GWYMAC Inc

Landholders and community groups learn the importance of conducting fauna surveys

Rebuilding functional landscapes

Gwymac teamed up with the RFS to provide insight on farm fire trailer setup and maintenance to assist landholders in the event of a bushfire

The Macintyre Development unit was formed by a group of people with vision of fixing land degradation and their aims were to educate people on economic, intelligent and effective land use

Creative workshops held in small rural towns to help build inclusive, friendly and more resilient communities

Planting koala feed trees on private property for increased habitat and connectivity

The "Bush for Biodiversity" two day event highlighted the success of effective collaboration - "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts".

Gwymac and Nullamanna Landcare join forces to reduce the impact of weeds on the local environment

Rebuilding landscape function

Building Drought Resistant Herds and Robust Pastures

Drought break workshops supporting farming families

Workshop held at Five Corners, Nullamanna

Community gathering at Ashford 3 Mile Crossing to raise awareness about weeds

Spreading the word about Indian Myna Birds in Inverell

Combatting Chilean Needle Grass in the Inverell District

Gwymac Inc partnered with Swan Vale Landcare Group to host a two day event in Inverell and Glen Innes to provide a farmer to farmer information exchange about the benefits of collective bargaining together as well as the benefits of establishing co-ops and to discuss opportunities for other farmer driven initiatives.

Gwymac Inc partnered with Nullamanna Landcare Group to address the topic of soil carbon and carbon farming - identifying the importance of carbon sequestration in soils, the important role soil carbon plays in agriculture, its role in offsetting emissions and how farmers can earn income by improving their soil and therefore improving the resilience of the agricultural sector.

Gwymac Inc was looking to host an Information Day and Field Trip to Nullamanna's private nature reserve called Five Corners to raise awareness of the value of conducting your own nature surveys and the fun of becoming a 'Citizen Scientist'.

Gwymac Inc partnered with the South West Inverell Landcare Group in order to host an Information Day with a view to addressing the issues facing aged farmers in the district when they are no longer active on their farm and seeking to retire.

Gwymac Inc partnered with one of its ‘opportunity’ Landcare Groups called Ag-n-Chat in order to promote, support and display rural women with a regional business who were leaders in their field and could provide inspiration to other women in rural areas.

Gwymac Inc partnered with the Inverell Community Gardens to provide hands on practical training to local High School Agricultural students on the importance of ground cover and strategic grazing to improve soil organic carbon and pasture biomass.

Ten landholders in the South West Inverell Landcare Group (SWI) were provided with mobile pig traps, Canid Pest Ejectors and Trail Cameras in order to trap and monitor vertebrate pests, namely wild dogs, pigs and foxes.

Gwymac Inc partnered with the Ashford Landcare Group and invited Colin Seis to Ashford, northern NSW to talk about multi-species cropping and the benefits to both agriculture and the environment.

Gwymac partnered with the Country Women's Association of Bundarra and Farm-Link to host a get-together to talk about 'it' - suicide prevention, mental health and wellbeing in the bush!

After a number of years 'in the wilderness', a small Landcare Group has breathed new life into an 'old' group thanks to new membership, renewed interest and the Local Landcare Coordinator Initiative.

Gwymac partnered with Northern Tablelands Local Land Services (NT LLS) to identify landholders in priority sub catchments to engage in river restoration and rehabilitation.