New project to identify waterway sites in need   Do you know of a riparian (waterside) site in need of native rehabilitation on Townsville’s Bohle River, Stuart Creek, or Alligator Creek? A new project launched this month will be surveying these waterways to assess sites most in need of rehabilitation. The ‘Riparian Monitoring and Rehabilitation Planning’ project will provide rigorous...

Project announcement   A new project will see Townsville schools turn food waste into soil health in a circular economy model that will benefit local waterways and the Great Barrier Reef. The ‘Townsville’s Tuckshops Tackling Climate Change with Innovative Circular Economy’ project from Atlas Soils has received seed funding to see local school students turn their tuckshop and home waste into HumiSoil® for...

On our radar: Townsville volunteer opportunities Make positive change, meet great people, connect with science smarts, and sometimes score a free snag at the volunteer and enviro science gigs on offer from our partner organisations.  Click links below for details, registrations, instructions, and all good things. Event information may be updated on partner platforms — check details on their websites. Wed 13...

Seagrass monitoring a success 17 years on   The story of Townsville's seagrass has been one of boom and bust over the last two decades, as meadows have been hit by floods, cyclones, and heatwaves — only to recover and regain resilience in the years between.  How do we know? It's thanks to the many people who fly helicopters, dive, snorkel, and...