Irwin's Turtle
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School Kids Visit Wetlands Thanks to BDTNRM
September 2007 - Year 5 students from East Ayr State School will be getting a tour of local wetlands, courtesy of Burdekin Dry Tropics
Natural Resource Management (BDTNRM), as runners up in the Townsville Bulletin Wetland Scrapbook
competition. [pdf 248.1 kb]
BDTNRM Celebrates Biodiversity Month
6 September 2007 - Biodiversity means biological diversity, or ‘the variety of all life forms’. During Biodiversity month, Burdekin Dry
Tropics NRM’s (BDTNRM) Biodiversity Programme coordinator, Dr. Bronwyn Houlden, is highlighting our
activities that contribute to a biologically healthy and diverse region. [pdf 299.8 kb]
Dr Ian Dight profile
August 2007 - Dr Dight is two years into a Burdekin Dry Tropics Natural Resource Management (BDTNRM) project to improve the
water quality of the massive Burdekin River catchment, all 138,000 square kilometres of it. It is not only one of the
biggest water catchment areas of the country, and of course the state, but commands an enormous influence on our
precious Great Barrier Reef. [pdf 200.2 kb]
Mr. Kevin Mann joins BDTNRM Board
August 2007 - The Townsville based Burdekin Dry Tropics Natural Resource Management recently appointed high profile Home
Hill canegrower Kevin Mann to its eleven-member board. It is an interesting appointment and comes at a time when
scientists and land users are sometimes (if not often) in disagreement about modern land management techniques. [pdf 200.8 kb]
Fishways - By Terry Butts
August 2007 - An ambitious, unique and expensive project to have millions of Barramundi and other fresh water fish swimming the
boundaries of the Bountiful Burdekin is at an advanced stage, and according to experts, the signs are promising to
say the least. [pdf 194.4 kb]
Fixing the Broken River - By Terry Butts
August 2007 - The Burdekin Dry Tropics Natural Resource Management (BDTNRM) and sister organization the Mackay Whitsunday NRM are working closely on a project to clean up one of Queensland’s best-known habitats for our platypus- the aptly named Broken River at Eungella in the Mackay Highlands. [pdf 202.5 kb]
Make your back yard frog friendly
17 August 2007 - To find out how to build a frog pond in your own backyard visit North Queensland Conservation Council’s (NQCC)
Townsville Frog Club display at the Cultural Festival this weekend. Burdekin Dry Tropics Natural Resource is one of the many sponsors for the workshops being held at 1.30 and 4.30 on Friday,
Saturday and Sunday. With frog numbers in decline around the world, building a frog pond seems a good way to
help these delightful creatures hang in there. [pdf 248.7 kb]
Changing Places - By Terry Butts
28 July 2007 - Until recent times the subject of global warming has been dismissed by the rank and file as some form of greenie
gobbledegook. Even scare mongering. Proportionately very few of us wanted to know. Simply didn’t care. But, just like the weather, that perception has changed. Quite dramatically too. In fact the subject of climate change
has spread through the local community like a whiplash, according to Paul Wuth who is in charge of the key climate
change project being undertaken quite seriously by Burdekin Dry Tropics Natural Resource Management [pdf 133.3 kb]
Kids Caring for Country
13 August 2007 - The Gudjuda Reference Group Aboriginal Corporation is launching its primary school cultural awareness
programme at the Kids Caring for Country Day being held at the Riverway in Townsville on Thursday 16 August.
Burdekin Dry Tropics Natural Resource Management (BDTNRM), in partnership with Dept of Education, Training
and the Arts are sponsoring the event while Conservation Australia will be presenting information about water
quality and tree planting. [pdf 249.1 kb]
Fish Freeways Under Construction
2 August 2007 - BDTNRM will be holding a series of community meetings to present our findings so far and to listen to your thoughts and ideas about barriers to fish movements. Our first meeting is being hosted by the Fish Restocking group and will be held at Charters Towers on Monday the 6th August at 7.30pm. [pdf 271.5 kb]
Climate Change
25 July 2007 [pdf 290.6 kb]
Dalrymple Landcare Committee Good Land Management Awards - June 2007
The Darlymple Landcare Committee will be presenting six awards, worth $20,000, to landholders and commercial
operators who have used innovative management strategies to improve their land condition. The awards are part of
the SPIRAL project, funded by the Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water’s National Landcare
Programme. [pdf 251.5 kb]
Climate Change Forum
Professor Bob Miles is the key note speaker at a forum on Climate Change in the BDT region. The forum is hosted by Coastal Dry Tropics Landcare Inc. and sponsored by BDTNRM. [pdf 379.1 kb]
Mr. Mark Stoneman - New Chair for Burdekin Solutions Ltd
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Burdekin Big Wet March 2007
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BDTNRM River Mgt Workshop March 2007
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BDTNRM no Barrier to Burdekin Fish
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River bosses tackle pests - Townsville Bulletin 31 March 2007
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18 January Burdekin Leads the Charge Against Climate Change
Climate change is considered the greatest environmental cause for concern of the present time and several hundred Burdekin residents will be attending a public forum and expo to find out more about this very hot topic. [pdf 14.8 kb]
