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Results of the Woodland Birds on TSRs in the Bungendore Area eBird Surveys are now available.
A summary of the results of the 2019-2023 eBird Surveys by Rainer Rehwinkel are available here.
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The full report can be downloaded from the Resources page of our website here. A more concise version of the report will be available shortly.
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The program is being funded by the NSW Government through a partnership between the Saving our Species program and the Environmental Trust.
Queanbeyan - Molonglo Rivers Heritage Walk
An autumn walk along the Molonglo and Queanbeyan Rivers gave locals a chance to see decades of conservation work — and local history — up close.
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Hosted by Molonglo Conservation Group and Queanbeyan Landcare, the heritage walk explored the shared effort to reduce erosion, restore native habitat and improve the health of the cross-border river corridor.
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Participants walked through areas transformed by years of woody weed removal and regenerative planting. On the NSW side, Queanbeyan Landcare’s Friends of Queanbeyan River Project has established eight mini “forests” and extensive East bank native plantings. Across the border in the ACT, Molonglo Conservation Group has focused on controlling invasive woody weeds with support from ACT Government Environment Grants.
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The group also visited the historic Riverside Cemetery, which dates back to 1842 and is home to a more than 200-year-old Apple Box tree. Flood scars across the site tell the story of how major floods — including those in the 1870s, 1925, 1974, 2010 and 2012 — have continually reshaped the river corridor.
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The walk highlighted an important lesson: rivers and weeds do not respect borders. Species such as Robinia pseudoacacia and Box Elder continue to spread along the waterways, demonstrating why ongoing follow-up management is critical to the long-term success of weed control and regenerative planting efforts.
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*Both the Queanbeyan Riverside Cemetery and the Oaks Estate River Corredor Walk are part of the ACT Government “Canberra Tracks” - Oaks Estate River Corridor - Canberra Tracks and Riverside Cemetery - Canberra Tracks
Aprasia Habitat Presence/Absence Survey - Googong
Aprasia update
The Landscape-Species Conservation project pertaining to Aprasia parapulchella conservation in the Googong-Burra region of New South Wales is in its final year of on-ground delivery. With our species absence-presence surveys completed, we are now undertaking final Land For Wildlife assessments on participating landholdings to measure changes to habitat augmentation made across the span of the project. There is also to be some erosion control work underway inside the Googong township sanctuary site, adding a chain of 'frog ponds' in the partially dried spring fed creek to better equip the landscape for rain events and drought.
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This project has been supported by the New South Wales Government’s Saving our Species program through its Office of Environment and Heritage.
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This project is co-funded by Googong Township Pty Ltd
Aprasia - David Hartley
Species in the Suburbs
Educational Resource and
Colouring In Book
is officially Launched!
Molonglo Conservation Group officially launched Species in the Suburbs: a colouring guide to habitat connectivity in the Australian Capital Territory on 8th March, 2024.
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Minister for the Environment, Parks and Land Management, Rebecca Vassarotti, launched the publication and its accompanying teaching resource and activity booklet that were developed by Molonglo Conservation Group as part of the ACT Government's Connecting Nature, Connecting People Project.
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