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Four great conservationists and conservation scientists – two, sadly, no longer with us – feature in this update: Jon Brodie, Col Limpus, John Sinclair and Aila Keto. They remind us what a legacy their generation (to which some of us … Continue reading
Welcome to our June update – hard to believe we are already half-way through what has been a very strange year. Unfortunately, while the “lockdown” of human activity enabled many wildlife species around the world to temporarily reclaim spaces where … Continue reading
YES! We’re back in business – and ready for our first post-lockdown activity! You may recall that we had to make a last-minute cancellation of our March outing to Bushland Beach where we had planned to take advantage of … Continue reading
Greetings everyone – hoping you are all well despite it being long time, no see! With the restrictions brought by COVID-19 we have no field trips or glider surveys to report on and none of the usual upcoming events to publicise! But … Continue reading
The continuing, sorry saga of mis-management of ‘flood mitigation’ work being carried out around Mundy Creek, in connection with the adjacent housing development, grinds on. After incidents towards the end of last year, which we reported in this post, it … Continue reading
Dear readers – while our activities are largely on hold, we will try to keep in touch with you over the coming months with items of interest and perhaps a few suggestions on how you can still enjoy natural surroundings … Continue reading
Although we cannot hold any of our regular monthly wildlife outings, we can still get out and walk, individually or with a friend, in natural or semi-natural surroundings. Here are three suggestions for walks in different suburbs across town. As … Continue reading
WILDLIFE PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND: TOWNSVILLE BRANCH Inc. PRESIDENT’S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2019 Membership: We ended 2019 with 51 members, including four welcome new members. The small number of new members, compared with previous years, was probably … Continue reading
WELCOME: A warm welcome to our first new members for 2020, Tara who joined in January and Sid who signed up in February. We hope we can keep you interested, informed and – dare I say – inspired throughout the … Continue reading
AUSTRALIA ON FIRE ! What a grim end to 2019 and what a frightening start to 2020 it has been. It has seemed impossible to utter the standard “Happy New Year” greetings, knowing the devastation that has been inflicted, and … Continue reading