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Step out in nature and support Biodiversity Month!
Each September we celebrate our natural wonders and diverse ecosystems across Australia with Biodiversity Month. It’s an opportunity for individuals and communities to learn about the critical role biodiversity plays in maintaining ecological balance and supporting human well-being.
Throughout the month, you can learn about and support Logan's biodiversity through these various citizen science projects.
Great Glossy Count
📅 7 - 8 September
This citizen science event collects data to help understand glossy black-cockatoo populations. Spend one hour (or more) during the count exploring your selected survey site, and record your sightings of the species and its feeding habitat.
Great Southern Bioblitz
📅 20 - 23 September
This global four-day bioblitz sees regions across the Southern Hemisphere come together to discover and record as many local plant and animals as possible. Upload your sightings to the iNaturalist project.
Logan Koala Count
📅 27 September - 6 October
This citizen science event helps to create a snapshot of koalas across our city. Capture sightings, scats and audio recordings of koalas, and upload your sightings to the iNaturalist project.
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Become a Nature Explorer in Logan
Take a family adventure during the school holidays and get outdoors with the 2024 Nature Explorer Challenge.
Download the Agents of Discovery app and head to Alexander Clark Park to play, learn and explore. From 14 - 29 September, there are challenges across the park for kids to complete and help grow their nature knowledge.
Get some koala-ty time outdoors
Have you been utilising your koala-friendly tips from last month and are ready to learn more? We've got you covered with events for all ages.
Learn tips to help you spot these marsupial neighbours on the Koala Discovery Walk. Or bring the kids and their favourite teddy bear along on the fun-filled Koala 'Bears' Picnic.
Calling all community environmental groups
The 2024 Landcare Australia Community Grants are now open with funding up to $20,000 available for projects.
If you're delivering a project that addresses priority issues for your group, community and/or the environment, apply before Friday 20 September.
ECO LOGAN EVENTS
Council's environmental events program now has a new name....ECO Logan!
Keep an eye out for a range of nature workshops and experiences that will build your environmental knowledge and deepen connections with Logan's natural environment.
Nest Box Neighbours - 7 September
Get ready for a hands-on session where you'll get the opportunity to learn how to build, install, monitor and maintain nest boxes for hollow-dependent wildlife. Each group will be provided with materials and guided through the assembly of a nest box to install in your garden.
Bookings required.
Creek Explorers - 21 September
Learn about the different creatures that call Logan's waterways home for World Rivers Day. Kids will get the opportunity to forage for waterbugs, go on a treasure hunt to search for different waterway wildlife and make a special waterway animal to take home.
Bookings required.
Bushland Discovery Walk - 22 September
Join us on a springtime walk that combines exploring nature with the discoveries of citizen science. Guides will lead you along bushland trails, sharing their knowledge about the diverse ecosystems and wildlife that thrive in this area. You'll get to contribute your sightings to the Great Southern Bioblitz.
Bookings required.
Plant Propagation Workshop - 5 October
Get ready for a hands-on workshop where you'll get the opportunity to learn the skills to grow your own native plants and help boost your backyard biodiversity. Experts from Cedar Grove Landcare will guide you through the basics of propagating plants and how to care for them as they grow.
Bookings required.
SEPTEMBER EVENTS CALENDAR
Discover more environmental events throughout the month.
5 September: Bush Kindy - Bahrs Scrub
6 September: Sensory Bushwalking - Berrinba Wetlands
6 September: Organic Gardening 101 - Loganholme
7 September: Nestbox Neighbours: Building Backyard Habitats - Forestdale
16 September: Future Marine Biologist with Shark Wrangling 12- 17 years - Loganholme
18 September: Pat and Play with a Shark and Ray 5-17 years - Loganholme
20 September: Great Southern BioBlitz
21 September: Creek Explorers - Jimboomba
22 September: Bushland Discovery Walk - Springwood
26 September: Bee Workshop 5-11 years - Berrinba Wetlands
27 September: Logan Koala Count 2024
27 September: Pat and Play with a Shark and Ray - Loganholme
28 September: Paddle the Albert - Bannockburn
29 September: Koala Discovery Walk - Mount Warren Park
GROW ME INSTEAD
Help protect local native ecosystems by removing weeds from your backyard and replacing them with native plants. To learn more about weeds check out Weeds of Logan.
#LoganWildlife
Celebrate Logan's diverse native wildlife and contribute to research by submitting your wildlife sightings. Each month we'll feature a photo.
Glossy black-cockatoo
Calyptorhynchus lathami
Conservation Status Vulnerable
Suburb Greenbank
Fun Fact! They are the smallest of Australia’s five species of black-cockatoos and each adult bird pairs with a partner for life.
Image submitted by cwelden_ecp via iNaturalist
LEARNING THE YUGAMBEH LANGUAGE
The Yugambeh language is one of the local languages used within the City of Logan. Each month we will share a new word that you can learn. For a full list of words download the Yugambeh dictionary.
Cockatoo (Black) = Baleirei
ONE SMALL CHANGE, ONE BIG IMPACT
For the last 7 years, bakers across Australia have been raising awareness of threatened native plants and animals through the Threatened Species Bake Off. The 2024 national competition is calling for edible creations that focus on the threatened
species at greatest risk of extinction.
Baked creations can be entered into one of six categories between Sunday 1 - Sunday 15 September. Showcase your entry (and enjoy some cake) by holding an event around Threatened Species Day at your workplace, or with family or friends.
The Bake Off is a fun way for you to learn more about Australia’s threatened species, celebrate raising awareness and maybe win bragging rights.
FREE TREES
Property owners in Logan can take advantage of our Free Trees program. Bring a copy of your current rates notice to one of the collection locations and choose from a wide range of plants. Each financial year you can take 3 plants home for your garden.
7 September, 9.00am to 12.00pm: Logan Village State School
11 September, 9.30am to 11.30am: Chambers Flat Community Centre
12 October, 9.30am to 12.00pm: Eagleby Wetlands
KERBSIDE CLEAN-UP
Kerbside clean-up helps residents dispose of large household items. Place your items out on the kerbside the weekend before your scheduled collection.
2 September 2024 to 13 September 2024
Kingston, Loganlea
16 September 2024 to 27 September 2024
Berrinba, Marsden
30 September 2024 to 11 October 2024
Slacks Creek, Meadowbrook
Logan City Council
Health, Climate and Conservation
environment@logan.qld.gov.au
Ph: 07 3412 4491
Logan City Council acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waterways across the City of Logan. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.