{"id":4685,"date":"2023-07-16T20:25:52","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T10:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrl.org.au\/gardens-for-wildlife-copy\/"},"modified":"2024-05-11T15:16:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T05:16:22","slug":"gardens-for-wildlife-copy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mrl.org.au\/gardens-for-wildlife-copy\/","title":{"rendered":"Programs for local schools"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\u00a0<\/span>At MRL we envision a future where our community works together to improve the health of\u00a0the Mooloolah River, its catchment and the natural ecosystems of the Sunshine Coast. To\u00a0help us reach this vision Mooloolah River Landcare has grant funded interactive activities\u00a0and programs designed to engage with local schools.<\/div>
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There are several community outreach activities to choose from:<\/div>

Caring for Water:<\/strong> To foster awareness of the importance and health of or\u00a0 waterways we offer hands on\u00a0 Macroinvertebrate\u00a0 Monitoring activities. Students learn how we <\/span>can use waterbugs as\u00a0 environmental indicators to get a quick snap shot of the health <\/span>of a waterway.<\/span><\/p>

Through our connections with Seqwater we can help organise tours\u00a0<\/span>of the Ewan Maddock Dam Water treatment plant. Exploring the water cycle story,\u00a0<\/span>students can learn about how riparian health effects water quality and what we can\u00a0<\/span>do to look after our waterways and ensure healthy drinking water.<\/span><\/p>

Caring for Land:<\/strong> Our native nursery grows endemic native plant species and our<\/div>
biocontrol facility breeds two types of bioagent beetles used for the biological<\/div>
control of two nasty environmental weed vines. We welcome schools to come for\u00a0tours of the facilities and even to get involved in bioagent beetle harvests during the\u00a0summer months!<\/div>
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Climate Change Action:<\/strong> Our Trees4Resilience program offers free trees to schools\u00a0and support with tree planting activities. Interactive discussions on \u201cthe power of a\u00a0tree\u201d not only explore how trees sequester carbon but also all the other wonderful\u00a0benefits to the environment such as habitat creation\/restoration, erosion control\u00a0and shade.<\/div>
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Young Citizen Scientists:<\/strong> Our Bug Club program gives students the chance to get<\/div>
outside and conduct an invertebrate bioblitz. The activity involves catching insects\u00a0using nets and equipment such as \u2018beat sheets.\u2019 The findings are photographed for\u00a0identification and added to a national\/global database of living things via the\u00a0iNaturalist app.\u00a0
We also offer iNaturalist training for\u00a0 students\/teachers so that schools can set up their own projects and students can be citizen scientists anytime\u00a0<\/span>and log their own findings. Mooloolah River Landcare is also one of the founders of\u00a0<\/span>the Sunshine Coast Big Butterfly Count. We will be hosting activities and pollinator\u00a0<\/span>counts in November and can help your school be part of this.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/div>
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These programs have limited funding and priority will be given to schools nearby and in the\u00a0Mooloolah River Catchment.<\/div>
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Programs for local schools Helping build the next generation of carers and scientists \u00a0At MRL we envision a future where our community works together to improve the health of\u00a0the Mooloolah River, its catchment and the natural ecosystems of the Sunshine Coast. To\u00a0help us reach this vision Mooloolah River Landcare has grant funded interactive activities\u00a0and programs … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":4689,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Programs for local schools","_seopress_titles_desc":"At MRL we envision a future where our community works together to improve the health of the Mooloolah River, its catchment and the natural ecosystems of the Sunshine Coast. To help us reach this vision Mooloolah River Landcare has grant funded interactive activities and programs that can come to your school.","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrl.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4685"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrl.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrl.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrl.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrl.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4685"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/mrl.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5474,"href":"https:\/\/mrl.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4685\/revisions\/5474"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrl.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrl.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}