news Spring 2009featured species See our featured species page for this spring's featured species. weather news Late winter and early spring have been dry over large parts of south eastern Australia. Higher than average temperatures have also been widespread, with record maximum daily temperatures recorded in various centres from Melbourne to Brisbane. Forecasters continue to predict the continuation of El-nino conditions at least until the end of the year, with higher than average maximum temperatures and below average rainfall predicted over most of the continent. More details: ENSO (El-Nino) prediction Three-month rainfall probabilities Three-month temperature probabilities Recent rainfall maps new native seed stock Eucalyptus dwyeri, Eucalyptus tereticornis, Eucalyptus crebra, Eucalyptus dealbata, Eucalyptus fibrosa. upcoming stock Eucalyptus pilligaensis, Eucalyptus microcarpa, Eucalyptus moluccana, Eucalyptus maculata, Eucalyptus citriodora, Acacia irrorata, Acacia longifolia, Acacia rubida, Acacia vestita, Acacia podalyriifolia, Acacia macradenia, Acacia pravissima, Acacia cultriformis, Indigofera australis, Hardenbergia violacea, Dianella revoluta, Daviesia ulicifolia. in flower now It has been a great season so far with big flowering events for many of our Acacia species as well as many other shrubs such as Hardenbergia, Pultenea and Indigofera. Although rainfall was low for a couple of months in late winter there seems to have been enough rain to allow good pod formation. Our local White Box populations flowered exceptionally well this winter and the spring flowering Eucalyptus crebra and Eucalyptus melliodora are budding up well. mining rehabilitation news Links to rehabilitation-related articles from the Australian MIning website. natural resource management and ecological restoration news Links to a range of natural resource and environmental management newsletters listed on the Australian Government Caring for Our Country website. wetland rehabilitation news From the Wetland Care website carbon news Latest news on climate change and carbon-related issues from the Envirocentre's online CO2 newsletter. | 
