Moggill Creek Catchment Group

Dung beetles of the Moggill Creek Catchment

$6,036.30

The Moggill Creek Catchment is in the west of Brisbane. The project will focus on raising awareness of the importance of dung beetles on soil health for small landholders. They will carry out research, hold workshops and produce information for dissemination to landholders in the catchment. The project will make a link for landholders on their activities and how it directly affects native biodiversity in their catchment – fish, platypus and turtles. The group will work with the Queensland Museum as well as the Brisbane City Council.

Bass Coast Landcare Network

A planning framework and toolkit for Landcare networks

$12,200

The BCLN is a highly respected group and many other landcare networks aspire to their strength and stability, especially in this time of funding uncertainty. They are often asked for information about their systems and processes. This toolkit will provide other groups with information and templates and will also be made available on-line on the Landcare gateway. There will be information contained in the kit on the community web mapping portal (cwmp) developed by Spatial Vision for the use by The Norman Wettenhall Foundation’s Landscape Restoration Projects. The DSE State Landcare Team has also supported this project.

North East Catchment Management Authority (NECMA)

Reconnecting of traditional knowledge of fire in the landscape: a request by the Duduroa Traditional Custodians of North East Victoria

$15,400

This project has been funded by the RE Ross Trust Small Victorian Rural Grants Scheme. The aim is to share knowledge and build partnerships between aboriginal elders from North Queensland and indigenous peoples in NE Victoria. The traditional aboriginal people in Victoria have expressed a need for knowledge about fire and fire practices and how it relates to flora and fauna conservation in NE Victoria. The NECMA will manage the project and help to disseminate the information to the necessary bodies.

Mark Schmidt

Plants: The photographic library of Australian native and threatened species

$494

A dedicated and passionate volunteer at the William Joyce Reserve in Baulkham Hills, NSW, Mark Schmidt has been given a small grant to help him in this commendable community education project. Mark intends to produce a database of plants in order to educate volunteers and reserve users in plant and weed identification. The funds are for computer software.