of Natural Resources and Mines (Unallocated State Land), the local council, the Cooperative Research Centre for Weeds, the National Parks Association of Queensland, Fraser Island Defenders Organisation and Sandy Cape Lighthouse Conservation Association as well as Butchulla participants Malcolm Burns, Jo Jo Gala and Marie Wilkinson.
(more…)Engaging K’Gari’s Next Generation
For those of you that check the FINIA website regularly, you may have noticed not only articles from John Sinclair, but the occasional children’s story as well.
(more…)Jarvis Street Photo-Monitoring
FIDO has been weeding around Eurong on and off for decades. These efforts were initially limited to short weekend trips, which although helpful, were not cost effective. (more…)
Green Turtle Tracking at Sandy Cape
Taking advantage of turtle mating season, Aub Strydom, Peter Koch and Don and Leslie Bradley headed out to Sandy Cape over 8–15 October, laden with all the necessities for a week-long turtle-satellite-tagging trip.
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