Tag: Weeds
Gamba grass officially declared a weed
The Northern Territory Government has declared the invasive plant gamba grass a weed.[MORE]
Farm group gets Landcare funds
The Mackillop Farm Management Group, which represents about 160 farmers across the Green Triangle region, has received Federal Government funding for a landcare project.[MORE]
Fears sale blunder may spread weed threat
The Department of Primary Industries says a class one declared weed called mexican feather grass has been mistakenly sold to retail outlets across Queensland.[MORE]
Weed threatens Murray-Darling Basin's upper reaches
Biosecurity Queensland is fighting to control an outbreak of a potentially devastating water weed in the upper reaches of the Murray-Darling Basin.[MORE]
Bridal creeper survey for Adelaide Hills
Properties in the Adelaide foothills will be surveyed to help control an aggressive weed that is strangling native plants.[MORE]
Cabomba ban extended by three years
The NT Government has extended quarantine restrictions over Darwin River to combat an invasive aquatic weed.[MORE]
DPI warns of weed threat
An outbreak of the noxious weed boneseed is causing concern near Swan Hill.[MORE]
Insects to help control weed outbreak
Special insects have been released to help control a newly found weed outbreak in the Brewarrina area.[MORE]
Weevils to combat waterweed outbreak
The Department of Primary Industries (DPI) says the breeding of weevils at Grafton is helping to combat a serious outbreak of the waterweed salvinia in New South Wales rivers and dams.[MORE]
Farmers urged to join fox control scheme
A fox control program on the New South Wales far south coast is being stepped up, largely because of the efforts being made by farmers to control another introduced species, fireweed.[MORE]
Green group fears dam weed woes to worsen
The Wide Bay Burnett Conservation Council says there has been an outbreak of the noxious weed salvinia at the Paradise Dam south-west of Bundaberg.[MORE]
Conservation council disputes Paradise Dam levels
The Wide Bay Burnett Conservation Council says it has figures that prove the Paradise Dam has not reached official operating levels for the downstream fishway as claimed by the Water Minister earlier this month.[MORE]
Rain brings weed threat
While farmers on the New South Wales far south coast have welcomed recent rain, authorities are warning of a downside with a predicted fresh outbreak of the noxious plant, fireweed.[MORE]
Tablelands council conducts weed survey
Officers from the Tablelands Regional Council will soon fan out across a large area west of Mareeba as part of a major weed survey.[MORE]
Weed funding for Porongurup National Park
The Government of Western Australia will spend $280,000 establishing a weed control program at the Porongurup National Park, north of Albany.[MORE]
Last chance to eradicate toxic weed
The Department of Agriculture and Food is warning landholders to eradicate the cape tulip plant from their properties.[MORE]
Weevil could upset bellyache bush
A new weapon is being developed in the battle against one of northern Australia's worst weeds.[MORE]
Landowners welcome fairy grass control plan
Land-holders affected by fairy grass have welcomed a new strategy to fight the native plant's growth at lakes around Ballarat.[MORE]
Govt to help councils in weed management push
The Victorian Government says it will help local councils develop their own capacity to look after roadside weeds and pests.[MORE]
Upper Hunter weed worries aired
Concerns have been raised about a number of infestations of the noxious weed mother of millions in the Upper Hunter.[MORE]
Pastoralists have had a gutful of bellyache bush
A Northern Territory landcare group is taking to the air in a bid to map the alarming spread of the noxious weed bellyache bush.[MORE]
Bellyache bush named the Daly's biggest threat
The Katherine Regional Weeds Advisory Committee is warning of a new threat to Top End waterways.[MORE]
Fireweed control may be years away
Farmers have been told that it could be years before an effective control is found for a weed which is spreading across large areas of Australia's east coast.[MORE]
Former weed manager critical of Govt's approach to gamba
A former regional weeds manager for the Northern Territory Government is warning that efforts to control an invasive tropical grass have reached a stalemate.[MORE]
Bega to host national fireweed conference
The spread of a weed across large parts of eastern Australia will be under focus at a conference on the New South Wales far south coast this week.[MORE]
