Castlemaine Field Naturalists Club
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An afternoon in the bush
The Castlemaine Field Naturalists Club is once again gearing up for the Great Southern Bioblitz this weekend and encourages locals to get outdoors with their binoculars and cameras and document the flora, fauna and fungi in our region. The annual mega biodiversity survey provides a four-day snapshot of biodiversity in environments and countries across the…
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Become a citizen scientist
Members of the Castlemaine Field Naturalists Club are once again gearing up for the Great Southern Bioblitz from November 24-27.
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Call for sanctuary
A bid to have duck shooting banned at Cairn Curran Reservoir near Baringhup is gaining support. Environmental community groups say the activity is no longer appropriate for safety reasons and the area should be made a sanctuary for the threatened species that call it home. The groups have written to Mount Alexander and Central Goldfields…
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Deserving attention – A guide to our beautiful and hardy native peas
Friends of the Box Ironbark Forests members Bernard Slattery and Bronwyn Silver have teamed up to produce a comprehensive guide to native peas of the Mount Alexander region. Their new book, Native Peas of the Mount Alexander Region, identifies and details numerous common native pea species. It’s the fourth in the Friends’ well-received series of local…