A Scientist will start the monumental task of sifting through thousands of viruses to determine whether they are friends or foes to the Great Barrier Reef.

Three newly declared weed species - yellow, white and kahill ginger are now illegal to sell or trade in Queensland.

Department of Environment and Resource Management officers will begin measuring groundwater use in the Wet Tropics over the next few months.

DEEDI is hosting a farm visit to Gaia banana farm at Cowley Creek on 3 December to demonstrate how a wetland that was built to treat farm runoff.

The farm was a case study for a workshop held in July 2009 on stormwater modelling and treatment. The field visit will explore how the stormwater modelling and design, developed as part of the workshop, were implemented in the field.

Youth engagement was an item which came out of the recent local area Members' Forums as something that many are struggling with. We thought this presentation might be of value to you. We are working on getting some more local case study examples to present too...

Sam Morris (Wombat Creative) is our guest speaker who will be making an address as part of the 'Tricks for the Toolbox' component of our Members' Forum after the AGM next Friday.