Category: Nature & Environment

This project is helping to reduce threats to rainforest species and ecological communities by improving priority areas through revegetation, weed management and habitat protection, and by finding solutions to cassowary deaths and injuries on roads. Terrain is working with community groups, traditional owners and government organisations on the project. This project is supported by Terrain NRM, through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program.

The September 1 ban covers single-use plastic straws, stirrers, cutlery, plates and unenclosed bowls, as well as single-use takeaway containers and cups made from expanded polystyrene.

The Queensland Government has opened another round of community consultation on the Wangetti Trail project. Following months of intensive fieldwork, planning and investigations, the current round of community engagement is open until 11 September 2020 inviting submissions for ideas and comments on the trail.

Council has arranged for a contractor to again remove dead branches from the Rosewood trees in Warner Street. Removal of the deadwood will give the trees the best chance of survival, as well as ensure the avenue of trees remains safe for the public.

For two days, August 26 & 27 2021, Council is requesting that no vehicles are parked in Warner Street between Grant and Owen Streets. There will also be traffic controllers on site allowing only local traffic to enter the area. These restrictions will allow contractors to work efficient and complete work within the two days allocated.

“We are seizing the opportunity to establish Queensland as a national leader in a low-carbon economy and create 185,000 jobs, the most out of any state in the country.”

A new Queensland Government survey shows that crocodile populations throughout Queensland continue to recover after the reptiles were almost hunted to extinction before being protected…

I had noted, but not grasped the significance of, the recent decision brought down in the case of Sharma v the Minister for the Environment, where eight school children challenged the minister (Sussan Ley) to uphold her duty of care for the future generations, and not approve a specific coal mine expansion in Northern NSW.

As I was walking around our beautiful Port this morning, I was struck by the decrepit state of the Crystalbrook Superyacht Marina carpark.

Douglas Shire Sustainability Group (DSSG) responds to Douglas Shire Council Draft Foreshore Management Plans

As we near the arrival of whales into our northern Great Barrier Reef waters, Great Barrier Reef Legacy wants you to help make each and every whale sighting count.