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Four major waterways of the Molonglo catchment, the Queanbeyan and Molonglo Rivers and Burra and Jerrabomberra Creeks, combine to provide the lakeside setting for our capital city.  Perhaps less known is that they also support vulnerable and endangered ecosystems such as box-gum woodlands and natural temperate grassland. Such ecosystems harbour endangered plants and animals and a fascinating range of more common native plants and animals. The pressures of urban expansion, pest plants and animals and climate change present a risk to the future viability of not just these vegetation communities but also the rural communities within the region. The Molonglo Catchment Group needs your help to continue our work preserving these communities and the overall health of the catchment.

The Molonglo Catchment Group and our volunteers have been working tirelessly since 2003 to improve the communities understanding of the catchments environment and to directly improve its health through on-ground projects. We need your help to continue filling this vital role of community education and capacity building. Funds raised will contribute to educational projects that raise the community’s capacity to identify, understand and improve environmental values, on-ground projects that protect, restore and enhance the environment in the Molonglo and Queanbeyan valleys and their tributaries, and training that encourages sustainable land management practices.

Your donation of

$5 can help us plant and protect an additional tree in a revegetation project that enhances the biodiversity;

$10 can print and distribute another weed information pack so that a landholder can better identify and control weeds;

$50 help us construct and lend out an Indian Mynah trap to reduce the competition for nesting sites;

$75 help us construct and place a nesting box to encourage resilience in the biodiversity;

$250 purchases a hand-held GPS unit to assist landholders and community groups mapping weeds and pest animals and monitor improvements in biodiversity;

$500 provides training for a community group in understanding the landscape in which they live, how to manage it sustainably and to disseminate that knowledge in their community;

$1,000 helps us to provide a water quality monitoring  kit and the training for a volunteer to monitor the health of our catchment;

$5,000 helps us fence out 1km of riparian zone to help improve the water quality.

There are three categories of support:

  • Friends of the Molonglo Catchment - subscribe to receive our free fortnightly eBulletin
  • MCG Supporters and Protectors - tax deductible donations on a one-off or monthly basis.

MCG supporters and protectors

Your support for the Molonglo Catchment Group will help us to:

  • develop and coordinate projects to protect and enhance native vegetation, manage pest plants and animals, maintain adequate groundcover and reduce erosion;
  • develop the necessary skills in the local community to identify and manage environmental issues in their catchment; and
  • provide resources for the community to monitor water quality in the catchment through our Waterwatch program.

Become a MCG Supporter
Make a one off donation to the MCG and you will be supporting us in protecting the environment. Donations over $2 are tax-deductible.

Become a MCG Protector
For as little as $10 per month, your donation will help us protect the environment on a on-going basis.

Make a donation through our secure donation facility, provided at www.ourcommunity.com.au
BEQUEST

By including the MCG in your Will you will be assisting the community to protect the Australian environment.

Making a Bequest to the MCG
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