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Landmark Report Released on Connectivity Conservation and the Great Eastern Ranges

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A landmark “proof of concept” report that reviews the scientific basis for establishing a conservation corridor along the Great Eastern Ranges from the Australian Alps to Atherton and beyond, has been released this week.

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Making Connections at the Launch of New Regional Partnership

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Breaking with tradition, the launch of the Slopes to Summit regional partnership of the Great Eastern Ranges Initiative was marked with the tying of a ribbon rather than the cutting of one.

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Making a 'green road'

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Landowners are being asked to take part in a new project to establish 'green roads' on their properties with a view to creating one of the largest wildlife corridors in Australia.

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Regional Farmers Provide Inspiration

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Farmers, landholders and interested members of the public will get the opportunity to be inspired at the launch of a new regional conservation partnership, Slopes to Summit, on Sunday 23 May, in an action-packed Farm and Environmental Open Day at Woomargama.

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Winners of the Great Eastern Ranges Photo Competition Announced

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Australian Traveller magazine, together with the Great Eastern Ranges Initiative, has announced the winners of the Great Eastern Ranges photo competition which ran from November 2009 to March 2010. The winners share $22,000 worth of prizes.

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Wompoo Gorge Restoration Field Day - Border Ranges

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Visit the spectacular Wompoo Gorge and see how this subtropical rainforest is being restored.

9.00 am – 12.00 pm Friday 21 May 2010.

No cost, but bookings essential.

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New Private Reserve Managers in the Border Ranges

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The growing band of Nature Conservation Trust (NCT) Private Reserve Managers has been joined by 7 landholders in the Border Ranges region of northeast New South Wales, who have recently signed conservation agreements with the NCT.

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Great Eastern Ranges Photo Competition

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Entries for the 'My Great Eastern Ranges' Photo Competition have now closed. Winning images will be published in Australian Traveller magazine and on the Great Eastern Ranges website, and will be in an exhibition travelling throughout the Great Eastern Ranges.

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Native Seeds Ripe For the Picking

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On 13 December over 30 volunteers under the guidance of Greening Australia's Graham Fifield participated in a Sunday morning collection of ripe native seed from Bush Heritage Australia's ecologically diverse Scottsdale Reserve.

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Wattle Day Plantings Reaping Rewards

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Alison Skinner – Slopes to Summit Partnership Facilitator from the Nature Conservation Trust of New South Wales – reports inaugural National Wattle Day plantings are going very well. 

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