MURRAY RIVER LOCATION: An investigation took place of the Murray River and its connection to the Aboriginal People. The Murray River spans across three states, they are: South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales. In South Australia’s part of the river it is enclosed in floodgates to prevent flooding. The river has a total of 1061469 square kilometres. It flows between cliffs that are over thirty metres high. ABORIGINAL PEOPLE: The Aboriginal people settled near the Murray River over 40000…
particular Red Gum site is listed on the Living Murray initiative which is Barmah-Millewa Forest, one of the six icon sites in the Murray-Darling Basin and internationally renowned site under the RAMSAR Convention. Barmah-Millewa Forest is located on the Victoria/New South Wales border, the area is holding roughly around 6-8 state forest in one…
I am an environmental consultant for EcoFrame, a small-scale company in Victoria, British Columbia. EcoFrame was founded in 2010 by a group of PhD graduates in order to tackle restoration issues on Vancouver Island. Our vision at EcoFrame is to educate, engage, reclaim and restore while keeping ecological and social wellbeing in mind. This report, commissioned by the University of Victoria (UVic), outlines plans and suggestions for the long-term management of Mystic Vale on the university’s…
Lake Victoria (LV) is the largest tropical lake and has experience a series of changes in dynamics. In the 1970s most of the fisheries were artisanal and was mostly Cichlids, and then LV was converted to a multimillion dollar commercial fishery and was about 90% of the fishing exports in volume and value when the Nile Perch was introduced to LV. This interest the fisheries because the different governments that have jurisdiction of LV incented the move to a more commercial fishing by licensing…
options out there to pick from. Harper Seven Beckham This youngest member of the Beckham family has already been voted as Britain’s most stylish child by an online portal. The chubby-cheeked Harper has already attended top Fashion Weeks with her mom, Victoria Beckham, and owns a wardrobe full of designer clothes that her own dad, David Beckham, calls ‘ridiculous’. From Gucci to Armani, she has them all. Like her mom’s (who obviously chooses all her outfits), Harper’s wardrobe is muted and…
In today’s society, the idea of becoming a mother at the young age of nineteen is a difficult thing to imagine. At this age, you're just beginning your young adult life, funds are sparse, and motherhood is a very big responsibility. The number of orphaned children throughout the world is astounding, the Amazima organization founded by Katie Davis has made great strides in diminishing the number or orphaned, uneducated children. Despite these odds, Katie Davis decided to take on the role of…
To the Environmental Protection Agency, As you are aware of, there is a rising threat that was introduced over 50 years ago in Lake Victoria. The massive and ravenous fish, Nile Perch was released by humans into Lake Victoria and was introduced to improve the fishing economy. They were brought from other African lakes like Lake Albert or Lake Turkana which the Nile Perch is indigenous to. According to National Geographic The Nile Perch was inserted into an ecosystem where it had no natural…
species were extinct (Lowe). The purpose of the introducing the Nile Perch to Lake Victoria was to boost the fishing industry. The Nile Perch is a carnivore that consumes zooplankton, shrimp, clams, snails, and insects. The Adults typically prey on other fish. The Nile Perch can also eat members of their own specie. This is one of the biggest fresh water specie. The Nile Perch is not really native to Lake Victoria, but it is native to other lakes in…
Virginia Patterson Hensley, know as Patsy Cline, was born in the Shenandoah Valley in Winchester, Virginia, on September 8, 1932. Patsy Cline’s childhood home was in nearby Gore, Virginia. Legend has it that she was entertaining her neighbors as early as the age of 3 years old. By the time Cline’s started school, her family was fully aware of her talent. On Cline’s eighth birthday, her mother presented her with a piano, on which Patsy learned early musical education. On Sundays, she sang with…
This term, my group for the Eco Action project decided to undertake a garbage cleanup in hopes of making our targeted area garbage-free by the end of our three-month timespan. We decided to do our cleanup in Mystic Vale, a forest southeast of the University of Victoria’s campus. My group—which consisted of Cole, Matt and Jed—aimed to influence others by eliminating the garbage in the forest, which would make others less inclined to litter. Although we face many challenges throughout the term, in…