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Water colour print

Available:

* Framed (quantity – 1)

* Un-framed (quantity – 10)

*complete set of 4 (unframed)

Water colour print

Available:

* Framed (quantity – 1)

* Un-framed (quantity – 10)

*complete set of 4 (unframed)

A totally new revised and improved edition of the popular book Stop Bushland Weeds A guide to successful weeding in South Australia bushland is now available.

The book explains how landholders, natural resource managers, Friends of Parks and volunteers can work to get habitat back into healthy condition by controlling environmental weeds.

It is an essential resource for everyone involved in managing our native vegetation.

The new edition is indispensable for all people with some bushland to manage because:

• It includes information on over 20 new environmental weeds,
• Over 100 bushland weeds/weeds of the bush are described and illustrated,
• Bulbs, grasses, climbers, scramblers, thistles and shrubs are all covered,
• There is more emphasis on grassy weeds,
• Information is provided on "native invaders from other states,
• It explains how weeds threaten bushland,
• It sets out how best to plan weed control,
• It includes techniques for removing weeds without damaging the bush, and
• It includes new best practice methods of controlling weeds.

Make haste slowly in bush management work is a strong theme in this book:

Environmental weed control needs to be undertaken at a rate that will let the bush recover and take over the space that was filled with weeds. Sometimes this is quite slow but the end result will be worth it. While it is tempting to try to maximise your efforts by starting right ‘in the thick of it’, scattered infestations and small patches should usually be managed first.

It is important that the larger infestations are kept under control while reducing them in an area by working along the “weed front”, where the weeds meet the bush.

The Walks with Nature program leads people on free public nature walks in the Mount Lofty Ranges each year. Over 40,000 people have enjoyed these walks since 1975.

Now the Nature Conservation Society of South Australia, gives you Walks with Nature, the book.

Detailed maps and instructions help you explore out-of-the-way corners in 20 spectacular national parks at Adelaide’s back door.

But this is more than a walking book! It also introduces you to fascinating plants and animals of the ranges.

So what are you waiting for? Grab this book and head for the hills!

BCM Manual – Northern & Yorke Peninsula (2007) (Vols 1, 2 & 3)

This lack of information greatly increases the risk of poor decision making and limits the decisions regarding management strategies and their impacts within the rangelands. The SA MDB rangelands biological survey has drawn on existing information and newly surveyed information together to provide natural resource managers with a more comprehensive identification of the unique assets of the rangelands. The biological survey focused on collecting baseline biological data including aquatic and terrestrial flora and fauna at eight permanent water sites.

Eight formal Department for Environment and Heritage Biological Survey sites were established, where data was collected on vegetation, terrestrial mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and birds. All fauna was also opportunistically sampled to distance of 1 km from each survey site.

Overall a total of 201 native plant species were recorded in the 15 quadrat sites surveyed. Thirty seven of these species, or approximately 20%, were found to be of Regional or State conservation significance. All but two of the survey quadrats contained one or more species of Regional significance.

The Nature Conservation Society of South Australia received funding from SA Water and the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board to conduct a biological survey at Mount Bold Reservoir Reserve. Sixteen survey sites were established using Biological Survey of South Australia methodology in a variety of vegetation and habitat types. All 16 sites were surveyed for vegetation and bird species with most sites surveyed for mammals, reptiles and invertebrates.

Fauna Survey of Mount Brown Conservation Park (1995)

Biological Survey of the Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps (1998)

Distribution, Habitat Preference & Status of the Kangaroo Island Dunnart (1996)

Grassy Woodlands within Forestry SA Native Vegetation Blocks MLR (2002)

Mt. Brown Conservation Park Vegetation Survey (1995)

The Birds of Middle and Lower Cooper Creek in S.A. (1989)

Wirra – the bush that was Adelaide (1986)