http://www.kedronbrook.org.au This website is a MUST VISIT and work through to get to know the Kedron Brook catchment.
The catchment is about 29 km long and about 4 km wide – a total area of 110km2.
Brisbane City Council (BCC) supports the bushcare groups’ activities through the Habitat Brisbane Program.
Pine Rivers Shire Council supports bushcare groups in the upper catchment.
Federal Caring for Our Country Grant for one big project further down the Brook.
The objective of the Kedron Brook Catchment Network is to protect and improve the environment of the Kedron Brook Water Catchment Area.
They aim to do so by acting in an educational and facilitating role rather than as a ‘hands on’ working group.
Their aims are based on the concepts of
knowledge education consultation communication and advocacy.
If we want a Brook Catchment that is fit for us and our children to live in we must make decisions geared towards that end. Education and awareness are pivotal.
Network’s Aims
* To co-ordinate community projects for Kedron Brook Catchment
* To co-ordinate and facilitate projects to improve the environmental health of the catchment
* To link groups and individuals with an interest in the environmental health of the catchment
* To encourage and facilitate research into the ecology of the catchment and to disseminate this information
* To liaise with business government (local state and federal) and other agencies on environmental issues affecting the catchment
* To promote the environmental values of the catchment to the public and inform the public of the Network’s activities aims and achievements
* To enhance communication and education on the flora and fauna of Kedron Brook and issues affecting them
* To ensure the maintenance of existing habitat and the creation of habitat (where appropriate) and corridors along Kedron Brook
Meetings and Events – Diary
http://www.kedronbrook.org.au/news_events/diary.html
Projects in The Grove
[ul]Restoring Corridors Project – http://www.kedronbrook.org.au/projects_funding/restoring_corridors.html
Patricks Rd school children sampling fish
Schools education “Down at Your Local Creek” environmental education program
Frog Surveys
Weed mapping and remnant vegetation mapping
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