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Planting a Food Forest at Caroola
There are few better ways to spend a long weekend than out in the spring sun. Over the Labour Day long weekend, a small group of us had the privilege of going to Caroola farm to learn about holistic management … Continue reading
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Monitoring the superb parrot in Canberra
On 22nd September, I joined Dr. Laura Rayner from ACT Parks and Conservation Service to prepare for a superb parrot (Polytelis swainsonii) monitoring project in Throsby, ACT. I was so lucky that superb parrots arrived in Canberra earlier this year … Continue reading
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Park care in Mount Majura Nature Reserve
Mount Majura Nature Reserve (MMNR) (35°14’15″S 149°10’50″E) is part of the Canberra Nature Park. This natural reserve is located in the northern suburbs of Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory. There is a series of residual bush areas of mainly … Continue reading
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Land management and the Encroaching City Boundaries
U6176883 Becoming a park ranger, the dream job for so many Fenner graduates. Getting paid to spend the day in the field, relaxing amongst nature. But how does the idealised vision differ from fact, especially when within the urban interface? … Continue reading
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Birding in Capertee
A flash of black and yellow streaks across the lens of the binoculars I’m peering through. I swing them around and manage to focus on a bird for a brief moment before it darts off again through the trees. It … Continue reading
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Potoroo Surveying at Tibinbilla Nature Reserve
What can be better than working in nature with adorable animals? This August I had an opportunity to spend 3 days helping out in a student project on the long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus) population at Tibinbilla Nature Reserve (TNR). I … Continue reading
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Land Management Care in Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, Act
DOODOODOO! Perhaps the most hated sound in the universe, the ringing of an alarm, rudely jolted me from my sleep at 0600 to provide a rather unpleasant start to the day. Nevertheless, I still had a sense of excitement for … Continue reading
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Restoring remnant vegetation and reducing Biodiversity loss in farmland: The Agricultural Matrix in the Far South Coast of NSW
The Bega Valley on the Far South Coast of NSW is one of the most picturesque coastal regions in Australia, with far reaching coastlines mixed with rich and diverse National Parks, such as Biamanga, Ben Boyd and Bournda. The area … Continue reading
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Conservation Management in the ACT – ParkCare and Nature Reserves
During countless hours spent studying at the university library, I’d wondered what it would be like to work outdoors again, as I stare out at the sunny early-October day. I remembered an old Banjo Patterson poem – Clancy of … Continue reading
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The Superb Parrot and its future in an urban Canberra
The Superb Parrot (Polytelis swainsonii) is a beautiful inland parrot that is considered to be vulnerable to extinction in the wild by both state and federal governments. It is found in two states (New South Wales and Victoria) and the … Continue reading
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Biodiversity Conservation 