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Our project team managed to get to Kowanyama over the first week of September, nearly a year after our initial meeting and before the COVID19 travel restrictions came into place.

Highlights:
- Kowanyama Finch project gets the green light
- Looking back on the Mitchell to look forward
- Forty Mile Scrub fire causes concerns
- Regional Landcare Directors elected

Highlights:
- Palmer River still an option for Lakeland farmers
- New catchment signage on the go: clan names recognised
- Streambank erosion: understanding the difference
- Property-specific Action Plans underway
- Siam weed breakout spurs funding call

Over 30 locals enjoyed a feast, a chat, and some reflections on the challenge of climate change in Mount Molloy.

According to a recent media release from David Kempton, Chair of the RDA-FNQTS, the prospect of a major dam on the upper Palmer River has taken a step closer to reality.

The Nov 2018 General Meeting in Mutchilba was a great opportunity to catch up with projects around the region.

The 2018 Mitchell River AGM was held at Mutchilba on 01 Nov for the presentation of reports, retirement of long-serving Chair Ian Adcock, and election of new Committee.

In this issue....

• New guidelines give hope for managing the Mitchell’s finches
• Tilapia once again threaten the Walsh
• Mitchell River Water planning on the table
• Lakeland Irrigation Scheme floated with funding
• Fire management on Brooklyn Station: the sense behind the smoke

Welcome to the new management committee with a steady hand at the helm and some new veterans returning.

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