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Zero Chemical K’gari Happy Valley Report
Between November and March, another three teams and workshops were held at Happy Valley with FCRC staff and Fraser Coast Regional Council Community Environment Program (CEP) community volunteers.
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Draft Fraser Coast Waste Strategy 2019-2029
Fraser Coast Regional Council recently developed the Draft Fraser Coast Waste Strategy 2019-2029. The new Strategy has a focus on resource leadership that delivers the greatest benefits to our local community in terms of resource recovery, reducing landfill, environmental amenity and economic development.
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Reducing your waste footprint
As part of the ‘Future Waste’ team for Fraser Coast Regional Council, Jeanette Harrold, Environmental Services Manager said that the process of consulting with the Fraser Island (K’gari) community had left her questioning her personal waste management decisions.
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Moving Towards Eradication – Bitou Bush
Linda Behrendorff (QPWS) has co-authored a paper with Stacy Harris (Biosecurity Queensland) and Ian Muirhead on the bitou bush eradication project on K’gari – Fraser Island, which was recently published in the journal Ecological Restoration and Management. (more…)
8th Biennial K’gari (Fraser Island) Conference
Saturday 31 August 2019
Community, Culture and Collaborations (more…)
Give yourself a Pest Workout: Brazilian Cherry
The Brazillian Cherry (Eugenia uniflora), an environmental weed, is a medium height shrub native to South America, (more…)
Addressing pests on the Fraser Coast
A pest is any animal or plant that has an adverse economic, environmental or social impact on a particular place.
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Zero Chemical Weed Management Project
Over the last two working bees, Fraser Coast Regional Council Community Environment Program volunteers and staff have contributed a total of 199 hours of work in Happy Valley. (more…)
Pest Profile: Indian or Common Myna
Another call to action on newly established Indian mynas, with the added request that people formally report any sightings. (more…)
