August 2009
2 posts
Understanding Climate Change & Carbon Emission... →
Mundubbera Community Development Association is please to present “Adult Learner’s Week 2009″ Understanding Climate Change & Carbon Emission Trading these FREE workshops will be delivered by Dr….
BCCA tender for more grants in the Burnett →
BCCA are still in force and are currently in the process of tendering to BMRG for grants to be put into place in the Burnett!
July 2009
4 posts
July Newsletter →
July Newsletter available for download: 20090713_Newsletter_final (Read-Only)
Monto tackles weeds →
There are plenty of issues facing the Burnett landholder, and weeds can often top the list.
Last Thursday, landholders and managers from the North Burnett and beyond attended a ‘Combating Weeds’…
SuperGraze - Combating Weeds Information Day Monto →
Burnett Catchment Care Association (BCCA) and Queensland Primary Industries & Fisheries (QPI&F)
invite you to attend a “Combating Weeds Day”. Are you interested in how to manage weeds…
Peter Andrews on Australian Story in July 09 →
In our travels around the catchment as field officers with BCCA, we speak with many people who have heard of or are interested in the work of Natural Sequence Farming pioneer, Peter…
June 2009
4 posts
Grazing Bestprc - Effective Communication In... →
Learn how to make the most of your future right now. Develop a clear vision and communicate your ideas to those around you. Take charge of your life by attending the “Effective Communications in…
AGFORCE - FREE Computer Mapping Workshops - North... →
Get back into property computer mapping with Agforce Project’s new refresher workshops.
Launched this month, Spatial 102 is designed to assist producers who have already attended an introductory…
SuperGraze - Grazing Systems Workshop - REMINDER →
BCCA & DPI&F invite you to attend “Grazing Systems Workshop”
If you are interested in the profitability and sustainability of different grazing systems? Than this FREE workshop is for you!!
…
Grazing Land Management Workshop - REMINDER →
Just a reminder that if you are interested in attending this Grazing Land Management Workshop please contact Letetia on 41653551 for a registration form.
Where: Miriam Vale Community Hall
When:…
May 2009
4 posts
Healthy Grass, Cattle & Soil Workshop - MUNDUBBERA →
Have you ever wondered how the carbon, grass & cattle story all link together to produce more profits in the grazing industry?
Or how the soil health is affected by what you do on top of the…
Take home a Healthy Future outlook from Biloela →
Graziers, grain growers, land managers agronomists, researchers and interested persons are all welcome and invited to take part in a 2-day workshop series on healthy soils with Dr Elaine Ingham on…
AgForce - Computer Mapping Workshop →
For more information please download Computer Mapping Workshop Flyer and if interested in attending please also download and complete the Computer Mapping Registration Form.
Agforce - GPS Workshop →
For more information please download Agforce GPS Workshop Flyer and if interested in attending please also download and completed the GPS Registration Form
April 2009
4 posts
Link →
BCCA and DPI&F invite you to attend a
Sown Pastures Workshop
Are you interested in the boosting your beef production through sown pastures?
Would you like to know the sown pasture species…
Elsie’s Diary coming soon! →
An informative, educational and all round entertaining take on a year-in-the-life of Elsie, BCCA’s mascot for local threatened turtle - White Throated Snapping Turtle (Elseya albagula), will be up…
AgForests Field Day - Selling & Thinning Native... →
Date: Thursday 23 April 2009
Where: Bill & Frances Tincknell’s Property “Coongoola” - Miriam Vale
More information Flyer available for download: …
Reef Rescue - DPI&F Grazing Land Management... →
Reef Rescue is an initiative of the Australian Government’s Caring for Our Country program aimed at improving water quality in the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon through assisting farmers and graziers to…
March 2009
4 posts
ECO FRIENDLY LANDCARE FIELD DAY →
Open Invitation
Topics: Land Conservation of Country and Creek
Place: Dale & Cindy Wendt - O’Bil Bil Creek Burnett Highway Mundubbera
Date: Sunday 5 April 2009
Time: 8:30am - 11:00am
If…
SuperGraze Beef Economics Workshops a Huge Success →
North Burnett graziers have benefited from the Beef Economics Workshops run in the region funded through the SuperGraze program. SuperGraze is a cross regional initiative of the Federal…
It Starts with U - Mundubbera Community Branch... →
COMMUNITY PROJECT FORUM
Mundubbera Shire Hall
Thursday 26 March 2009
7pm
ALL WELCOME
to discuss future community projects that could be undertaken with the aid of funds generated by
…
AGFORCE - Workshop “How to use Computer Mapping on... →
Miriam Vale - Tuesday 17 March 2009
Greenlake - Thursday 19 March 2009
For more information or to register - contact Bree Roberson at AgForce on (07) 32386039, email …
February 2009
2 posts
BCCA Newsletter February 2009 →
Available for download current newsletter:
20090218_newsletter
Monto & Gayndah SuperGraze Workshops →
BCCA and DPI&F
invite you to attend a
Beef Economics Workshop
Are you interested in determining the economics of your grazing enterprise?
Would you like to know the profitability of…
January 2009
4 posts
“Upstream - Downstream, wetlands connect us all” →
Celebrating World Wetlands Day 2009
World Wetlands Day is an annual celebration to mark the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971.
On this day each year it is…
GLM Refresher Days for Burnett Graziers →
Just before Christmas, three Grazing Land Management groups in Monto, Gayndah and Kingaroy were treated to a refresher course in Grazing Land Management by the DPI&F and Burnett Catchment Care…
Paradise for Threatened Species →
You’ve got the snags ready to throw on the barbie, the beer in the fridge and the Aussie flag flying high… what more can you do to celebrate being Australian this year? How bout…
Healthy Habitats projects in the Burnett →
BCCA has again signed up with the Burnett Mary Regional Group to undertake biodiversity projects in the Burnett. This time round, as well as undertaking projects that will help to…
December 2008
1 post
Field day set for Erosion enthusiasts →
Anyone interested in learning about what can be done to manage erosion in this area should join us at a gully erosion site just outside of Eidsvold to see what’s being done on this property!
…
November 2008
7 posts
Better Catchments Teleconference Recording →
Last night Better Burnett Coordinator, Katie Muller hosted a teleconference to explain to landholders in the North Burnett the guidelines for Better Catchments funding. Better Catchments is an…
Free teleconference outlines North Burnett funding... →
A free teleconference hosted by BCCA, will outline new funding opportunities for North Burnett landholders. Better Catchments is an initiative of the Burnett Mary Regional Group (BMRG) and will be…
What is RSS and why it’s an eExtension fundamental →
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a powerful tool for sharing web content. If you are not using it to share our Extension Content, now is the time to start. If you are not using it to listen to…
Private Investment Opportunities in Agricultural... →
There are big changes coming in water. Private investment in Rural Water Use Efficiency.
Watering Scarcity: Private Investment Opportunities in Agricultural Water Use Efficiency | World…
eco2.0 -…
Classic Vaynerchuk Video Regarding Social Media... →
If you don’t know Gary Vaynerchuk (of Wine Library TV fame) you soon will, he’s not easy to ignore. In this video he makes a strong piont that social media marketing is significantly…
eco2.0 -…
Interested in Regenerative Agriculture? →
‘Regenerative Agriculture’, a Healthy Soils workshop, will demonstrate some of the cutting edge strategies on how to create healthy soils, grow more grass and increase profits. If you’ve ever been…
Do schools kill creativity? TED Talk →
Once a year since 1984 a group of the worlds mosts incredible thinkers peak at a conference called TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design). This morning I received a tweet (a micro message via an…
October 2008
19 posts
BCCA Annual Report →
Now Available for download is the association’s Annual Report: Annual Report 2007/2008
BCCA - Newsletter October 2008 →
Current Newsletter avaliable for download: Newsletter - October 2008
SuperGraze Launch Invite - 6 November 2008 →
Supergraze is here!!! SuperGraze is a joint initiative of the three Regional Bodies and their partners, that is funded by the Australian Government’s Caring for our Country program. It amis to…
Who’s going to bail out the Planet’s Credit... →
For the first time this year the 2008 Living Planet Report included the calculation of a water footprint worldwide. The Living Planet Report as been produced by the WWF, the Zoological Society of…
DPI&F Feedlot ‘New Investor’ FREE Seminar - Dalby →
For more information about this free seminar - Wednesday 19 November 2008 Dalby RSL Warrego Highway from 9am to
4pm. Numbers are limited please download the following flyer: DPI&F Feedlot New…
Regulation Risks Reef Rescue →
On Friday, Industry and Natural Resource Management Groups quietly celebrated the formalisation of partnerships that would see delivery of incentives to landholders in Queensland Reef catchments…
PFSQ Native Forestry Field Day at Monogorilby →
Last Wednesday, a group of landholders gathered in a patch of Spotted Gum and Narrow Leaf Ironbark forest to hear about what opportunities exist for forestry on private land – and how to go…
Position Vacant - Waterways Coordinator →
The position for the Waterways Coordinator is now available. Applications close on Tuesday 11 November 2008 close of busniess 5pm.
For details please use the following link: …
Arson Destroys Fassifern Landcare Office →
How low can you go? Some clown has burn down the landcare office at Fassifern. ABC Newcastle NSW - Landcare arson attack angers Mayor
Fassifern was a member of the Port Macquarie Landcare… …
MLA Chair Calls for Calm →
Meat and Livestock Australia MLA Chair Don Heatley has said in an interview with Agmates, that beef producers should remain calm in the global credit crisis.
Our meat industry is 65%…
Private Forestry Veg Management Field Day and... →
If you missed the Central Burnett Private Forestry Teleconference and want to know about private forestry, or did take part and want to see some native forestry principles put into place on a…
Philippines leading the eExtension charge. →
While eExtension is an emerging discipline and at times hard to draw hard lines around, it is a sector that is set to explode. It is arriving very quickly and is likely to see wide spread uptake…
New look executive for the MRCCC. →
The Mary River Catchment Coordinating Committee MRCCC is one of the oldest Cacthment Care organisations in Queensland. In 1992 it was one of five pilot areas for the Queensland…
eco2.0 -…
Central Burnett Citrus Growers Experience a Lift. →
Recently Growcom held a field day for Central Burnett’s citrus growers to showcase the outcomes from their project within BCCA’s Better Burnett Catchment Recovery Program. The field day was held…