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SUMMARY:'Frost and drought in a native garden' - CHANGE OF SPEAKER
DESCRIPTION:Dr Ben Walcott will speak in the place of the scheduled speaker\, Dr Roger Farrow. His topic is ‘Frost and drought in a native garden’ – increasingly relevant to everyone with an interest in how our unstable weather patterns will affect us and our plantings. \nBiography\nThe Walcotts moved from the USA to Canberra in 2003 and soon became friends of the ANBG. They have developed their own large native garden in Red Hill\, drawing on garden experiences both locally and overseas. \nBooking link: https://www.trybooking.com/DHLQC
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/roger-farrow-back-from-the-brink-or-a-resilient-survivor-the-case-of-keys-matchstick-grasshopper-keyacris-scurra/
LOCATION:ANBG Theatrette\, Clunies Ross Street Acton ACT 2601\, Canberra\, ACT\, 2601\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Thursday Talks
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SUMMARY:Craig Moritz – Discovering diversity across Australia’s tropics
DESCRIPTION:Craig Moritz\, from the ANU\, will talk about the true species diversity of vertebrates in the monsoonal tropics\, and how this matters for science\, conservation\, and ecological management. \nYou might think that we know all about Australia’s vertebrate species – what they are and where they occur. However\, ongoing surveys and genetic analyses tell a different story – we have massively underestimated true species diversity across the vast monsoonal tropics. This matters for science\, conservation\, and informing ecological management\, especially in areas owned and managed by our First Peoples. \nCraig Moritz is an evolutionary biologist who likes nothing more than traveling to remote areas to survey animal diversity and interact with landholders. He is a Professor at ANU and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. \nIt is a good idea to reserve a seat at the talks that you wish to attend; several talks are booked out very quickly. Bookings can be made about 30 days in advance until Wednesday night before the talk.
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/craig-moritz-discovery-diversity-across-australias-tropics/
LOCATION:ANBG Theatrette\, Clunies Ross Street Acton ACT 2601\, Canberra\, ACT\, 2601\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Thursday Talks
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SUMMARY:Chris Mobbs – Bragg Street Park\, Hackett: Increasing biodiversity through water harvesting
DESCRIPTION:Chris Mobbs\, Convenor Bragg Street Park Volunteers\, describes solving a drainage problem and creating an urban oasis with a great increase in the diversity of native plants. \nResidents near a neighbourhood park in Hackett came together to solve a drainage problem. They ended up creating an urban oasis. Their project was funded with a Nature in the City grant in 2021. \nIt is now 4 years since the swales were built\, and they have been very successful in preventing minor flooding in gardens downhill from the park. There have also been great results in increasing the diversity of native plants in the park – many have been planted by the park volunteers\, but many self-seeding eucalypts have grown up in the swales. \nOur volunteer group was very pleased when the ACT Government used our park as a case study in the recently released Stormwater Management for Community Groups guidelines: https://www.act.gov.au/open/stormwater-management-for-community-groups. \nI am pleased that the photo on the cover of these guidelines is one of the swales in our park\, and there are more details on page 25.  As well as the swales successfully capturing water and the great growth of native plants\, we had 5 species of frogs move into the park in the spring of 2023 and 2024. And in spring 2023\, a lovely bearded dragon moved into the park. And last spring\, we counted 4 smaller ones – we think these may have been offspring from the first dragon. \nChris Mobbs has a Bachelor’s in Applied Science (1976) from the then Canberra College of Advanced Education (now Uni of Canberra).  My first job was an interpretation ranger (1976-84) with the then Conservation and Agriculture department (later renamed the ACT Parks and Conservation Service). My activities included taking people on day and night-time walks through Canberra’s nature reserves like Tidbinbilla\, Black Mt\, Mt Taylor\, Mt Ainslie\, and Majura\, and preparing brochures about Canberra’s wildlife. In 1983-84\, I co-hosted\, with Mike Braysher\, the Wildlife Biologist\, a 30-minute segment called Canberra Bush and Fauna once every 3 weeks on ABC local radio morning program (then known as ABC 2CN but today is ABC 666).  From 1984-96\, I worked in the Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service Education Section and then helped manage programs including Save the Bush\, One Billion Trees\, and the Waterwatch program. From 2000-07\, I worked in the Chemical management program of the Federal Environment department before moving to energy efficiency programs until I retired in early 2017. \nIt is a good idea to reserve a seat at the talks that you wish to attend; several talks are booked out very quickly. Bookings can be made about 30 days in advance until Wednesday night before the talk.
URL:https://friendsanbg.org.au/event/chris-mobbs-bragg-street-park-hackett-increasing-biodiversity-through-water-harvesting/
LOCATION:ANBG Theatrette\, Clunies Ross Street Acton ACT 2601\, Canberra\, ACT\, 2601\, Australia
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