The next Plant Recognition Group workshop will be on macrophytes in streams and wetlands. The workshop will be led by Dr Jane Roberts, a retired vegetation ecologist, who has an ecological consultant to government […]
Peter and Chris, from Canberra Birds, will describe the extent to which rodent a control program caused a detectable change in abundance of birds on Lord howe Island. They matched […]
Emma will discuss work done over the last nine years by the National Seed Bank, ANBG nursery, ACT Office of Nature Conservation and the Parks and Conservation Service teams to […]
Join plant ecologist Michael Doherty for a walk and little-known stories about vegetation patterns, fire ecology and fire history on Black Mountain. We will also discuss fire and vegetation management […]
Rod, a retired CSIRO scientist and currently the Treasurer of Friends ANBG, will talk about temperature and reproduction of plants, including Australian natives. Rod ‘s research with the CSIRO focused first on environment and reproduction in cereals and grasses, and then on Australian plants with horticultural potential. After retiring in 2008 he continued as an […]
Black Mountain is an important element of the Aboriginal and national capital landscape from deep time to today. Let’s join Wally Bell, Ngunawal elder, and Mark Butz, history researcher and writer, as they unearth the lesser-known stories of Aboriginal, historic and natural heritage of Black Mountain. This walk is part of the Heritage Festival. Fully […]