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Free ‘half-day’ veg management & mapping workshops

Jun 3, 2025Events, News

Landholders are invited to join a “half-day” mapping and vegetation management workshop in the Desert Channels region.

  • 1-on-1 support
  • Q&A on thinning, infrastructure, fire and encroachment vegetation codes

Plus:

  • How to complete a notification to clear under the Managing Encroachment Code
  • Understand the process to apply for managing thickened vegetation permit
  • Hands-on mapping assistance

Free sessions, four locations

Landholders are invited to attend a fully-catered half-day session in the morning or afternoon in July. See times below.

Blackall | 22nd July
Living Arts Centre

Session 1 – 9am-12:30
Session 2 – 1:30-4pm

Isisford | 23rd July
Isisford Community Hall

Session 1 – 9am-12:30
Session 2 – 1:30-4pm

Stonehenge | 24th July
Stonehenge Hall

Session 1 – 9am-12:30
Session 2 – 1:30-4pm

Jericho | 25th July*
Town Hall

Session 1 – 9am-2pm

Please RSVP to info@dcq.org.au or 07 4658 0600, including to book a 1-on-1 vegetation management or mapping session with our staff.

These workshops are hosted in collaboration with Desert Channels Queensland and the Queensland Government (Department of Natural Resources). Download the flyer.

* Jericho will have a single session.

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