Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
With calm autumn conditions across much of the state, communities can expect to see smoke in the air as a mix of planned burns, private burns under CFA’s permit system and agricultural burns take place over the coming weeks. Forest Fire Management Victoria (FFMVic) Chief Fire Officer Chris Hardman said it is crucial fire agencies…
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Monash University researchers have made a breakthrough discovery about the invasion success of plants, with the revelation that large-scale genetic changes are the common ragweed’s secret to rapidly adapt to new environments. The research discovered 37 large-scale genetic changes, including ‘supergenes’, that have enabled the noxious weed to rapidly invade diverse environments worldwide. Super-genes are…
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Goulburn-Murray Water (GMW) is warning people to avoid direct contact with water in Cairn Curran Reservoir after detecting high levels of blue-green algae.
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Get involved but don’t try to say MANZWG (Mt Alexander Net Zero Working Group)! MANZWG is the local group encouraging folk in the shire to move towards renewable energy use and they are holding a drop-in session on Saturday 22 February in Castlemaine. The group’s current focus is the State Government’s proposal to electrify residential…
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