Looking at Landcare - 23 December 2011
Hello Landcarers
Well, here we are - the last Landcare column for 2011. I thought I would spend this last column talking about a bit of a Landcare wish list – here’s hoping Santa comes good! Read Full Story
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Valley FM 97.9 Tuesday 12.30 -1.00pm 2PK 1404 Thurs 12.30-1.00pm
31 October 2011
Thanks to the volunteers night
This was held on Friday evening on 21 October with twelve of the forty volunteers participating in the thank you night. We had the NSW landcare Forum and awards presentation here in Parkes on the 5-7 September and it was a great success with three hundred and twenty delegates from all over the state attending. Read Full Story
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Valley FM 97.9 Tuesday 12.30 -1.00pm 2PK 1404 Thurs 12.30-1.00pm
24 October 2011
Thanks to the volunteers night
We had the NSW Landcare Forum and awards presentation here in Parkes on the 5-7 September and it was a great success with three hundred and twenty delegates from all over the state attending. We conducted the forum over two venues mainly with four venues being used for the award nominees oral and visual presentation. We also conducted four bus trip to field trips around the area showing off the environmental work we are achieving. Read Full Story
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Valley FM 97.9 Tuesday 12.30 -1.00pm 2PK 1404 Thurs 12.30-1.00pm
17 October 2011
enviorHUB Meeting held last Thursday
These meetings are held every three months and give stakeholders with similar environmental objectives to meet and discuss issues and projects that can be achieved collectively. The meeting was attended by representatives from Read Full Story
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Valley FM 97.9 Tuesday 12.30 -1.00pm 2PK 1404 Thurs 12.30-1.00pm
3 October 2011
drumMUSTER reaccreditation course
This was held on Wednesday and Vernon Keighly who trains and assesses and coordinated all drumMUSTER in Australia presented the course. In all there were nine participant, six who were reaccredited and three who gained the accreditation. The course was over three hours and consisted of written and practical assessment. Some interesting information on drumMUSTER is that the first drumMUSTER was at Gunnedah in May 1999 and with its success there were negotiations with local councils and chemical suppliers to expand the concept. So far in 2010-11 there have been 1.84 million drums collected and in 2009-10 there were 1.93 drums collected. Since its inception in 1999 there have been 17 million drums collected which equates to approximately 55% of the drums distribute on an annual basis. Read Full Story
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