Archive for December, 2009
Cash for woodland management
The crew at Private Forestry Southern Queensland (PFSQ) are pleased to be able to continue to support and promote sustainable forest management in our region with funding through the federal government’s Caring for our Country program.
Re-vegnet.au is the project, and $4 million over 4 years, most of which is onground work, will include projects that [...]
Posted: December 24th, 2009 under General.
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Merry Christmas to all!
The staff and executives at BCCA would like to wish everyone a safe and happy Christmas 2009.
Our offices in Monto and Mundubbera will be closed during the Christmas-New Year break and will be reopening, and back in the full swing of things on 6 January 2010.
Many thanks to all we have worked with over the [...]
Posted: December 23rd, 2009 under General.
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Grains producers now better managers
This week, BCCA continued to grow its project base to include the grains industry, after running a full workshop together with QPI&F extension officers taking grain growers through the recently developed Grains BMP.
The Grains BMP was put together by QPI&F together with AgForce and Fitzroy Basin Association and BCCA saw an opportunity to present this [...]
Posted: December 12th, 2009 under Better Beef, Better Bush, Better Waterways, Catchment Recovery, General, Landcare, Weeds and Pests.
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Stocktake workshop assists South Burnett Graziers
A one-day Stocktake workshop was conducted on Tuesday, 24th November 2009, for South Burnett land managers. Stocktake is a paddock-scale land condition monitoring and management package. It was developed to provide grazing land managers with a practical, systematic way to assess land condition and long-term carrying capacity and to calculate short-term forage budgets.
The workshop, delivered by the [...]
Posted: December 11th, 2009 under General.
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Monto leads the way in Pasture Establishment
Over fifty graziers packed the Monto Town Hall on Friday to update their skills in sown pasture establishment in time for the coming wet season.
The full day workshop, hosted by the Burnett Catchment Care Association (BCCA) was part of Better Catchments; an Australian Government “Caring for Our Country” program. The workshop was presented by Queensland [...]
Posted: December 11th, 2009 under General.
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New mailing address
Please be advised that the postal address for Burnett Catchment Care Association has been changed from PO Box 105 Mundubbera, to
PO Box 8
Monto Q 4630
And the BCCA phone and fax number’s have also changed to
Phone: 07 4166 3898
Fax: 07 4166 3897
The Mundubbera phone and fax numbers will remain in use, however enquiries are [...]
Posted: December 2nd, 2009 under General.
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