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Indigenous joint management 2: here are some interesting ideas

Posted on 9 June, 2018 by fobif

The draft plan is a challenging, even exhilarating document. Its objectives are ambitious: ‘Healing Land (Country) goes beyond ridding the environment of pest plant and animals, managing fire and visitor impacts. The Draft Plan is as much about Dja Dja … Continue reading →

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Indigenous joint management 3: cultural fire

Posted on 9 June, 2018 by fobif

The return of cultural fire in this region is a potentially dramatic event.  As yet the implications of this practice are not widely known, but it clearly plays a major role in the co management strategy: – ‘Delivery of Wi … Continue reading →

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Grey skies, perfect walking conditions

Posted on 21 May, 2018 by fobif

A cloudy day provided perfect conditions for FOBIF’s May walk on Sunday. A group of 17 negotiated obscure tracks in the back country of the Poverty Gully race under the leadership of Richard Piesse and Elaine Bayes. The nooks and … Continue reading →

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Kalimna Park burning postponed: what now?

Posted on 14 May, 2018 by fobif

Readers of the local press will be aware that the 171 hectare management burn planned for the town side of Kalimna tourist road has been postponed. The postponement came after a group of local naturalists raised the inconvenient fact that … Continue reading →

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Launched!

Posted on 30 April, 2018 by fobif

Close to 100 people turned up on Saturday morning to see Castlemaine Field Naturalists’ president George Broadway launch FOBIF’s Wattles of the Mount Alexander Region. The guide was produced as a tribute to Ern Perkins, for many decades the leading … Continue reading →

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