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FOBIF school holiday program

Posted on 8 June, 2015 by fobif

FOBIF is running three nature-based events for primary school children in the upcoming school holidays.  Places are limited and booking is essential. Information about the program can be found on this FOBIF page.

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Grooming Kalimna

Posted on 25 May, 2015 by fobif

As of today, Parks Victoria has started on a program of grooming vegetation in Kalimna Park along the town edge and Moonlight Creek. The program aims at eliminating mainly exotic weeds as a fire protection measure [creating a roughly 50 … Continue reading →

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Mt Alex bike track on track, but land status uncertain

Posted on 25 May, 2015 by fobif

The 2015 State budget papers show that the Government’s Regional Infrastructure Fund is to be used to provide money to advance the design and construction of mountain bike tracks on the lower slopes of Mount Alexander. As we have previously … Continue reading →

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Fire planning: safety, yes–AND healthy forests

Posted on 18 May, 2015 by fobif

FOBIF has made a submission to the Department of Environment’s fire planning process. In it, we’ve repeated a few of the concerns we expressed in our 2014 submission. We’ve received a number of assurances about these concerns–mainly to do with … Continue reading →

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Green waste collection? Phasing out plastic bags?

Posted on 18 May, 2015 by fobif

FOBIF has made a number of specific suggestions in its submission to the MAS Shire council draft environment strategy. Readers will remember we criticised the draft strategy for being abstract and general…tending to waffle, in fact. The substance of the … Continue reading →

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