Fraser Coast Regional Council

Weed Watch Alert: Peruvian Primrose

February 15, 2020 7:20 am / Leave a comment

Native to South America, Peruvian primrose (Ludwigia peruviana) is a small shrub that has become a serious pest weed in wetlands around Sydney. Peruvian primrose has not yet been found in Queensland but was recently located in Northern NSW.

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Zero Chemical K’gari FCRC CEP Happy Valley

February 11, 2020 6:13 am / Leave a comment

Hello from our FCRC CEP team. We continue to make progress in the ecological restoration work of our CEP sites in Happy Valley on World Heritage K’gari.

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Panel Session: K’gari (Fraser Island) Community, Culture and Collaboration Conference 2019

November 6, 2019 9:45 pm / Leave a comment

The final session at the 8th Biennial K’gari (Fraser Island) Conference was a Q&A forum.

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Zero Chemical K’gari Happy Valley Report

June 11, 2019 10:05 am / Leave a comment

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

June 4, 2019 9:31 pm / Leave a comment

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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Getting Together on K’gari

May 28, 2019 9:04 am / Leave a comment

FINIA was founded on K’gari in 2005 and meeting on the island at least once a year has become an important part of the group’s calendar. Aside from the opportunity to spend some time looking at the issues and progress on-ground, it also provides an opportunity for us to renew our commitment to the island, share knowledge, meet new partners and discuss approaches as we face emerging challenges – like myrtle rust and visitor management. The 2019 trip, held on 7-8 May, was no exception.

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Reducing your waste footprint

February 23, 2019 8:00 am / 1 Comment on 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

February 6, 2019 8:00 am / Leave a comment

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…)