October 2009 Newsletter

The STEP newsletter for October 2009 is now available.

Included in this addition:

  • Notificatino of AGM
  • STEP Events calendar
  • Information on the  STEP working bee
  • Geology, Soil and Water Flows: digging into the Soil Survey for the STEP site
  • A report on the STEP Wetland Project
  • Volunteers from Conservation Volunteers Australia come to work on the STEP project
  • Water Flows into STEP Ephemeral Wetland
  • Thirty year old seeds successfully germinated for the STEP forest
  • Tree of the month: Eucalyptus delegatensis

Download the October 2009 Newsletter here.

STEP Tree Planting – 31 October 2009

The next planting a tree day on the STEP site will be Saturday 31 Oct from 8 am till 3pm. STEP cordially invites Friends of the Arboretum to join us. This special day will include a media event at 10.00 am. Dr Maxine Cooper, the Commissioner for the Environment and Sustainability with her Youth Ambassadors will arrive to join us in our planting activity. The media will be invited by the Office of the Commissioner. It would be wonderful to have a large group to welcome them.

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