A LATE CHANGE to Thursday's talk as the planned speaker is unwell. Patrick De Dekker will now be talking about ‘The first expedition to the Antarctic Peninsula some 125 years ago - Amazing scientific achievements of great relevance today for the biota already affected by global warming’. This replacement talk is delivering new results from […]
Sally, of ANBG, will take us behind the scenes to discover the fun, passion and expertise that went into designing, creating and launching the Plant Science Learning Hub. Abstract The Australian National Botanic Gardens has launched a new robust and engaging digital education platform, the Plant Science Learning Hub (learn.anbg.gov.au). The Plant Science Learning Hub […]
Nicki, Program Manager with Greening Australia, will present some of the grassland restoration work that has been undertaken in the ACT region over the past 10 years, sometimes with drastic measures that were required to give native plants the competitive edge. Abstract Greening Australia has been restoring native grasslands for the last 15 years, initially […]
Jo, Bush Blitz Manager, will explain the who, what and why of what Bush Blitz does - who are these weird people that are so fascinated with insect genitals? what is this information used for? and why do we care about these new species? Abstract Bush Blitz is well known as a species discovery program, […]
A big thank you to the work party this month, who removed more than 770 weeds between the Powerline road and Barry Drive. We are looking forward to our next weeding work party in a different part of Black Mountain Nature Reserve. Details of the next weeding work party are: Date: Saturday 3 August 9:00am to 12 […]
Ana, from the Fenner School of Environment and Society at ANU, will talk about how hollows are created, how different animals, including gliders, use them, and how we can support wildlife in our backyards. Abstract In Australia, 303 native wildlife species rely on hollows formed inside of trees! In this talk by Ana Gracanin, a […]