Case Studies
Putting wetlands on the school radar!
The HNLN Schools Wetlands Challenge is a hands-on, community-driven education program that empowers schools across the Hawkesbury-Nepean region to adopt, study, and restore local wetlands through citizen science and environmental learning. Launched in 2025 by HNLN with support from CHEN, the program fosters student connection to local ecosystems and culminates in an annual awards event celebrating conservation achievements and leadership.
Guiding Change in Perceived Adversity
Guiding change can be difficult, however, a simple mindset of supporting, over fixing can be all it takes.
Landcare Adventure 2025
Landcare Adventure is a biennial regional Landcare event rotating across the Northwest and Northern Tablelands Landcare regions.
Reconnecting Thunderbolt Country for Threatened Woodland Birds
Engaging and Supporting Landholders to Protect and Increase Southern New England Biodiversity
Berrima Wildlife Reserve
Berrima Wildlife reserve - Restoring ecosystem functioning through weed control
Profiling the forgotten landscape.
Creating vegetation profiles of the Northern Murrumbidgee Catchment within the South West Slopes Bioregion for better revegetation and restoration projects. https://revegetation.org.au
Refresh key resources - South-West Slopes & Riverina Revegetation Guides
Future Drought Fund: Landcare-Led Landscape Resilience - tools and data for restoration decisions
Supporting On-Farm Labour During the Dry Times
Co-Designing Job Security and Development in Farming Communities During Drought
Pottery and Fungi Foray
Mid Lachlan Landcare's main Mycology May event this year revolved around Fungi and participants also getting their hands into some clay.
Streamwatch – It’s Not Just About Data Collection
Streamwatch - Combating the Negative Health Effects of Social Isolation
Engaging Young People in Citizen Science & Bushland Restoration
In September 2024, Greater Sydney Landcare’s Young Adult Program “Wildventure” participated in a global citizen science and Bushcare event to boost species observations within a critically endangered ecological community along the Hawkesbury River.
Embracing Festival Culture in Landcare to Attract Young Adults
Greater Sydney Landcare's Wildventure program utilises "festival-like" concepts and event structures to engage young adults in Landcare.
Regional MOU locks in local seeds
Local Land Services & Friends of North Coast Regional Botanical Gardens
Landcare-Led Landscape Resilience – tools and data for restoration decisions (project design)
Future Drought Fund - cross regional projects