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| Event title | Date | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Evolution of Australian heliozelid moths and their pollination mutualism with Boronia (Rutaceae) | Monday, 2 September 2019 - 10:30am |
Liz Milla, Postdoctoral Fellow, CSIRO Black Mountain will talk on Evolution of Australian heliozelid moths and their pollination mutualism with Boronia (Rutaceae) |
| ANBG Friends Photographic Group - August meeting | Friday, 30 August 2019 - 10:30am to Saturday, 31 August 2019 - 11:45am |
Acacia (wattle) walk in the gardens Our next meeting will be a guided walk in the gardens - there will be no formal talk in the Theatrette this month. Two volunteer guides are giving up their valuable time to take us on an informative Acacia (wattle) walk. With the Acacias in bloom, this should be a very special morning. The walk will be followed by lunch at the Pollen Café at 12 midday. If you wish to attend, please contact Helen Dawes at helendawes54@gmail.com by Wednesday 21 August so we can finalise bookings. |
| Glenn Cocking ‘Moths and Bushblitzes’ | Thursday, 29 August 2019 - 12:30pm |
Glenn, a volunteer curator at the Australian National Insect Collection, will discuss the moth fauna of Black Mountain in the context of some general observations about moths, and how to understand the families present in the ACT, and tell some stories about an eclectic selection of particular species from wider afield. NOTE: Changed date |
| Dr Laura Rayner ‘Parrot Central for a Bird on the Edge’ | Thursday, 22 August 2019 - 12:30pm |
Laura, a conservation ecologist, will bring us up-to-date on her research on Superb Parrots – a superb bird pushed to the very edge of its natural range by climate change and land clearing. It is now a race against time to determine what pressures the parrot is facing and what needs to be done to secure its future. |
| Anke Maria Hoefer ‘Frogwatch Successfully Marrying Citizen Science and Community Engagement Since 2002’ | Thursday, 15 August 2019 - 12:30pm |
Anke Maria, from the ACT and Regional Frogwatch Program, will introduce you to the program that engages hundreds of volunteers each year. The data collected feeds into a wide range of frog projects, including frog census, climate change investigations and frog habitat studies. NOTE: Changed date |
| Damian Wrigley ‘Australian Seed Bank Partnership’ | Thursday, 8 August 2019 - 12:30pm |
Damian, from the Australian Seed Bank Partnership (ASBP), will outline how the ASBP is contributing to global conservation efforts and will give an update on the Seed Science Forum to be held at the ANBG in 2020. |
| ANBG Friends Plant Science Group Technical Talk | Monday, 5 August 2019 - 10:30am |
Francisco Encinas-Viso (CANBR - CSIRO) will talk on 'A window to the past: using museum specimens to study temporal changes of plant-pollinator interactions' |
| Guided Walk - Mosses, Lichens, Fungi and Plants in the Days of Dinosaurs | Sunday, 4 August 2019 - 10:00am to Monday, 5 August 2019 - 10:45am |
About 50 million years ago, Australia was part of Gondwana, a supercontinent in the southern hemisphere. Dinosaurs roamed this great landmass. Join Volunteer Guide Linda Beveridge on this one hour guided walk through the ANBG discovering the plants that are similar to those the dinosaurs would have been familiar with. This walk is now sold out. |
| Black Mountain Weeding Working Party | Saturday, 3 August 2019 - 9:00am to Sunday, 4 August 2019 - 11:45am |
We shall focus on removing non-local woody and other weeds in the northwest of the Reserve near Caswell Drive. Meet: At the Belconnen Way entry to the Black Mountain Nature Reserve. Please book: if you are planning to come, please email your name and phone number to friendsofblackmountain@gmail.com or phone 0437 298 711 as this helps with the catering. Also, having your contact number helps us to let you know if arrangements need to change at the last minute (for example, adverse weather conditions). |
| Dr Jane Roberts ‘Value of Wetlands and Swamps’ | Thursday, 1 August 2019 - 12:30pm |
Jane, a wetland ecologist, will talk about wetlands, and how they are currently of scientific interest for their role in carbon storage, but that has not always been how they have been valued. An historical perspective of wetland values and their changes say more about human society than about wetlands. |
