Case Studies
Box Gum Grassy Woodland
A Box Gum Grassy Woodlands workshop was delivered by ecologist David Carr on 1 April 2026. The workshop combined presentations with a field visit to build practical knowledge on identifying, managing and restoring this critically endangered ecological community. The session was designed to support landholders and community members to better understand and care for woodland areas on their properties.
Remote Field Staff Tackle Toads
Fee for Service contract has environmental and social benefits in remote area
Collaborations- sharing knowledge, problems and ideas to improve decision making for meaningful inclusive solutions.
Water in the Landscape Initiative (WitLI) is a proactive consortium that includes Tamworth Regional Landcare, Tamworth Regional Council, University of New England, landholders, First Nations, major employers and facility managers. A meeting with staff from the Murray-Darling Basin Authority in March allowed for issues to be raised and discussed.
Landcare lives on with Landcare Alive!
Hay Plains Landcare has growing community volunteer participation at the Hay Landcare Nursery with weekly Landcare Alive, incorporating Special Monthly Activities throughout 2025.
Nature Spotters: Getting kids off screens and reconnecting with the natural world.
Nature Spotters is an after school program for 8-14 year olds designed to reignite children's sense of wonder with the natural world. Nature Spotters kids build their confidence outdoors with opportunities to kayak, bushwalk, get up close and personal with native animals, see the world through microscopes, propagate trees, plant trees and go spotlighting.
Koala Carers on the Frontline
Strengthening local wildlife carers to deliver timely koala rescue and rehabilitation, improving welfare outcomes.
Koala Care, Closer to Home
Building local veterinary capacity to provide timely koala care, reducing long-distance transfers and improving survival outcomes.
The Importance of Flying-Foxes
Education to help protect the threatened grey-headed flying-foxes.
Community Seed Banks: Saving Local Provenance Genetics
Murrumbidgee Landcare Inc is supporting community seed banks to collect, store, and share locally sourced seed for revegetation projects. This approach helps landholders and community groups restore native vegetation using seed adapted to local conditions, improving survival rates and strengthening long-term landscape resilience.
Saltmarsh Restoration in Narooma
Getting the community together to plant saltmarsh species along the Wagonga Inlet.
Bringing Life-Saving Skin Checks to Glen Innes
Coordinating community, sponsors and health providers to improve access to early skin cancer detection in a regional community.
Using CAT data to tell our story
CAT data can be utilised effectively to tell the story of Landcare at a local or regional scale
The power of a tiny bug: Bringing Landcare into preschools
Engaging preschoolers can help create nature-lovers for life, and provides a valuable connection to a new Landcare audience
Gloucester Multi Species Crop Trial
How Mid Coast 2 Tops Landcare supports local resilience from the ground up. Subsidising seed purchase for building soil, reducing inputs and improving livestock performance.
Water Stewardship Program
Empowering communities in the Sydney Drinking Water Catchment to restore local water cycles, enhance water quality and improve catchment health through collaborative projects and innovative funding.
Private Land Conservation Matters (PLCM) – Murray Style
Recognising strengths in partnership
Farmers Creek Landcare
Bringing the Lithgow community together to restore healthy waterways
Corporate Partnerships Supporting Sustainable Bush Regeneration
Corporate Partnerships
Growing a network
The Southern Tablelands Tree Start Growers Network, for those that love growing plants but have nowhere to plant them.
Returning to Work After Maternity Leave
A supportive and flexible return-to-work approach helped ease the transition from maternity leave back into the workplace. Through open communication, gradual reintegration, and ongoing flexibility, this experience highlights how organisations can successfully support working parents, particularly within industries that are predominantly part-time and female.