For the past few months, members of OCCA have been planning work around contributing to the citizen science Feather Map project. Run through the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), the project involves collecting bird feathers in wetland areas across Australia, which are then mailed away and examined via nuclear techniques. Isotopes in the […]
Read MoreSea World Community Marine Debris Grant
This year OCCA participated in the Sea World Research and Rescue Community Marine Debris (CMD) Grant Program. The CMD Program provides grants for waterway clean-up projects in South East Queensland. Both Sea World and Healthy Land and Waterway sponsor the CMD Program. As part of the projects, data on the litter collected is recorded in […]
Read MoreTzu Chi Tree Planting
Over two weekends in July, OCCA hosted tree planting events and a litter clean-up for volunteers from the Tzu Chi Foundation. Both tree planting events occurred at Granard Wetlands; the first of those happened on the warm Sunday afternoon of the 23rd. With equipment for planting provided by OCCA, approximately 40-50 high school student volunteers […]
Read MoreOCCA Media and Communications
A big thank you to Brisbane City Council for supporting OCCA in producing a Communications and Media Strategy through their Environment Grants Program. As we begin to incorporate elements into our projects and activities OCCA is looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help us continue to implement this plan. If you would like to help out […]
Read MoreMangroveWatch Presentation & General Meeting
Join us at OCCA’s bi-monthly general meeting to hear about MangroveWatch in Oxley Creek by our guest speaker Jock Mackenzie from James Cook University. MangroveWatch is a community mangrove monitoring program linking communities, scientists and natural resource managers to achieve conservation outcomes for tidal wetlands around the world. Jock Mackenzie is the coordinator-director and co-founder […]
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