Mudgee District Environment Group
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 […]
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. […]
Written by Joanne McCarthy Published in Newcastle Herald January 31, 2020. Read online: https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/6606030/the-drip-gorge-at-risk-after-groundwater-modelling-challenged/?cs=7573 A CHANGING climate, “inappropriate” mine discharge regulations and poor groundwater modelling could see the Goulburn River’s salinity reach a level where it challenges the Hunter River salinity trading scheme, a new report has found. The largest tributary […]
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, […]
Ed Hawkins knows a thing or two about the impact of colour and what we think and feel when we see different colours. He uses colour to communicate. So, is Ed Hawkins an artist?…or a designer? NO – Ed is a U.K. Climate scientist. In 2018, Ed developed a ‘warming […]
‘Bacteria in the ocean produce 50% of the world’s oxygen. If you thought trees were important – yeah, they are, but they are only half the story. Without microbial photosynthesis in the ocean, you don’t have enough oxygen on the planet to breathe’, says US microbial ecologist Jack Gilbert. Most […]
The worst part of being a plant is that if you don’t like the place where you were born, you can’t pick up and move. With roots firmly anchored in the ground, a plant is stuck in one location for life, which may be less than a year but could […]
In a recent report to the Federal Government, Australia’s National Soils Advocate Major General Michael Jeffery, stated that ‘soil is a critical national strategic asset’. Whoa! That’s food for thought isn’t it, when as gardeners or farmers we might complain about the quality of our soil, and perhaps not consider […]
On Saturday 27th July 2019 sparks were flying as Friends of Adams Lead (FOAL) members and the RFS conducted an ‘eco-burn’ at this beautiful reserve near Gulgong. Adams Lead contains mature remnants of Grassy Box Woodland which is classified as an Endangered Ecological Community! So what was going on? Co-ordinator of […]
Remember when a young Barry Jones became known as the ‘National Quiz King of Australia’? Barry was a Melbourne school teacher and became a household name in the 1960s when he won the title of national quiz champion on Bob Dyer’s BP ‘Picka-Box’ show on Channel 7 in the days […]