» News (2010) Red Hill Regeneration Group

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22 December 2010: The RHRG has made a submission to Communities in Landscapes for a grant of $3000 to help restore the landscape on part of Red Hill. More…
14 December 2010: Submissions are invited into a review of the ACT Nature Conservation Act 1980. The Act protects native plants and animals, and provides management authority for conservation lands. It provides the legal underpinning of nature conservation policy, management and action across the Territory. Submissions close 18 February 2011. More…
14 December 2010: The Land Development Agency invites comments on the discussion paper “Four year Woodland Restoration Proposal”. The paper deals with the LDA’s obligations under the EPBC Act. Comments close 27 January 2011. More…
3 December 2010: The next working bee on Red Hill will be on Sunday 5 December 2010. More…
28 October 2010: The next working bee on Red Hill will be on Sunday 7 November 2010. More…
6 October 2010: Come help Friends of Grasslands clear woody weeds at Stirling Park, Yarralumla on 16 October 2010.More…
30 September 2010: You are invited to join a bushland expert for a guided walk through Stirling Park on 6 November 2010. Registration required. More…
3 September 2010: The Red Hill Regeneration Group gave 439 hours of volunteer work in 2009/10 to protecting the Red Hill Nature Reserve. Thanks to all our volunteers! More…
30 August 2010: Join the Friends of Grasslands in a working bee at Yarramundi Reach on 11 September 2010. More…
17 August 2010: The AGM will be held on 3 October 2010 at the next working bee on Red Hill. More information about the AGM and working bee…
15 August 2010: A letter of support for RHRG campaign against the Federal Golf Club development proposal was sent by a group of woodland experts to the Chief Minister on 8 July 2010. More…
3 August 2010: A recent census of the kangaroo populationon Red Hill has recorded 447 within the 375ha reserve. Experts consider one kangaroo per hectare to be optimum. A second count taken on 7 August 2010 recorded 482. More on kangaroo management in the ACT…
25 June 2010: The next RHR working bee is scheduled forSunday 4 July from 0900 to 1230. The work site is located between Davidson Trig and Hindmarsh Drive. It is badly infested with verbascum so there will be enough work there for us for the next 2 or 3 months. Access is via the gate at the corner of Rusden and Richardson Streets Garran rendezvous by 0845 if you want to drive (or be driven)to the work site.
13 June 2010: Red Hill Kangaroo census – 20 volunteers are needed on 26/27 June to establish a base-line figure from which changes in kangaroo numbers can be monitored. To do the count we need to form a line across the hill walking about 3km south to north, each count will probably take about 3 hours. People will be in pairs about 50m apart. The line will be co-ordinated through walky talkies and mobile phones. CallMichael Mulvaney if you can attend.
12 June 2010: Read the latest information from Minister Andrew Barr (7 June 2010) and meetings with Minister Barr, the ACTPLA and NCA about the Federal Golf Club development plans. More…
18 May 2010: Join Greening Australia on 5 June 2010 – World Environment Day – to plant trees at Pierces Creek, from 9.30am to 12.30pm. More…
11 May 2010: Join the Friends of Grasslands on Sunday 27 June 2010 to weed Stirling Ridge, another endangered Yellow Box-Red Gum woodland. More…
5 May 2010: The next RHR working bee is scheduled for Sunday 6 June from 0900 to 1230. The work site is located between Davidson Trig and Hindmarsh Drive. It is badly infested with verbascum so there will be enough work there for us for the next 2 or 3 months. Access is via the gate at the corner of Rusden and Richardson Streets Garran rendezvous by 0845 if you want to drive to the work site.
1 May 2010: Congratulations and thanks to all those who have signed a petition (between 500 and 1000), mailed in the slips from the “Rally for Red Hill” fliers (over 50 to date), or written and emailed to Ministers, media and to the Regenerators about the Federal Golf Club development proposal. Please keep up the pressure. It is even more important to save this woodland as another 121ha of critically endangered Box-Gum woodland is under threat in the East Molonglo development. More…
29 April 2010: Don’t forget International Composting Awareness Week next week. More…
28 April 2010: The May Group activity will be held on Sunday 2 May, from 9am to midday. In an area between Davidson Trig and Hindmarsh Drive that has become infested with verbascum. Access is via the gate at the corner of Rusden and Richardson Streets Garran and the newly installed asphalt Davidson Trig access road If you wish to drive (or be driven) to the worksite be at the corner of Rusden and Richardson Streets Garran by 0845. The alternative is quite a long walk into the site. Call Peter Franklin on 0419 409 324 for any clarification.
20 April 2010: The Regenerators volunteers have mapped 55 rabbit warrens on a section of Red Hill. Canberra Nature Parks Administration will undertake extermination later this year. More…
9 April 2010: At its monthly meeting of the Woden Community Council Simon Corbell was unequivocal in stating to the whole meeting that he was opposed to the Federal Golf Club development proposal, that this was the view he had in 1999 and it hadn’t changed. He promised to argue strongly with his labor colleges that the proposal should not be supported. More…
31 March 2010: Read the “Rally for Red Hill” information sheet and download the petition against the Federal Golf Club development. Please help collect signatures. More…
26 March 2010: Federal Golf Club development comments close on 29 March 2010. The following organisations have or will lodge an objection Conservation Council ACT Region, National Parks Association, the Grassy Woodland Conservation Management Network and Pedal Power. We have also contacted Friends of Grasslands, Canberra Ornithologists Group, Canberra Field Naturalists, Molonglo Catchment Group and Hughes Residents Association. Thanks to those individuals that have already lodged objections. Send objections to app.sec@act.gov.au. More…
13 March 2010: The April group activity will be held onEaster Sunday 4 April. We will continue the good work we have been doing in the area between Hindmarsh Drive and the southern corner of Garran – meeting at the corner of Rusden and Richardson Streets Garran – see Google map. We will start at 0830 to avoid the heat of the day and work until around 1200-1230 with morning tea and Easter eggs at 1030 (on a bring your own basis).
The Group supplies gloves, goggles, weeding equipment and training and welcomes new participants. Sturdy shoes/boots, long pants and long sleeved shirt as well as are a hat and water bottle are strongly recommended.
Please don’t hesitate to call Peter Franklin on 0419 409 324 for any clarification.
24 February 2010: The draft EIS relating to the proposed residential development on the Federal Golf Course will be avaialble on the ACTPLA website for viewing/printing from 9:00am Monday 1 March 2010, with comments required before the closing date of 29 March 2010. More…
20 February 2010: The March Group activity will be held on Sunday 28 February to avoid a conflict with Clean Up Australia Day. We will continue the good work we have been doing in the area between Hindmarsh Drive and the southern corner of Garran – meeting at the corner of Rusden and Richardson Streets Garran – seeGoogle map.
Again we will start at 0830 to avoid the heat of the day and work until around 1200-1230 with morning tea at 1030 (on a bring your own basis). The Group supplies gloves, goggles, weeding equipment and training and welcomes new participants. Sturdy shoes/boots, long pants and long sleeved shirt as well as are a hat and water bottle are strongly recommended.
19 February 2010: Submission sent to the Canberra Nature Park Enquiry. More…
1 February 2010: Welcome to our new web site. The purpose of this web site is to provide information about the ecological significance of Red Hill and its unique flora and fauna. This site will also be used to publish information about the Group’s activities.