Mudgee District Environment Group
The beautiful Macquarie Marshes are irreplaceable. This stunning natural feature is on the Ramsar List as a wetland of international significance. The Marshes hold important cultural sites for the Wailwan People. The ecosystem is unique and a vital breeding site for migratory birds. Plans to build a massive new super […]
Mudgee District Environment Group has much pleasure in joining with Dr Julia Imrie in presenting a copy of her doctoral thesis to Mid-Western Regional Council Library: “Changing land use in an uncertain climate; Impacts on surface water and groundwater in the Goulburn River, NSW” Electronic access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/172041 A key aim […]
Well, if you were a plant the answer would be, ‘by influences on my hormone system’. Within a single plant there are various types of buds, all with different functions. The plant’s hormones play a significant role in how, when, and if the buds develop. Apical or terminal buds appear […]
You might have noticed the odd mushroom or other strange fungus popping up in the garden or around town. This above-ground growth is the reproductive structure (fruit) produced by mycelium. The mycelium is the growing structure and you can’t usually see it as it’s underground and has fine branching tubes. […]
‘Incredibly, while bushfires still burn in parts of the state, water is trucked hourly to towns like Gloucester and the coast battens down for extreme rain, we spent Thursday morning explaining to a parliamentary inquiry that climate change impacts are relevant to planning decisions in NSW.’ By Rachel Walmsley, Director […]
Swathes of trees in multiple areas of the Mid-Western Region – and indeed across the state – look like they’ve burnt by fire even though no such event has occurred, and a research project is asking locals to help document this. The Dead Tree Detective is a citizen science project, […]
Australians get through an estimated 88 rolls of toilet paper per person per year. Americans appear to be more enthusiastic wipers, using an average of 141 rolls per year. That’s a lot of paper getting flushed away! Times have changed since Aussies hung squares of newspaper in the dunny. There […]
FROM: Climate Change Protests Australia ‘Climate Change Protests’ is a national index of climate change protests occurring across Australia. This website lists events but has no involvement in the running or co-ordination of any of them. Peaceful protests and nonviolent resistance are important parts of any functioning democracy. They have […]
Written by Joanne McCarthy Published in Newcastle Herald December 18, 2019. Read online: https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/6547840/korean-energy-company-kepco-seeks-judicial-review-of-landmark-bylong-coal-mine-refusal/ A KOREAN Government-backed energy company that paid the NSW Government more than $400 million for a Bylong coal mining licence in 2010 has sought a judicial review after the mine was refused in September. KEPCO applied […]