Habitat makes fish happen during Native Fish Awareness Week
Habitat makes fish happen! is the theme for this year’s Native Fish week running from the 5-12 of November 2011 across the Murray- Darling Basin.
Focusing on recreational fishing; the week aims to raise awareness of the importance of habitat in rehabilitating the Murray-Darling basin’s rivers and native fish. Recreational fishers are invited to get involved in a series of events including fish research forums, fishing competitions and community activities.
Native Fish Awareness Week will also see the release of Talking Fish, a new collection of stories, and images about what “fishing used to be like” across the Murray-Darling Basin.
There is a growing recognition that the health of rivers and waterways of the Murray-Darling Basin are at risk and native fish have declined. Restoring fish populations can be complex and the best results come from an integrated approach. Actions such as, improving habitat, managing pest fish, and restoring native vegetation can all be achieved by recreational fishers.
Habitat makes fish happen! To find out more about Native Fish Awareness Week and how to take part visit www.nativefishweek.com.au
On Friday the 4th of November I had the great pleasure of attending the graduation ceremony for this year’s Peter Cullen Trust Fellows. It was a very enjoyable evening, with the Fellows providing a lively, entertaining and thought-provoking presentation about the issues surrounding the development of Australia’s coal seam gas industry. I was delighted to be part of such a wonderful group of motivated, enthusiastic and clever people, all of whom are passionate about a sustainable future not only for Australia, but also for our planet.
Many congratulations to all this years graduates!
To learn more about the Peter Cullen Trust visit the website….. maybe 2012 is the year that you apply to be a part of this terrific program.
Siwan
A reminder to you that the Canberra workshop from ‘bystanding to action’ is in a few weeks time. We would love to see you! The workshops focus on developing a ‘partnership mindset’ that enables you to take a greater interest in the organizations and social systems that impact on your life, and help you work with others in partnership to take action. I encourage you to take a look at the new website that has the latest details of workshops, feedback from participants, and Peter talking about the main ideas and approaches shared through the workshop.
We all need to learn how to encourage ‘bystanders’ to take action, particularly in NRM, so take the time to check out what this course has to offer. If you have any queries, please drop me a line.
Siwan
The Bystanding to Action workshops run by Peter Rennie from Leadership Australia, and his partners in different regions of Australia, are recieving very positive feedback.
‘Let me thank you again for running a wonderful workshop, replete with insight, example and praxis. I enjoyed it immensely and found it stretched my thinking, strengthened my understanding and clarified my direction.’ Anthony Howard, CEO, The Confidere Group
‘I have come back to the workplace refreshed and re-invigorated thanks to the 2 days spent with you and Soren. I thoroughly enjoyed your approach to facilitation and have spent the first 45 minutes of this morning talking through the highlights with the HR team.’ Clare Dunnicliff, Executive Manager, Human Resources, Maitland City Council
The workshops focus on developing a ‘partnership mindset’ that enables you to take a greater interest in the organizations and social systems that impact on your life, and help you work with others in partnership, to take action, rather than trying to do this on your own. I encourage you to take a look at the new website that has the latest details of workshops, feedback from participants, and Peter talking about the main ideas and approaches shared through the workshop.
We all need to learn how to encourage ‘bystanders’ to take action, particularly in NRM, so take the time to check out what this course has to offer. I will be running the Canberra workshop with Peter in November so if you have any queries, please drop me a line.
Siwan
This week the Theiss International and National Riverprize winners were announced with the Sunshine Coast Rivers Initiative winning the domestic prize, and the Charles River Watershed, Boston (USA) winning the international prize. We are thrilled with these awards as both groups of people and their wonderful rivers are worthy winners.
We would also like to acknowledge the efforts of the runners up, Project Catalyst in Qld which has been doing great work with sugar cane growers to clean up their land and water management practices, and to the Mattole River, California (USA) and Melbourne Water for their work on the Yarra River which led them to be runners up for the International Prize. Well done to all. For more on the winners follow this link.
We hope to be working more with these groups in the future to encourage them to share their techniques, approaches and philosophies with others committed to river restoration. As one of the judges for the domestic Riverprize I feel this aspect of being a Riverprize winner is incredibly important, so stay in touch with the ARRC to hear more about our knowledge sharing ideas around this topic.
Siwan
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9 November 2011 2:23 pm | 
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