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Date Time More than 1,000 grasses planted for endangered finch A local habitat home to the black-throated finch is growing thanks to the planting of more than 1,000 native grasses in the Oak Valley Nature Reserve. Townsville City Council is planting the native grasses – including Cockatoo Grass, Golden Beard Grass, and Clustered Love Grass – to increase the amount of suitable grass seeds available to the endangered finch. Community Health, Safety and Environmental Sustainability Committee Deputy chairperson Margie Ryder said the project involves revegetating potential black-throated finch habitat in Oak Valley. “Townsville is very lucky to be one of the remaining areas where the southern sub-species of the black-throated finch can still be found. Council officers have been working on a project to increase the availability of foraging grasses in the reserve for the endangered species,” Cr Ryder said. ....
Environment Day Awards The 2021 Environment Awards celebrate initiatives and activities that our community members are implementing, across four award categories. And the winners are: Local Sustainability Andrew Crompton Andrew works tirelessly as a volunteer at the Waterfall Gully site and gives so much time and incredible knowledge to other volunteers. He even provides extra hours when there are outstanding jobs needing attending. He is an inspiration due to his beliefs in the environment generally and we, as a group of Biodiversity volunteers, are so fortunate to have him as a leader and a font of knowledge. Unsung Hero/es Rotary Club of Burnside Inc. ....
Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management, the Hon David Littleproud MP Minister for the Environment, the Hon Sussan Ley MP The Morrison Government is backing local communities hit by last year’s bushfires with $10 million in grants for wildlife and habitat recovery through hands on projects from setting up bee hotels and creating community nurseries, to cultural burning and installing nest boxes. Part of the Morrison Government’s $200 million bushfire recovery for wildlife and habitat package, the grants will fund 88 projects across New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Australian Capital Territory and Western Australia. Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management and Deputy Leader of the Nationals David Littleproud said that bushfire recovery for wildlife and habitat package was a key component of the more than $2 billion in assistance through the National Bushfire Recovery Fund. ....
Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management, the Hon David Littleproud MP Minister for the Environment, the Hon Sussan Ley MP The Morrison Government is backing local communities hit by last year’s bushfires with $10 million in grants for wildlife and habitat recovery through hands on projects from setting up bee hotels and creating community nurseries, to cultural burning and installing nest boxes. Part of the Morrison Government’s $200 million bushfire recovery for wildlife and habitat package, the grants will fund 88 projects across New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Australian Capital Territory and Western Australia. Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management and Deputy Leader of the Nationals David Littleproud said that bushfire recovery for wildlife and habitat package was a key component of the more than $2 billion in assistance through the National Bushfire Recovery Fund. ....