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LOCALLY PROPAGATED PLANTS FOR SALE
LOCALLY PROPAGATED PLANTS FOR SALE Last updated 25 May 2022 Gearys Gap/Wamboin Landcare Group has plants for sale. The price for plants is: $3.00 each for 1-19 plants $2.50 each for 20-49 plants $2.00 each for 50+ plants. Please order plants by emailing Kathy Handel, khandel@bigpond.net.au When you order plants, Kathy will collect them from the nursery, take them to her house (in Wamboin) and will email you with more details when they are ready for you to collect. When you see the plants, you are under no obligation to purchase. Purchase is by cash only. Attached is a list of the plants for sale.
Araluen Creek Restoration Project Update April 2022
Undertaken by the Upper Deua Catchment Landcare Group (UDCLG), in partnership with USLC and the SE LLS - the Araluen Creek Restoration Project aims to deliver in-stream works that will support the creek and it's surrounding environment. Remediation of 13 sites along the creek will deliver stability, reduce sediment movement, control erosion and prevent future bank collapse into the future.
April 2022 - Welcome to the Landcare NSW Connection
https://mailchi.mp/a631a82b20e1/april-2022-landcare-nsw-connection?e=17febb5619
Newsletter - Autumn 2022
Reports from the President, Executive Officer and Project Officer. Updates from various departmental groups where YACTAC is a stakeholder.
Geology of Araluen Workshop
Around 30 people gathered at the Araluen Hall on Saturday, 26 February 2022 to hear Leah Moore, from the Australian National University, talk about the geology and soils of Araluen. This workshop was the first in a series run as part of the Araluen Creek Restoration Project. Key elements of the project are building community engagement and expanding our understanding of soil erosion and remediation measures.
Media Release: Upper Deua Catchment Landcare's New Bushfire Recovery Grant
UDCLG’s application to the Bushfire Community Recovery and Resilience Fund was successful and the group has received $290 000 to implement sediment control strategies in the Araluen Creek below the Neringla Bridge.
Landcare Community Work at Dangar Falls
Dandarrga Landcare volunteers Follow up weeding and mulching at Dangar Falls
Native plants for sale at the Country Car Boot Sale, Wamboin, Sat. 19 March 2022
The Gearys Gap/Wamboin Landcare Group will have a native plant sale at the Sat. 19 March Wamboin/Bywong Country Car Boot Sale, at very reasonable prices. All the plants are propagated at our Group's nursery in Wamboin, and are specially selected for their suitability to the harsh Southern Tablelands environment. The market and Car Boot Sale are open from 9.00 am to 1.00 pm. We recommend that, if you wish to purchase some of these plants, you arrive early, as demand for them will be high.
UDCLG 2021 Newsletters
The Upper Deua Catchment Landcare Group produce regular newsletters and share then with the local community. A record of the group's newsletters for 2021 can be found below. We'd like to acknowledge and thank project officer Cath Harrison for all her time in preparing and compiling these newsletters.
Newsletter - Summer 2021-22
Reports from President, Executive Officer, Project Officer, updates from WaterNSW, EES, EWAG, NSWIC, SDLAM and many more.
Five years of tackling Monaro dieback - where are we in 2021?
By the end of Spring 2021, Upper Snowy Landcare and an ever expanding list of financial backers, on-ground partners and local volunteers will have invested a huge amount of environmental, financial and social capital into the Ribbon Gum dieback region of the Monaro through the installation of 31 1 hectare biodiversity tree and shrub plots.
How landholders from Gunnedah converted a dustbowl into a haven for wildlife!
Twenty-one years ago, when Wayne and Ingrid Yeo took over 'Kianga', west of Gunnedah they were faced with an almighty challenge. Overgrazed and devoid of trees, the property was in a poor state. Appreciating the value of all living things in the ecosystem, they have undertaken a range of thoughtful strategies to support on-farm biodiversity. They have transformed the landscape, creating a haven for koalas, birds and other native creatures.
GLENRAC named as a Finalist in prestigious Get Ready NSW Community Award
GLENRAC has been named a finalist in the prestigious 2021 NSW Resilient Australia Awards / Get Ready NSW Community Award announced by the Minister for Police and Emergency Services David Elliott and the Commissioner of Resilience NSW Shane Fitzsimmons at an online awards ceremony.
Building Bio-Bridges for a shifting climate
We are excited to launch our 'Building Bio-Bridges for a shifting Climate' short film. Kick back, relax and we hope you leave feeling inspired. It’s been a wild few weeks in the world, and out in the wild (and no-so-wild) places, biodiversity continues to do it’s work. You can help it along by re-wilding, by building bio-bridges in your back yards, paddocks and along river banks.
Landcare leading wildlife recovery post-bushfires
Amongst the extensive destruction of the 2019-2020 bushfires, native wildlife was severely affected in many ways, with a major and long-term impact being the loss of hollow-bearing trees that provide critical habitat for about 15% of Australian animals. Many landholders in the bushfire zones have experienced the loss of large hollow-bearing trees that are sometimes hundreds of years old. In response, nest boxes have been used extensively to re-create the essential nesting hollows. Building on this, the North Coast Regional Landcare Network has embarked on a regional-scale project to install more nest boxes as well as using innovative drilling techniques that create hollows within the tree trunk.
Newsletter - Spring 2021
Reports from the incoming and outgoing President, Executive Officer and Project Officer. Updates from WaterNSW, YSAG, and metering changes. Projects: Willows, Sagittaria, River Health, Platypus.
“Shift-on” Sifton Bush (Cassinia sifton)
We have prepared a document that provides a background on Sifton Bush in the Wamboin/Bywong area, and some management techniques. It emphasises manual management rather than the use of broadscale herbicide spraying. Please find it under the 'Documents' menu item at the botton-left-hand-side of this page.
Araluen Creek Restoration Project Update July 2021
The first information session for the Araluen Creek Restoration Project was held on Sunday 18th July and was well attended by 23 interested community members and landholders. This project is funded by the Bushfire Community Recovery & Resilience Fund through the Commonwealth/State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangement.
Araluen Creek Restoration Project
UDCLG’s application to the Bushfire Community Recovery and Resilience Fund was successful and the group has received $290 000 to implement sediment control strategies in the Araluen Creek below the Neringla Bridge. In light of the UDCLGs grant success I am happy to announce that I have been engaged by the group to facilitate communications, provide support and engagement with the local community, landowners and stakeholders for the 12 month duration of the project. Commencing July 2021.
Newsletter - Winter 2021
Reports from the President, Executive Officer, Project Officer, updates from SDLAM, IPART, events, representation etc.
Nature never takes a break.
Ten Bitou Buster volunteers were confronted with unexpectedly huge weeds at their latest June Working Bee clearing the dunes of Hawks Nest, NSW
Braidwood Urban Landcare's Flood Creek Community Recreation project gets underway
Work begins on the new Flood Creek Community Recreation Precinct
Media Release UDCLG Bushfire Community Recovery And Resilience Fund
Upper Deua Catchment Landcare Group Inc.’s submission to the the above fund has been successful in receiving $290 000 to implement sediment control strategies for the Araluen Creek below the Neringla Bridge.
Madeira Vine in Berry, April 2021
Berry Landcare calls on all land-owners, carers and gardeners to recognise the imminent threat this weed poses and to remove it from our environment. For help with identification and more details on herbicides and application techniques contact • Ian Parker: ianlindap@shoalhaven.net.au 44486359 (leave message); or • Hugh Shiels: admin@boongareebushcare.org 0417 407477
Newsletter - Autumn 2021
Reports from the President and Executive Officer, introducing Andrea Mitchell to the team, updates from EWAG, SDLAM, NSWIC, wetland watering events and much more.
