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PCE - FIDO Weed Management at Happy Valley Fraser Island 14/15Website/Report(not documented)
Project leadPartnershipsFraser Island Defenders Organisation Limited (trading as FIDO)
Industries(not documented)
ActivitiesOn-ground work
Case study type(none)
Funding sourceBurnett Mary Regional Group NRM Regional Investments: Keeping it Great: Fraser Island Defenders
Funding amount$32,800
In-kind contribution(not documented)
Start date19 August 2014
End date31 May 2015
Summary
This project based a team of volunteers, recruited by the Fraser Island Defenders Organization (FIDO), in Happy Valley for three weeks (starting September 2014) during the 2014-15 financial year to try to control the virulent invasion of Abrus prectorius (crabs eye).
FIDO cleaned the area of this weed in December 2005 and again in March and May 2014. However, because no follow up was carried out the weed invasion urgently needs to be dealt with again and to be incorporated into future regular FIDO weeding programs. The project aims to:
Benefits
This protect will:
Lesson(not documented)
Reference ID(none)
Last updated: 16 May 2015 This page should be cited as: Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2015) PCE - FIDO Weed Management at Happy Valley Fraser Island 14/15, WetlandInfo website, accessed 30 August 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/resources/tools/wetland-project/pce-fido-weed-management-at-happy-valley-fraser-island-14-15-697f/ |