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CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECT WRAPS UP

Over 35 school students in Boulia and Stonehenge have delved into the minuscule world of waterbugs – those little invertebrates that live in our creeks and rivers. The activity is part of a DCQ citizen science project that aims to build community understanding...

NEW GRASS SEEDING TRIAL FOR QUICK RECOVERY

We are in the midst of a great year weather-wise, with almost all areas of the DCQ region getting rain. This is very welcome as we recover from multiple years of drought, and so fast tracking the recovery of the rangelands has been a priority for a lot of people. The...

A DRIVE-BY GALLERY

The wattles, the crowning glory of native flowers, have already started putting on a show throughout the Desert Uplands – all that sandy red country between Barcaldine, Tambo, Alpha and Torrens Creek. There are nearly 1000 different species of wattle spread from...

EDGBASTON GOBY MAKING A COMEBACK

Students from the Aramac State School got to build on their class learning program with a field visit to the property Ravenswood, near Aramac. Here, a rare and threatened species, the Edgbaston Goby is making a comeback thanks to a new wetland built with funding from...

THE TECH SAVY DESERT RAT

“Give a man an iPad and you amuse him for a day. Teach a man to use an iPad and you give him work for a lifetime” – ancient DCQ proverb. DCQ Field Supervisor, Peter Spence, is one of those blokes who decided to keep up with the ‘modern technology’. Spending most of...