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Join us to celebrate World Wetlands Day - Pioneer Dairy, South Tacoma
Saturday 6th February 2010 8:30am - 11:00am
Adults $5 Children $2.50
Activities include:
- Hot breakfast (8:30-9am)
- Introductory Wetland talks (9-9.30am)
- Bird spotting walk (9.30-10.30am)
- Dip-netting for water bugs (9.30-10.30am)
- Nursery Tours (9.30-10.30am)
- Native plant giveaway(CEN, Land & Habitat for Wildlife members)
- Environmental book sale
- Displays
Bookings essential. RSVP
by 5pm
3rd
February 2010
Ph: 4349 4757 or 4349 4756
email:
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Download Breakfast with the Birds Invite 2010(PDF 534Kb)
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Bush Regeneration Targeting Wildlife Corridors in Gosford and Wyong |
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The Central Coast ‘Land for Wildlife’ program is now offering free, and low-cost, bush regeneration services in specific corridors of rural land in Gosford and Wyong Council areas. See maps below.
 The offer is part of a project funded by the NSW Environmental Trust named ‘Regeneration of Wildlife Corridors through Land for Wildlife’. The project hopes to persuade landholders in the corridors to join Land for Wildlife and receive one free day of bush regeneration and up to three further days at low cost. Land for Wildlife (LfW) is an Australia-wide program supporting landholders who provide habitat for native wildlife on their land. The Community Environment Network (CEN) is the NSW state coordinator of LfW, as well as running the Central Coast regional program. Gosford and Wyong Councils are currently funding the local LfW program.
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Environmental Group of the month |
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This months "Environmental Group of the month" is:
Food Integrity Group (FIG)
Environmental Group of the Month is a new CEN initiative to help promote community based environmental groups.
If your group would like a feature story on the front page of the CEN website please
send suggested copy, your logo and images to :
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All text should be in MSWord format and all images in .jpg (or similar) format.
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The local population of the endangered Bush Stone-curlew is declining in numbers. The data gathered at each census is very important as it allows us to estimate the number of individual birds in the population.
The census was conducted in the Davistown area on the evening of Wednesday 5th August 2009.
To learn more about the Bush Stone-curlew download fact_sheet(PDF_536Kb)
To read the "Curlew Crier" newsletter go to: Information/CEN Publications/Curlew Crier
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The latest CEN News incorporating the Creeky Voice is now available for download
Click here(PDF_8.16Mb)
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Meadows of the sea in 'shocking' decline |
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Seagrass meadows are disappearing at an accelerating pace, according to a new report, which is the first to look at the problem on a global scale.
Seagrass meadows, along with coral reefs, mangrove forests, and
salt-marshes, provide valuable ecosystem services like nutrient
cycling. They also protect edible crustaceans, like shrimps and crabs, and juvenile fish such as salmon. In addition, seagrass meadows provide habitats for endangered species like dugongs, manatees, and sea turtles.
While marine ecologists have been measuring localized seagrass loss for
decades, they had never before pooled their information to get a global
perspective. So a team led by Michelle Waycott of James Cook University in Townsville, Queensland, Australia pooled data from 215 regional studies, from 1879 to 2006.
To read the full article go to New Scientist
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The Land for Wildlife (LFW) program is a voluntary property registration scheme for landowners who wish to manage areas for biodiversity and wildlife habitat. LFW encourages and assists landholders to include nature conservation along with other land management objectives. The program is free for landholders to join and is not legally binding. Registration in the scheme will not change the legal status of a property.
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