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Talking Pasture Cropping with Colin Seis
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FBA’s Farming for the Future Forum
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Calling for CQ feral animal management contractors
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Stream Bank Stabilisation Project Tested by Recent Rain
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New BOM Forecast Tools Help Wet Season Planning
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Team Turtle CQ Monitoring Program Tracking Progress 2020 – 2021
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Custom built landholder tool offers a glimpse of the future
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Second seagrass training and restoration event completed
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Community grants support environmental care
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Funds to improve farm infrastructure and pasture in Mackenzie
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Action towards deliberate and meaningful change
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Traditional Aboriginal burning in modern day land management
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2019-2020 National Landcare Program Highlights
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Remote Livestock Management Systems – Case Study
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National Landcare Program supports Koala Cameras
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Caring for Fig Tree Creek
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FBA brings Joel Salatin to CQ in April
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New project to protect Lower Fitzroy creek banks
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Fitzroy River Turtle nesting report for 2017
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Achieving great things for our reef, our region, our future – Part 2
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Achieving great things for our reef, our region, our future – Part 1
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FBA delivers $120 000 in Community Grants for the National Landcare Programme
Posted on August 17th, 2017
Fitzroy Basin Association Inc. (FBA) have awarded $120,000 in community […]
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Posted on August 10th, 2017
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FBA signs MOU with GreenCollar, carbon project developer
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Community groups committed to supporting our environment
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New funds target gully erosion
Posted on July 7th, 2016
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FBA invites landholders to attend gully repair field days
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New gully repair projects document sediment savings in bid to save reef
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Discover sensational Sandy Point
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Workshop reveals the science behind our local waterways
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Reports highlight value of work with farmers & graziers
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Indigenous knowledge highlighted in online videos
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