A newsletter for all natural resource managers see attachment

Jason Summers
Open Space Coordinator
Hume City Council
PO Box 119 Dallas Vic 3047
Ph 92052387 Mob 0411739010
Fax 92012974
Email jasons@...

Interested in Tree management why not join the Basalt Plains Urban
Forest group at http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/BPUFG/

Interested in Natural Landscape management why not join Bush
regenerators at http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/LGBRVIC/


-----Original Message-----
From: scropper@...
[mailto:scropper@...]
Sent: Tuesday, 22 May 2007 7:47 AM
To: Jason Summers
Subject: EcoRamblings, Issue 3 (May 2007)

Jason,

Attached is the May 2007 issue of EcoRamblings. The contents
of this issue are...

EcoRamblings, Issue 3 (May 2007)
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> Mis-representation of cost - An illegal practice.
> Dangers to outside workers - Lightning.
> Power, control and product branding.
> Q&A: "Should the ground watertable be lowered by up to
3 metres under salt marsh vegetation? I presume the salt
marsh would deteriorate in time without any remedial action,
if so, when would the likely deterioration effects on the
salt marsh be evident and would you recommend an adaptive
management plan be implemented to combat this deterioration?"
> Q&A: "What impact are the many blue gum plantations in
Western Victoria having on groundwater levels for farmers
who now have plantations next door to them? They want to
know why spring fed creeks which run out of the blue gums,
have gone dry for the first time in history."
> Q&A: "What sort of changes might we expect to see in our
local grassland communities as a result of climate change
and as land managers what should be our response?"
> Don't ask for financial advice, you won't get it!
> Common terms used in conservation.

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The content of the previous issues

EcoRamblings, Issue 1 (November 2006)
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> Ecoramblings - A New Industry Newsletter
> Heat Stress in Outdoor Workers
> Site stratification, an essential component of
a flora survey
> Websearch: A new revolution! Open Access Journals
> Websearch: Pimelea spinescens (Spiny Rice-flower)
> Have you unwittingly breached copyright?
> An easy and realiable method for estimating tree heights
> The demise of ephemeral wetlands of the basalt plains
> Prepurchase Ecological Assessments - don't buy a problem!
> Q&A: What is the best way to determine if a parcel of
land requires a survey for significant vegetation?
> Q&A: How can land managers keep up with all the changes
in legislation in relation to weeds, biodiversity and
conservation?

EcoRamblings, Issue 2 (February 2007)
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> Intellectual property - a brief introduction
> Legislation related to flora in Victoria
> The Framework: A Review - Part 1
The Net Gain Calculater - the final piece to the puzzle
> The Framework: A Review - Part 1
New version of the 'Guide for Assessment of Referred
Planning Permit Applications'
> Q&A: How is the Habitat Hectare method for assessment of
vegetation been accepted or utilised in the industry?
> Q&A: How is the Native Vegetation Management Framework
been accepted in the industry?
> Q&A: An LGA Officer asked "How do we know offset site is
being managed?"
> Q&A: An LGA Officer asked "What happens after 10 years to
land being managed as an offset?"
> Q&A: A land manager asked "To rehabilitate a degraded
site to it's floristic potential, is it better to manually
reinstate the site with a mixture of native grass seeds, or
should we just allow nature to take it's course?"
> Q&A: An LGA Officer asked "Is it really possible to
revegetate an area back to healthy and functional pristine
bushland? What kind of time frame is needed? We talk so much
about offsetting the loss of bushland with replanting.
Are we really just wasting time and creating areas which
will never be self sustaining and turn into weed scapes
or monocultures?"

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email with ECORAMBLINGS ISSUE 1 or 2 in the subject line.

Cheers Simon

Simon Cropper
Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd
PO Box 160, Sunshine, VIC 3020
P: 9311 5822. F: 9311 5833.
mailto:scropper@...


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