Better Burnett

June 18th saw a bus of interested community members hop aboard for a tour organised by Robert Doyle and Andrew O’Farrell from Growcom. In total 16 people attended,these people came from a cross section of the community with representatives from Department of Primary Industries, Department of Natural Resources, Burnett Catchment Care Association, farmers, bankers and teachers.Presenters […]

Conservation Volunteers Australia in partnership with Toyota Australia are proud to offer a series of free workshops to assist community groups.
Conservation Volunteers is one of Australia’s largest volunteer involving organisations, managing more than 10,000 volunteers a year.  Conservation Volunteers and Toyota Australia have worked in partnership for a number of years - together they are working […]

There was movement on the river bank for the word had passed around, that the White Throat Snapping Turtle was laying her eggs! 
 
Yes, this rare turtle (Latin name, Elseya albagula) was identified only a few years ago by the committed efforts of the staff at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and is found only […]

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Most Better Burnett readers will probably be aware that this year’s Queensland Landcare Conference will be held in the Burnett in Monto in fact. The North Burnett Landcare Group have done a great job of putting together a super program and it would appear they are focusing on good food and good fun.
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In Integrated Catchment Management you get an insight to a whole stack of processes and activities you might not normally encounter. The issue of biopass is one such issue. The Burnett Mary Biopass Development Strategy considers all of the impediments to fish and other aquatic creatures traveling up and down the river system.Many man-made impediments […]