WBBCC Rep heads to Brisbane to present regional issues at Ministerial Round Table.

Next week WBBCC’s Coordinator Emma-Kate Currie, will travel to Brisbane to meet with other Conservation Council reps from QLD at Queensland Conservation Council, to discuss regional issues and form a ‘Joint Groups Priorities Document’ and then head to the Department of Environment and Resource Management QLD(DERM) to outline the current environmental issues occuring within our region at the Ministerial Round Table conference. With any luck, some positive outcomes for our region will occur as a result of this conference.

Latest Wambaliman available to view in Colour.

Wambaliman Autumn 2009 is now available to view in colour. Please navigate to the ‘Wambaliman’ page and have a look. Many thanks again to our Editor Jenny Watts who spends countless hours producing this fantastic magazine. Hardcopies of the Wambaliman should arrive in Members letterboxes next week.

Paradise Dam Photos

Photos of the ‘Fish Transfer Device’ being argued in our legal case are now available to see on ‘WBBCC v Burnett Water’ page.

‘Our Dugong’ Event 6th June

‘Art for Earth’ protests the proposed Traveston Crossing Dam with Candle art. Please see ‘Events’ page for me details.

WBBCC’s Website enters a new phase-over 1000 hits!

Congratulations to WBBCC’s WordPress site which has now had more than 1000 hits. This may seem small by others standards, but we think it is fantastic to see that so many people have viewed our site. So thanks everyone who had a look and if you would like to, provide us with feedback on what you thought of the site and any suggestions on improvement, by posting a comment.

New ‘Donate Button’ for WBBCC.

WBBCC now has a ‘Donate Button’ on this Website thanks to ‘Our Community’. We registered with them and are now listed on their directory. We then applied for a ‘Donate Button’ that can be placed on our website which is a link to ‘ourcommunity.com’ where donations to our Public Fund can be made via credit cards. We greatly appreciate this opportunity that Our Community has given us. For more information about making a donation to the WBBCC Public Fund, please go to our ‘Donate’ page which will provide you with further details.

HEALTHY HABITATS IN THE FRASER COAST REGION

An information brochure on the Healthy Habits programme in the Fraser Coast Region skmbt_c25309041710340

LAND FOR WILDLIFE

A non title binding agreement for landholders , to protect habitat values on your block. 2007-lfw-brochure

Last Chance Bid to Protect the Queensland Lungfish in its Natural Habitiat and Stop the Traveston Dam in its Tracks.

The Legal Case WBBCC v Burnett Water Pty Ltd is entering the crutical stages and the hearing is set to begin on the 7th of September. Confidence in this case is building every day and there has never been a better time to make a tax deductible donation over $2 to our Public Fund (Please see ‘Donations Page’ for complete terms). Donations are beginning to pour in but additional funds are always needed.

After a long and tiring political campaign, the opportunity to put a stop to the proposed Traveston Crossing through political avenues, did not succeed. Therefore this legal case may hold the last chance to ensure that Traveston is not approved by the Department of Environment, Water and Heritage. If we successfully win this case ( and we are very confident that we will), the way in which approvals are made under the EPBC Act 1999 in relation to the protection of E, V & R species connected with infrastructure and development, will have to be re-evaluated and monitored more thoroughly in the future. This WILL have major implications for Traveston!

If you would like to make a donation to our Public Fund indicating that you wish it to be allocated toward the financial costs of the case, then please contacts us by ringing our office: 07 41233361( if I am unavailable, please leave a message),  email us (wbbconservationc@bigpond.com)  or go to our ‘Donations’ page and view the details to make a direct deposit.

‘New Facebook site for WBBCC’

In a move to increase the public awareness of our organisation and attract some youth to our membership, Wide Bay Burnett Conservation Council  has created a Facebook page accessable to Facebook users.

Facebook is a social networking site with some 30 million members. The WBBCC page is managed by WBBCC Coordinator Emma-Kate Currie. The page will offer similar information to the existing WBBCC Website but will be targeted to a more youth based audience. If it’s successful, we should start to attract members in the near future.