With Parks & Wildlife Fogg Dam we successfully applied for a Territory Natural Resource Management Board, Australian Government Caring for Our Country (NRMB) grant of $4,700.00 to control and work toward the eradication of Olive Hymenachne within the Fogg Dam catchment area.  Olive Hymenachne is a weed of national significance and in the NT declared a Class B (growth and spread to be controlled)  and Class C (not to be introduced to the NT) weed. It spreads rapidly, invading water bodies displacing native flora used by birds and fish for food and shelter. The six month project commencing January 2011 to 30 June 2011 was extended to 11 August due to the heavy wet season, the wettest on record.   Weed infestation was mapped and found to be much greater than anticipated, extending around most of Fogg Dam, much of it amongst trees near the waters edge where it is difficult to access.  Initially the program was delayed by rain which made spraying impractical.  The availability of P&W airboat operators and failure of airboat pumps and motors resulted in the planned spraying program not being completed.  The area was too wet to burn, as had been planned.   Friends of Fogg Dam Inc. have applied for another grant to continuing working on this important project.