This year, the Northern Gulf Resource Management Group (NGRMG) is initiating a long-term, region-wide environmental monitoring and evaluation project that will deliver regular annual, biannual or triannual reports on the health and change in condition of major environmental assets.

A first-stop shop for Queensland wetland information, maintained by Queensland's Enviornmental Protection Agency (DERM).  Includes facts and figures, how to manage wetlands, maps and data, science and research and monitoring.

WIC allows for the capture and storage of data relating to the following themes:

• Core survey data and wetland attributes (e.g. date, time, location etc)
• Geology and soils
• Fauna
• Flora (structure and floristics)
• Water quality and
• Coastal bird surveys

For more information visit the Queensland Government Department of Environment and Resource Management's WetlandInfo page.

FNQ GIS GROUP INC (FUNGIS) invites those interested to a Mapping River to Reef Workshop. See attached flyer for details.
 

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Community groups, catchment authorities and individuals working on restoration of rivers, lakes and wetlands across Australia and around the world are invited to submit their applications for International Riverfoundation's prestigious Riverprize. Entries close 30 April 2009. Further information can be accessed at www.riverfoundation.org.au.

Three species of sea turtle that nest on Western Cape York Peninsula could face regional extinction by the year 2030, according to the findings of a 2006 Turtle Nest Predation Monitoring Program conducted by the Cape York Peninsula Development Association Inc (CYPDA).

The CYPDA coordinate monitoring of turtle nest predation by Indigenous rangers, funded through the Australian Government. Brian Benham, CYPDA, said the data collected in 2006 gave a clear indication of the immediate risk to turtle populations on Cape York’s western coastline.

Ecowise, on behalf of the Northern Gulf Resource Management Group (NGRMG), have just completed a survey of freshwater fish and aquatic bugs in the Staaten River Catchment.

Alf Hogan (fish ecologist), Terry Vallance (aquatic ecologist) and Adrian Dickson (environmental scientist) battled the bush to reach unexplored water holes and lagoons in the catchment area.