Friends of the Box Ironbark Forests
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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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For walkers and moochers…
Whether you’re into bushwalking or more of a moocher when it comes to taking a hike, you may find the Friends of the Box Ironbark Forests’ brand new book worth trekking out to secure. Just days after its release, Twenty Bushwalks in the Mount Alexander Region is being eagerly snapped up by bushwalking devotees much to the…
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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…