Posted by michaelb
Introduction
Canberra Nature Map is a citizen science website on the NatureMapr platform. It is dedicated to the collection of knowledge on all species of animals, plants and other wildlife in the Canberra and Southern Tablelands region. It is a research and education tool provided free of charge to anyone from the general public and is sponsored and used by the ACT Government. It is valuable for the management of our nature reserves, our local fauna and flora as well as the conservation of rare or threatened species and the controlling of noxious weeds and pests. Volunteer experts provide identification of wildlife images and the locations of all sightings are mapped. Comprehensive species lists are provided for all categories of wildlife in our region, as well as for hundreds of places. There are over 6100 members on Canberra Nature Map. This community is being formed into a ParkCare group with the same name. This ParkCare group is being created to increase the effectiveness of the citizen science website and to enable greater opportunities for cooperation in on ground activitie
The members of Canberra Nature Map have had some very successfull meetings over the growing season of 2022-2023. New opportunities for increasing cooperative events and the effectiveness of the citizen science website are being explored.
A commitee has been elected to represent the community. They are:
Emma Collins, CNM moderator and commitee convenor - woyapp
Michael Mulvaney, NatureMapr administrator - MichaelMulvaney
Michael Bedingfield, NatureMapr administrator - michaelb
Kim Pullen, CNM moderator - KimberiRP
Ian Baird, CNM moderator - ibaird
Matthew Frawley, CNM moderator - MatthewFrawley
Stuart Harris, CNM moderator - Harrisi
Ciaran Ernst-Russell, CNM moderator - Tapirlord
Yumi Callaway, CNM moderator - YumiCallaway
Social Media
Helen Cross (HelenCross) and Matthew Frawley (MatthewFrawley) do the work to keep our activites on show on FaceBook and Twitter.
ParkCare Group
We are in the process of registering with the ACT Government to become a ParkCare Group. This is part of our plans to have more community activities and field days.
Conservation Council
Soon we will be joining the Conservation Council ACT Region to enhance our connection with Canberra's many environment groups.
Associated community groups
Other community groups that have been very involved with CNM and have made great contrbutions to its growth and management are the Canberra Ornithologists Group, ACT Herpetological Association, Friends of Grasslands and Australian Native Plant Society Canberra.
Canberra Nature Map Newsletter
We are intending to publish a quarterly newsletter. The editors are Alison Milton (AlisonMilton) and Lisa Bradley (lbradley). The first edition is available for download just below.
The following files are available for download: