Healthy Land & Water

As we see bushfire season accelerated by the current heatwave, now is the time to plan and prepare for fire in your landscape 🔥 🚒 🏠 If you live in the City of Logan, join us online 🖥️ for a FREE Bushfire information night.     Walk away from the session:  - Feeling more prepared for bushfire season.    - With practical steps to minimise risk to your property.   - Making connections with your local community. 🗓️ Wednesday 20 November 2024  ⏰ 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Register here: https://lnkd.in/gqueyz9R     This event is being delivered in partnership with Logan City Council supported by the Queensland Fire & Biodiversity Consortium. #FirePreparedness #LoganCity #BushfireAwareness

🔥⛈️☀ Disaster resilience and recovery has never been so important and South East Queensland (SEQ) has just released a proactive plan for our region: https://lnkd.in/g_DykhFt Why it’s important ✅ By supporting communities to prepare for disasters, we aim to reduce the impact of these catastrophic events on species, ecosystems, and agricultural natural capital assets. ✅ This is essential because frequency and severity of climate-driven disaster-scale events is projected to continue to increase. ✅ Taking proactive action is particularly important for SEQ, which is recognised as one of the most climate-exposed regions in the country. ✅ The plan #highlights the #pivotal role that #biodiversity and #agricultural resources have in our emergency planning and response efforts and outlines how investing in disaster preparedness can help reduce long-term costs for recovery and restoration post-disaster 🌿🌱 ✅ The plan is called the “Biodiversity and Agricultural Natural Capital Assets Emergency Preparedness & Response Plan (2024)” and you can download a copy here: https://lnkd.in/g_DykhFt

Tell us about some great local work you know about and go in the draw for your chance to win one of three $200 gift cards. Are you part of a community group, a First Nations ranger, private landowner, or council? We want to hear from you! We’re celebrating stewardship projects across South East Queensland and people from across the region are helping to tell the great stories! 🌱 Share the projects you’ve been working on that improve the health of our local waterways and catchments – whether its environmental protection efforts, resilience building, or community awareness and education 🌿 We’re interested in hearing about events, workshops, or programs related to environmental restoration, working bees, education or awareness and citizen science projects across South East Queensland. Survey closes 📅 Friday 1 December: https://arcg.is/1XC8uy0 #CommunityAction #SEQ #SustainableFuture #CitizenScience

Looking for ways to reduce your carbon footprint? 👣🌍 Simple changes in your daily life can help make an impact. Read on for some tips to get started: https://lnkd.in/g44zbsaq  

🔥 We hosted a first-of-its-kind fire information night with members of the Gold Coast RFSQ Brigades! Despite the storms, the night saw a strong turnout of 101 dedicated RFSQ brigade members, bringing the good vibes and banter on all things fire ecology and hazard-reduction burns. The City of Gold Coast identified that their RFSQ brigade members were interested in fire ecology and collaboratively worked with Healthy Land & Water to get resources to their members. It was great to see council take clear steps to help all of the brigades on the Gold Coast gain valuable knowledge. Thank you all for the adamant feedback of "more cake!", this will be taken into consideration for the next event 🎂 For councils and organisations interested in tailoring a workshop specific to their community’s needs, please contact Hannah Etchells hannah.e@hlw.org.au. Your collaboration can help further improve fire management practices and community safety. Queensland Fire Department https://lnkd.in/gGTSDHaj

🌱 33,184 reasons to celebrate! Our amazing Land Restoration team has been busy this spring, planting thousands of native species across South East Queensland! Working with local contractors, we've given nature a helping hand at 19 different sites - from our precious waterways to Moreton Bay 🌿 https://lnkd.in/gEc7p2pD These plants aren't just pretty faces - they're: 🐨 Contributing to koala conservation 🌊 Protecting our waterways 🌿 Stabilising riverbanks 💧 Improving water quality 🐟 Supporting marine life #habitatrestoration #biodiversityconservation #reilience #SEQ #Conservation #Environment #Sustainability #NativePlants #WildlifeConservation #southeastqueensland Thank you to our trusted bush regen colleagues for putting in the hard work with the planting: Ausecology Pty Ltd, Southern Cross Bush Regen, EMU (Environmental Management Unit), Forest Rehabilitation Ecology, Nv Environmental, Barung Landcare Association Inc., OCCA, Ecosure - Thriving global ecosystems, Cedar Grove Landcare. The projects involving the planting are funded by multiple funders: Queensland Government's Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements, Australian Government the Australian Government’s Saving Koalas Fund, Seqwater, Unitywater, Port of Brisbane Pty Ltd, Urban Utilities.

We’ve hit a significant milestone by becoming majority community owned! This marks a pivotal moment in our 25-year history as we ramp up efforts to protect and build the resilience of our beautiful and biodiverse region 🌿 The transition to majority community ownership has been made possible by SEQ Council of Mayors, a group which had been instrumental in our formation, stepping back, relinquishing their part-ownership. This move recognises that we are now well-established and ready to thrive independently with our established systems and partnerships. Read more about how a community and sector centric approach can drive change: https://lnkd.in/ghXRsHyU

Goodbye shallow-rooted erosion-causing weeds, hello deep-rooted and stable Lomandras!🌿 We joined Cubberla-Witton Catchments Network (CWCN) in putting some solid roots down in a nice little urban pocket in Chapel Hill a few Fridays ago as part of the Cicada Park Stage 3 project. With CWCN at the helm, and Oxley Creek Catchment Association leading the earthworks and revegetation work, this project is looking more promising by the minute 🍃 Read about stages 1 and 2 of the Cicada Park project: https://lnkd.in/g3QpVPfF This CWCN project was funded by the Australian Government's Urban Rivers and Catchments Program. Shout out to project gurus Senior Scientist Chelsea Kluske and Scientist Georgia Glidden for all your work in this collaborative multi-stage project.

Are you a recent environmental or agricultural science graduate with an interest in soil conservation and sustainable land management? 🌱 Apply now for the Queensland Government’s 2025 Soil Science Graduate program. Applications close Friday 1 November 2024. Find out more on how to apply below 👇 

If you’re at the #LGAQ24 conference come by the Healthy Land & Water stand (51) and say hi! Be quick though, it’s only a matter of time before someone unintentionally levels our stand with this grader.