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2018 NATIONAL LANDCARE CONFERENCE “Building a better tomorrow”
This is a report about the 2018 National Landcare Conference that was prepared by committee member John Dalton who attended the National Landcare Conference in the place of our coordinator Marita Sydes who was unable to make the conference.
Calling all Citizen Scientists
With the weather warming up and longer days, now is the perfect time to get out of the house and enjoy Australia’s great outdoors. And what better way to do it than by joining one of the citizen science events that are taking place this Spring. Not only will you be out enjoying nature, but you’ll be making a valuable contribution to Australia’s biodiversity knowledge as well.
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Bookham native plant identification and training
A workshop on native seeds and plant identification was held in Bookham.
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Newsletter - Spring 2018
Reports from the President and Executive Officer, NRMP Review, updates from EWAG, SAP, OEH, SDL Projects and many more.
'They are "natives", so they are OK! Weedy wattles in Canberra'
Sarah Sharp & Geoff Butler have drawn attention to the fact that the ACT, as do the other Australian states and territories, has a formal list of Declared Pest Plants. They point out, however, that '...there are many other introduced "weeds" that occur in the ACT. While most of these species originate from other countries, there are some Australian wattle species alien to the ACT that have become naturalised (an exotic or non-local native plant that can reproduce and sustain itself without human assistance)'. This article lists and evaluates the status of these 'weedy wattles', and draws attention to how they should be managed. This is an important and potentially challenging issue for Landcare groups: should we propagate and plant only species indigenous to our local areas, or is it OK to plant species native to other parts of Australia? Are some of the latter species, by definition, weeds, and should be managed as such?
The 2018 Arthursleigh Tree Planting Weekend - 15-16th September, 2018
Yearly tree planting at Arthursleigh farm a sucess!
Lessons learnt on how to plan for dry times. By David Marsh, Boorowa grazier.
How planning livestock grazing can improve biomass production and empower managers to make more comfortable decisions in dry times.Monitoring pasture growth rates and planning stock reductions, matches stocking rate to carrying capacity. This strategy avoids feeding costs and early sales can stimulate cash flow.
Bowning-Bookham Landcare conversation with Steven Crimp
Steven Crimp gave a presentation in June 2018 about responding to the impacts of the changing climate on our local area and we discussed how to improve the resilience of our farms.
July e-news Goulburn/Mulwaree Landcare
Hello Landcarers and friends and welcome to the July edition of the Goulburn/ Mulwaree Landcare Community e-news. In July we celebrate National Tree Day, Australia's largest tree-planting and nature care event. There are Tree Day events coming up in and around Goulburn through schools, Landcare and Council. It’s a great opportunity for you to do something positive for your community and the environment and to connect with nature. Planting trees with school groups, family and community is very rewarding and benefits can be seen in a relatively short time. It is, however, important to not only focus on the planting of new trees but to acknowledge and preserve what we already have, in particular our old paddock trees which we are losing at an alarming rate.
Launch of Kreative Koalas in Goulburn
7 primary schools from the Southern Tablelands Region including Tallong P.S, Braidwood P.S, West Goulburn P.S, Breadalbane P.S, Young P.S and Mt Carmel in Yass and Tambelin Independent School, have signed up to participate in the Kreative Koalas Schools program. Teachers from the schools attended a launch event on the 21st June at Workspace 2580 in Goulburn to hear all about the program from Head Koala, Lynne Strong and the Kreative Koala team, Simon Tedder from Office of Environment and Heritage, Giselle Newbury from Southern Tablelands Arts and Mary Bonet from LachLandcare.
Latest e-news letter from Yass Landcare Region
Welcome to the July e-news letter. In July we celebrate National Tree Day and I am reminded of the inspiring wisdom found in this old Chinese proverb: The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. For those of us in the Yass region, we are fortunate that many of our Landcarers did get started 20 or more years ago. However, for the rest of us, now is a great time with many opportunities available. Landcare has been successful in obtaining funding through the NSW Environmental Trust and NSW Saving our Species program. Yass Habitat Linkages, Burrinjuck to Bango Habitat Hops and the newly announced Saving our Superb Parrot focus on protecting, restoring and linking habitat. There is also opportunity for riparian restoration to improve our waterways through the Rivers of Carbon- Yass River Linkages program. Landholders can apply for funding from small individual paddock trees right up to large whole of paddock restoration works. For those just starting out, the Murrumbateman Landcare group held a workshop on July 5, titled Planning for Planting, which guided landholders on what and where to plant. Locally, we have three community nurseries that are able to supply local provenance tubestock for these restoration projects and for anyone interested in purchasing native tree and shrubs. And for those who just want to get out and get planting, National Tree Day is coming up and we are having a volunteer tree planting day along the Yass River- Details about this and more below in the newsletter.
Newsletter - Winter 2018
AGM 8 August 2018, update from EWAG, NSWIC, OEH, SAP, Murray LLS Billabong Yanco Project.
St Oliver's Riverkeeper Project
St Oliver's Riverkeeper Project LLCI Case Study
Successful Climate Change Forum held at Yass
It was standing room only at a forum entitled ‘Join the Climate Conversation – Rural Communities making a difference’ held on May 25th, 2018 at Yass in Southern NSW. Organisers were thrilled with the public interest. Right from the outset they knew they were addressing a topic concerning a quiet majority of people, who wanted to know how they could help to constrain global warming. Ticket sales were strong and organisers were taken by surprise as attendance topped 220 at the Yass Memorial Hall. The event was attended by local landholders and members of the public with an interest in rural land management and climate issues.
USYD Landcare volunteers go to the stunning Capertee Valley, NSW 1-3 June 2018
Four USYD Landcare volunteers assisted the Landcare ‘branch’ of the Sydney Land Rover Owners Club as part of their continued dedication to tree planting and watering in the Capertee Valley, as part a 10-year long project restoring threatened regent honeyeater habitat with Capertee Valley Landcare and Birdlife Australia.
2017 Landcare Muster Report available
Landcare NSW would like to thank all Landcarers who participated in or contributed to the 2017 NSW Landcare Muster. The Muster provided an opportunity for the diverse Landcare community to capture collective issues and consistent themes. The outcomes of the ‘many hands one voice’ concept of the Muster guides the actions of Landcare NSW between Musters. The Final report of the Muster has now been completed.
Volunteer Week - Wombeyan Weed Whackers
Wombeyan Caves Landcare- Weed Whacking Weekends. Trish Kidd from Wombeyan Caves Landcare and Jules Bros from National Parks and Wildlife have been hosting teams of up to 40 volunteers for 2 day volunteer weeding whacking weekends for the past 7 years. The Weekends are run in partnership with Wombeyan Caves Landcare and National Parks and Wildlife funded by the Kanangra Boyd To Wyangala Link – K2W Glideways Bushconnect program. There are two weekends per year one each Autumn and Spring which involve the labour-intensive job of woody weed control around the valley slopes of Wombeyan Caves.
Rainforest ID Fridays
Quolls & other Monaro arboreal mammals
Our mini forum on 20 April was both informative and gave some degree of optimism. Andrew Claridge presented us with his findings on quolls and some other mammals.
K2C participation in Feeling Fishy Day at Yass Gorge, 7 April 2018
K2C was one of the many groups who participated in the day by holding a stall and leading a walk of Yass Gorge
Visit to Maffra Lake TSR, 28 April
The visit to Maffra Lake on 28 April was followed by lunch and four presentations at Buckley Crossing Hotel in Dalgety.
Malleefowl @ Rick Farley Reserv
K2C and Friends of Grasslands visit to Rick Farley Reserve, 5 to 9 April - Geoff Robertson
Saving our Scarlet Robin, Ingelara 29 April
Enthusiastic landholders gathered at this K2C event at Ingelara, a farm south of Michelago, to learn about threatened woodland birds including Scarlet Robin.
Newsletter - Autumn 2018
Reports from the President, Executive Officer and Implementation Officer, updates from EWAG, NSWIC, SAP, Murray LLS Billabong Yanco Project.
Tickets selling fast for Yass climate forum
The National Landcare Programme has enabled local Landcare groups around Yass, from Murrumbateman to Hovell’s Creek, to come together to discuss global warming and to explore how rural communities and farmers can contribute to ameliorating the problem while benefiting their land. These groups are organising a forum in Yass on 25th May, called ‘Join the Climate Conversation- Rural Communities Making a Difference’.
Search for Yellow-footed Antechinus around Yass
Property owners in the Yass region with large tracts of native bushland or located near large areas of bushland are invited to participate in fauna surveys to help identify populations of the Yellow-footed Antichinus.
Going Batty for our Local Bats
Around 35 people attended Bat night in Goulburn at the end of March proving that there is some love out there for these unfairly maligned creatures.
What is a Welcome to Country?
A Welcome to Country is an important part of our Cultural protocols, the process of entering into other peoples Country, to do business or visit, and has been so for at least 65,000 years.