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Weed Spotter Network eLearning
There’s always something new to see whenever you are out in the field, and inevitably you find yourself looking at plants that you haven’t seen before – weed or not weed?
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Aiding Bushfire Recovery on K’gari
On the morning of 2 June 2022, a team of volunteers recruited by the Fraser Island Defenders Organisation (FIDO) converged on Eurong to participate in the K’gari Coastal Foreshore Rehabilitation and Pandanus Project.
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Post-fire Recovery Action Update
Fraser Island Defenders Organisation (FIDO) has wrapped up its first round of Queensland Government-funded Fire Rehabilitation projects.
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K’gari Seed Collection – A Volunteer’s Perspective
This April, I and several other Conservation and Land Management students from TAFE Queensland were given the opportunity to take part in a seed collection project for the purpose of bush regeneration after the 2020 fires on the island.
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Turtle Monitoring & Egg Relocation Training
In December, three members of the Butchulla Land and Sea Ranger (BLSR) team (Myles Broome, Blayde Foley and Jodie Rainbow) undertook training with volunteers from Sandy Cape Lighthouse Conservation Association and Aub Strydom, learning how to monitor marine turtles and relocate nests up at Sandy Cape.
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Training K’gari’s Future Rangers
FINIA would like to congratulate the Butchulla Aboriginal Corporation’s Butchulla Land and Sea Rangers Trainees for recently completing their six-month Skilling Queenslanders for Work traineeships.
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FINIA is all about Helping Hands
Late last year, FINIA joined the University of Queensland’s Cane Toad Challenge (CTC).
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Butchulla Rangers and Trainees Helping K’gari Grow
FIDO’s February Bush Regeneration trip had a particular focus, hosting four Butchulla Conservation and Land management trainees, Jymara Burns, Sharneeka Doyle, Chase Chapman, Dakota Broome and their Supervisor Bob Broome.
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Weedspotting is Fun!
Queensland Herbarium’s Senior Ecologist, Dr Melinda Laidlaw led the FINIA Weedspotter Workshop held at the Maryborough Town Hall in November 2020. Fourteen FINIA and community members joined Mel for her two-hour introduction to weed spotting.
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Butchulla Work Ready Trainees: Skilling Queenslanders for Work
In October, six new trainees started with the Butchulla Land and Sea Rangers under their Butchulla Work Ready Trainee Program. Dwayne (Bob) Broome will supervise the team who have been employed for 24 weeks.
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