Volunteer groups in our region do
fantastic work looking after our beaches and marine environment,
monitoring our flora and fauna and educating the community on best
management practice.
Volunteers are made up of a cross
section of community, from experts in particular fields to children
to anybody with a keen interest in preserving our coastal and
marine environment.
If you’re interested in
getting involved in coastcare work, check out the following groups
currently operating in our area:
Coastal Dry
Tropics Landcare
This group aims to protect and preserve
natural areas in Townsville by empowering the
community. Contact Kerry Hardy on (07) 4721
4322 or email: landcare@bigpond.net.au.
Alva Sports Recreation and Community
Association
This group aims to protect the
natural assets of the Alva Beach district and, in doing so,
enhance the quality of life for local residents. For
further information contact Judith Palmer on (07) 4783 1809 or
email: judyp2@activ8.net.au.
Queens
Beach Action Group, Bowen
Bowen Coastcare group volunteers seek
to identify local environmental problems and work together to
achieve practical solutions, tackling problems like dune erosion,
loss of native plants and animals, storm water pollution, weeds and
control of human access to sensitive areas. Contact Pat Garrod
on (07) 4785 1127 or email: patg40@bigpond.net.au.
Reef Check
Australia
Reef Check Australia is part of an
international non-profit organisation involving the community in
monitoring coral reef health. Coral reefs around the world are
under enormous pressure from human activities and climate change.
Although Australia’s reefs are among the best managed in the
world, they are not immune to these threats. For further
information contact Jos Hill on 907) 4724 3950 or email: support@reefcheckaustralia.org.
Saunders
Beach Coastcare Group
The Saunders Beach Coast Care Group
along with the ancillary group entitled the Saunders Beach Action
Group, has worked successfully with the local council for the
development and implementation of various ground works in an effort
to create and maintain Saunders Beach as an ecologically
sustainable environment. The Group’s
efforts have included hands-on ground works as well as community
forums to help residents understand the sensitive nature of all
coastal hind dunes & the environmental ramifications of poor
hind-dune management practices. Contact Peter
Mayer on 0417 619 786 or email: peter@allcorp.net.au.
Sea Turtle
Foundation
Sea Turtle Foundation is a recently
formed not-for-profit company in the process of expansion from a
local community group to an internationally recognised sea turtle
conservation organisation. Contact Gitte Kragh by
email: info@seaturtlefoundation.org.
Townsville Region Bird Observers
Club
Bird Observation & Conservation
Australia (BOCA) is a national organisation committed to the needs
of bird watchers and to the conservation of birds and environmental
management. Founded in 1991, the Townsville branch of BOCA,
the Townsville Region Birds Observers Club, has an active
membership of 60, some of who have received national
recognition for their work in bird conservation. The members
live mainly in the Townsville region and conduct regular bird
counts and studies in the local area. Contact Ian Boyd on (07) 4778
1945 or email: contact@trboc.org.au.
Wunjunga Progress Association
Wunjunga Progress Association is a
community group dedicated to the conservation of Wunjunga Beach
(Beachmount) in the Burdekin. Contact Allan Shan on (07) 4782
1187.
