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| Event title | Date | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain mid-winter talk | Tuesday, 18 June 2019 - 11:00am to 12:30pm |
Mid-Winter Talk: Black Mountain - its geological origins and evolution. |
| Robert Spiers ‘Conservation of the Pink-tailed Worm-lizard Aprasia parapulchella at Googong’ | Thursday, 13 June 2019 - 12:30pm |
Robert, Capital Ecology’s principal ecologist, will talk about this lizard that lives in ant galleries under small surface volcanic rocks in our region. Much of the species’ habitat is being destroyed or modified by agriculture and urban development leading to its decline and its listing as ‘vulnerable’. |
| Peter Byron ‘Update on ANBG Management Plan, Including Conservatory and Announcement of Seed Bank Design’ | Thursday, 6 June 2019 - 12:30pm |
Peter, General Manager of the ANBG, will provide an update on the ANBG Management Plan, Including the Conservatory and an Announcement of the Seed Bank Design. |
| ANBG Friends Plant Science Group Technical Talk | Monday, 3 June 2019 - 10:30am |
Alasdair Grigg, Manager, Christmas Island Minesite to Forest Rehabilitation Program, Christmas Island NP will speak on 'Christmas Island: its flora and the rainforest rehabilitation program' |
| Weeding Work Party | Saturday, 1 June 2019 - 9:00am to Sunday, 2 June 2019 - 11:45am |
The next weeding work party is a special one to remove Hawthorn weeds from the area near Pryor’s notable Snow Gums at the Glenloch Interchange, a core conservation area site in the midst of high volume traffic. This small area of Snow Gum Woodland includes an ancient tree that is listed as a notable tree in Trees and Shrubs of Canberra by Lindsay Pryor and JCC Banks. Meet: At the stile on the fence of Aranda Snow Gums at the corner of William Hovell and Caswell Drives. Park your car near Black Mountain Reserve Car Park. |
| ANBG Friends Photographic Group – May meeting | Friday, 31 May 2019 - 10:00am to Saturday, 1 June 2019 - 9:45am |
Our guest will be Paul Jurak – Canberra's ‘Kayakcameraman’ Paul is a shining example of a person who has immersed himself in photography for personal healing, both mental and physical. His photography is self-taught and embraces the use of lighting and location. |
| Ingrid Singh ‘Camp and Colonies: Bats in the Australian Capital Territory’ | Thursday, 30 May 2019 - 12:30pm |
Ingrid, a volunteer wildlife carer, has been helping to rescue, rehabilitate and release bats around Canberra with ACT Wildlife since it was established. She will talk about the hidden creatures around us, so that you can decide whether they are pollinators, pest-controllers or terrifying 'children of the night'! |
| Dr John Evans ‘The Physiology of Leaf Photosynthesis’ | Thursday, 23 May 2019 - 12:30pm |
John, a chief investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Transitional Photosynthesis, will describe how it has been possible to link photosynthetic properties to underlying biochemical and structural elements resulting in the application of increasing photosynthesis by crop plants to assist in raising yield potential. |
| World Bee Day | Sunday, 19 May 2019 - 9:00am to 6:30pm |
To help celebrate World Bee Day 2019, the embassies of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Norway, Slovenia, Sweden, (and Switzerland) are hosting a full day of events in Canberra on Sunday 19 May. |
| Dr Rolf Oberpieiler ‘Unique Weevil Fauna Preserved in Burmese Amber (100 Million Years Old)’ | Thursday, 16 May 2019 - 12:30pm |
Rolf, a weevil taxonomist at the Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, will speak about this fascinating phenomenon, which dates back to early Upper Cretaceous deposits. Like the plants, the weevil fauna in Burmese amber also exhibits distinct affinities to modern-day Gondwana taxa that are relictual in Australia. |
