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Newsletters prior to the Watershed Torbay project:

Torbay Catchment Group: August 1999
Torbay Catchment Group: February 2000
Torbay Catchment Group: March 2002


Newsletters during and after the Watershed Torbay project (ISSN 1448-0719)

These newsletters are distributed throughout the catchment, but you can also read them on-line:

  • Volume 24 (November 2010)
    Soil Acidity Project & soil testing subsidies | TCG members attend the 13th International Riversymposium | Dune restoration works at Torbay Inlet | Wendy MinchinŐs remnant bush protection | Weed Survey Lucky Drawer Prize Winners
  • Volume 22 (November 2009)
    Water Corporation Discharge to Seven Mile Creek | Environmental Water Requirements talk | River & Wetland Health Assessment | Fencing Remnant Bush Stories | Caring for Wildlife | Trails Update
  • Volume 21 (June 2009)
    New Project Officer | Ecological Value of our Waterways | Report on 2008 Community Survey | Rail Trail Update | Twinnings Project Update | Coastwest Funding Application | Catchment Services and Funding | Meetings and Workshops
  • Volume 20 (October 2008)
    Catchment Detox | Catchment Survey | Elleker-Torbay Rail Trail | 2009 Calendar | River Symposium 2008 | River Tapestries | Torbay visit to the Kimberley | Noongar Workshop | Green Corps | Weed Time
  • Volume 19 (May 2008)
    Property planning bus tour and workshops | Plant a tree at Torbay Hall | What are macroinvertebrates? Come and find out! | Free tree giveaway | New Torbay publication | Crossing Creeks book | 2007 Report Card
  • Volume 18 (February 2008)
    Clean up Torbay Day | How's your dirt? | We can all help stop the blooms | The importance of soil pH | Time to Lime | Don't guee, Soil test | Phosphorus Retention Index | Tissue testing | Nutrient balance | A farmer's tale | Soil test kit offer
  • Volume 17 (December 2007)
    Marshall's wetland monitoring data | More work to do | Agroforestry field day | Farming in the UK | Perennial pastures | Windbreaks | 2008 Riverprize
  • Volume 16 (August 2007)
    Hello Kirsten, Goodbye Steve | It's weed time again! | Free Trees | Nutrient Balance Surveys | What can the Torbay Catchment Group do for me? | New publications to help land managers | Agroforestry field day | Looking after your bush | Green Corps on the job
  • Volume 15 (April 2007)
    How's your dirt? | Buffers | Torbay Twinning Update | Torbay around the world | Catchment tour | Noongar cultural tour | Animal health and management
  • Volume 14 (December 2006)
    Another award! | Wildflower & Weeds workshop | Torbay Twinning | Paddling on Lake Powell | International Landcare Conference | Compendium CD | Watsonia spraying report | Soils & fertiliser workshop
  • Volume 13 (September 2006)
    Catchment prize | Scouts lend a hand | Managing acid sulfate soils | Marbellup water protection plan | Strand lumber plant | Woodbury Boston at Lake Powell | Coming events | Local wins Wild Duck dinner
  • Volume 12 (May 2006)
    Work underway, more funds available | Green Corps team lend a hand | How much water in Marbellup? | Treefarm reports on performance | Catchment tour shows progress | Tour and meetings coming up | Biomass power for Albany?
  • Volume 11 (February 2006)
    Funding available | Road verges | Marbellup water protection | Acid sulphate soils | Perennials trials | Restoration plan | New staff
  • Volume 10 (October 2005)
    New TCG Chairman | Algal Blooms | Conference | Nitrogen | Aborginal Culture
  • Volume 9 (June 2005)
    Implementation of the Restoration Plan | Nutrients | Weed Watch | Recent rain | Field trip
  • Volume 8 (Xmas 2004)
    Draft Restoration Plan workshops | Local history | Dutch input on nutrients | Perennials | Grazing in Torbay | Weeds | Field trip
  • Volume 7 (August 2004)
    Funds put into Action | Drainage History | Birds on Lake Powell | Perennials | Soil Test Results | European wasps | Water from Marbelup | Blackberries & Foxes
  • Volume 6 (March 2004) [496Kb PDF]
    Local History | Drainage Management Review | Recent Bar Openings | Report on Bus Trip | Controlling blackberries
  • Volume 6 insert: Catchment Management Conference Report [420Kb PDF]
    Monitoring Waterways - Watershed Torbay 2004
  • Volume 5 (October 2003) [380Kb PDF]
    Weeds Update | Nutrient Balance Case Studies | Algal Blooms - uncertainty no excuse! | Time to Fox Bait | Catchment Survey Results | Torbay goes to the Royal Show | Landcare and Perennial Field Day | Soils and Fertilisers Day | Lake Powell Workshop - Birds, bugs, weeds and water
  • Volume 4 (June 2003) [504Kb PDF]
    Funds for onground action taken up | Feedback on Watershed Torbay positive | Bus tour shows progress | Weed happenings in the catchment | How the drains are managed | Fertiliser workshop shocks! | New TCG Committee | Green Corps provides boost
  • Volume 3 (December 2002) [348Kb PDF]
    Funding Success | Torbay Hall Trail | Surveyors at Work | Comment on Bar Opening | Birds of Torbay | What's in a Name? | More local stories! | Waterways Rehabilitation Grants | Call for Volunteers | Catchment Tour
  • Volume 3 insert: Research and monitoring underway for Watershed Torbay [184Kb PDF]
    State of sediment in the waterbodies | Where are the nutrients coming from? | What drives algal blooms? | How much water do waterways and wetlands need? | Marbelup water to supply Albany? | Typha invades Lake Powell | Managing the drainage system | Keeping pathogens out of Marbelup Brook
  • Volume 2 (August 2002) [1Mb PDF]
    Catchment survey | Photographic exhibition | Community Forums feedback | Memories of Torbay Inlet | Woodbury Boston History Project | Nutrients Research
  • Volume 1 (May 2002) [288Kb PDF]
    Introducing the Watershed Torbay project | Torbay Catchment map | Achievements of the Torbay Catchment Group 3 years on | New Torbay Catchment Group Committee | Kids comment on the catchment | How to be involved in the catchment | Photographic competition