August 2021 Newsletter of the Merri Creek Management Committee (MCMC)Generous donors help bring back Merri banksias
We’re also pleased to see a big increase in the number of donors, up from the 67 in 2020, and to know that so many people love Merri Creek. Along with the donations, we received many touching messages of appreciation for Merri Creek and the work we do, like: "I can’t thank you enough for preserving this space that sustained me during the hardest of times in each lockdown. Thank you." Such words mean a lot us, so thanks to those who support us in various ways. Read More Vote to fund our project
Read More Upper Merri Landcare Facilitator FundedIn a first for MCMC and for the Upper Merri, we will be employing a Landcare Facilitator to fill a Landcare ‘gap’ in the upper Merri and upper Plenty catchments in the Shire of Mitchell and the City of Hume. The Upper Merri Landcare Facilitator will work with MCMC, Friends of Merri Creek and the Wallan Environment Group on project funding, organising events, engaging the community and trying to create or resuscitate other Landcare-oriented groups in the upper catchment. Read More Final funds from the Growling Grass Frog Trust to MCMC
Read More Presentation on interpreting Indigenous cultural heritage
MCMC participated in the colloquium with formally agreed support from seven Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Elders. The formal requirement was triggered by the presentation’s reference to the article: The Koorong Project: Experimental archaeology and Wurundjeri continuation of cultural practices. Read More Help needed to catalogue our photo collection
Read More Students make Waterwatch discoveries
The students, along with Sustainability Teacher John Hughes, collected water samples from the creek to test temperature, pH, salinity, phosphate (nutrients) and turbidity (water clarity). They discovered that the creek water quality can change drastically after rainfall. In one week, when over 16mm of rain fell within 24 hours before testing, turbidity increased dramatically from 9 (excellent) to 21 (poor) and nutrients also increased. This indicated that the rain took large amounts of soil and other organic matter (eg dust, leaves, detergent) into the creek via stormwater drains. Read More Two recent grant successes
-$21,030 from Melbourne Water’s Corridors of Green program for the project, 'High Density Living: Improving Habitat Structure for Rare Merri Birds,' which aims to extend dense shrub habitat for rarely seen Pink Robins and Rose Robins, along Merri Creek in Thornbury, between Normanby Ave and Harding St bridge, where they've lately been seen. - $21,687 from the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning’s Port Phillip Bay Fund for the project, 'Building up the banks of Brunswick,' which aims to repair riparian vegetation in Brunswick East, damaged by heavy use during recent lockdowns, as well as improve streambank stability and provide training to increase awareness of stream health. Stay tuned to our event calendar for ways in which you can be involved in these projects. Webinar - 45 years of restoring Merri Creek - Recording
Photos: Ann McGregor on the remains of a winch in East Brunswick, looking across to Merri Park Northcote, 1986 and 2019. Photographer: Bruce McGregor Waterwatch workshop goes online!!
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, part of this workshop on 17 June was run online. This workshop was recorded and is now available as a two part training webinar. Participants who watch the webinar and fill in the feedback form can join us for the field work component, which, once completed, makes them fully-fledged Waterwatch monitors. Read More |
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