Nambucca Valley News Of The Area 27 October 2023

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News Of The Area

NAMBUCCA VALLEY Local Community News ~ Proudly Independent ~ Family Owned

Friday, 27 October 2023

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We’re hiring a escape to maintenance Fairway Gardens officer

Sediment Concerns Maagunda Muruygu - Friday Feed Supports Those Doing It Tough In Oakes State Forest Festival For Forests

(02) 6598 5000

Local beekeepers fear the future with varroa mite By Ned COWIE IT has been several months since a beekeeper in the Macleay Valley discovered varroa mites during a routine alcohol wash of his bees. This would mark the beginning of a varroa crisis for beekeepers in the Kempsey region, with the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) eventually declaring the transition from eradication to management of the varroa mite in NSW as of 19 September 2023. The varroa mite, a tiny insect which attaches to bees has, for many years, been a pest in other countries

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Monica Rich, Secretary of the Mid North Coast Amateur Beekeepers Association, shows off her native stingless bee hives.

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Save Nambucca River and OzGREEN combine for water quality monitoring program

CLUB URUNGA

THE Save Nambucca River Group, with grant funding from the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR), will partner with environmental charity OzGREEN to

launch a citizen science water quality monitoring program. The volunteer-led initiative CONTINUED Page 3

PH: 02 6655 6258 20 Orara St Urunga

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