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Australia’s Bush Fires – Support & Resources – Important

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Britt (River Detectives Coordinator) | No Comments All Regions

With the recent bush fire crisis, I would like to share some resources and support that some might find helpful. Here are some good tips to help comfort and protect children from the recent bush fire emergency: How to talk to children about Australia’s bush fires And a Community Trauma Toolkit which contains resources to help and support adults and […]

River Detectives Reports from St. Patrick’s Primary School Wangaratta – Important

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Britt (River Detectives Coordinator) | No Comments All RegionsCorangamite CMANorth East CMANorth Central CMAMelbourne WaterWimmera CMA

I would like to share some excellent reports by students at St. Patrick’s Primary School in Wangaratta. Well done to Isabel, Archer, Hayley, Lily and their teacher Katie! Ovens River Water Quality Report by Lily Ovens River Macroinvertebrates Report by Hayley One Mile Creek Water Quality report by Archer King River Water Quality Report […]

Become a frog citizen scientist – Important

Posted on November 19, 2019 by Nicole Howie | No Comments North Central CMA

It’s spring – can you hear the frogs calling you? If you’re interested in becoming a frog citizen scientist, please check out: https://www.frogscalling.org/ It’s part of a project monitoring how frogs respond to environmental watering of wetlands (called WetMAP). It’s as easy as loading up the award winning FrogID app, visiting a wetland and […]

Make a splash with macroinvertebrate sampling – Important

Posted on November 18, 2019 by Nicole Howie | No Comments North Central CMA

With the weather now heating up and macroinvertebrates madly reproducing and growing in our waterways, November and December are the perfect times to chill out with some water-based activities. Macroinvertebrate Sampling is so much fun and can keep students of all ages engaged for hours ! It is an ideal activity on warmer days allowing […]