Pullen Pullen Catchment Group

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Pullen Pullen Catchment Group - "Fostering a community in harmony with an enhanced natural environment"

What we do...

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Bushcare Groups - Pullen Pullen Catchments Group, in collaboration with Brisbane City Council has established four local Bushcare groups to assist with the care of Council controlled public land in the catchment.

Connecting with Community - In keeping with Pullen Pullen Creek Catchments Group's objective to facilitate educational, cultural and environmental awareness in the community, a communications, education and data group has been established.

Wildlife - Irene has been an active wildlife fostercarer and rescuer of wildlife for many years. She has also held volunteer positions ranging from Fostercarer representative and Education Officer with a small wildlife rescue service in Sydney.

Waterwatch Group - Pullen Pullen Catchments Group has recently become involved in Waterwatch. This program encourages collaboration between governments, universities and industries to assist communities to assess catchment health via the quality of the water in the main creeks of the catchment to and address problems if necessary.

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Pullen Pullen Catchments Group (PPCG) is one of 4,500 community based, volunteer landcare groups in Australia operating under the umbrella of Landcare Australia. The geographical area of the PPCG is defined by the Brisbane River in the south, the D'Aguilar Range in the west and the Mount Elpinstone Range in the north and east. This 55 km2 area includes Pullen Pullen Creek, Pullen Creek and Farm Creek.

The broad aim of PPCG is to foster awareness and appreciation within the community of the need to protect the natural environment throughout the catchment and to help conserve Australia's unique flora and fauna.

The Brisbane City Council and federal and state governments provide assistance to the PPCG at various levels. BCC's Habitat Brisbane Program supports our bushcare groups. Other sources of funding include The National Heritage Trust Grants Program, The Gaming Benefit Fund and The Brisbane City Council Environmental Grants Program.

Maintain and restore natural vegetation communities by:

Reverse the tendency of habitat fragmentation by encouragement of continuity of wildlife habitats across public and private lands
Weed strategy -- identify and control exotic weeds
Revegetate and regenerate public and private land
Active bushcare groups
Provision of native plants to members
Wildlife protection zones

Restore and preserve water quality by:

Community water quality monitoring when creeks are flowing
Fish monitoring
Clean up squad

Facilitate the establishment of appropriate infrastructure by:

Encourage and establish a network of walking tracks along the districts creeks
Establish recreational facilities where appropriate

Inform and educate members and the community by:

Publications (Streamlines, the PPCG's newsletter)
PPCG web site
Events (information days, local talks, workshops, nature walks)
Environmental educational programs with schools and community
Involvement of the community in festivals and projects
Encourage shared values and sense of community
Collect local history
Encourage a sense of ownership/custodianship of the environment
Organise Clean Up Australia Day Events
Bush regeneration & community tree-planting events along creeks

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