2017 State Landcare Awards
Queenslanders, get involved and tell your story and be acknowledged. Queensland Water and Land Carers is once again pleased and excited to be part of the Landcare awards. To find out more or submit a nomination visit...
Threatened Species Recovery Fund Open Round 2016 17
Threatened Species Recovery Fund Open Round http://www.nrm.gov.au/national/threatened-species-recovery-fund Funding amounts between $20,000 and $250,000 are available for grants to eligible groups though this Competitive Round. The Threatened Species Strategy contains...
Gregory Landcare Saturday 29th April Sunday 30th April
Activity: Volunteer Check point monitor at The Gregory River Canoe Races When: Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th April 2017 9.00am to 12.00pm Where: Gregory River – North West Queensland Induction on site. Contact: Mark Van Ryt – 0419752568 Email:...
Volunteers Needed for the Maleny Wood Expo 2017
Maleny Wood Expo is Barung’s major educational and fundraising activity. Volunteers Needed for the Maleny Wood Expo 2017 SATURDAY APRIL 29TH SUNDAY 30TH APRIL MONDAY 1ST MAY We still need Volunteers to help out for the Barung BBQ, Admission Gate, Registration Tent and...
The State of the Environment
Have a look at the state of the environment. Every five years the Australian Government conducts a comprehensive review of the state of the Australian environment. National SoE reports provide information about environmental and heritage conditions, trends and...
Agricultural Extension and Education in the Reef Region Review
Its your chance to get involved and have a say. The Qld Government has commissioned a consultant, Coutts J&R Pty Ltd, to undertake an independent review and provide recommendations that can be undertaken to ensure innovative agricultural extension and education...
Lightweight Plastic Shopping Bag Submission
Don't forget to put in a submission to the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection implementing a lightweight shopping bag ban discussion paper due by the 27th February 2017. Have a read of the discussion paper and ensure that your voice is heard....
Citizen Science in Action Find a Frog in February
From Maleny in the south to Hervey Bay and Burrum Heads in the north, interested then go to the mrccc.org.au web page and get involved.
Green Army gone
Well the Green Army is no more. On the 19th December the Commonwealth Government decided to achieve savings of $224.7 million over four years from 2016‑17 by terminating the Green Army program. Existing contracts under the program will continue to be funded and $21.4...
Greens Secure Funds for Landcare
As part of a deal to settle the backpacker tax dispute, the Australia Greens have secured an additional $100m for Landcare over the next four years, We will provide you with more detail on what this means for our member groups, the National Landcare Network and the...
Wet Tropics Pilot Report Card
QWaLC is pleased to be part of an important new initiative for assessing and reporting on the health of waterways in the Wet Tropics that has been released today. The Wet Tropics Pilot Report Card is the first time that organisations from across the Wet Tropics have...
A plastic use revolution is on the way
Are you following the responses from our state Labour and the LNP representatives to this initiative of Boomerang Alliance? http://www.boomerangalliance.org.au Have your say www.getinvolved.qld.gov.au The less plastic bags and bottles volunteers have to spend their...
Qld Govt Community Sustainability Action grants now open
Round 1 - Conservation of the Community Sustainability Action grants is now open for applications. This round of funding will provide grants of up to $25,000 (excluding GST) to eligible community-based groups with a focus on enabling ‘sustainable communities’....
QWaLC Annual General Meeting 2nd December 2016
The Queensland Water and Land Carers Inc. Annual General Meeting will be held on Friday 2nd December in Brisbane at 11am. Mantra on Queen 570 Queen Street, Brisbane City Qld 4000 Please respond to info@qwalc.org.au if you will be attending. This will assist us with...
It’s time for a ReefBlitz
The Great Barrier Reef Foundation’s month-long ReefBlitz will engage people power to capture the biggest ever snapshot of Great Barrier Reef health and life powered by citizen science from 1 to 31 October. More than 20 activities and events – either free or low cost –...