Case Studies
Regenerative Farming for Soils in the Macleay
Improving local farmers' capacity to regenerate soils
June 2024Controlling Riverbank Erosion At Nulla Nulla Ck Project
Restoring Riparian Areas of the Macleay through local relations and Partnerships
May 2023Delivering the right trees in the right place through community tree planting programs.
Its so satisfying helping the community to plant trees. Not only are you building a better future for the environment, but you are bringing people together to share conversations and learn something.
August 2022Supporting landscape recovery through drought, fire, and floods.
The Macleay Valley has been severely impacted by the sequence of drought, fire, and floods that swept across eastern Australia in the 2019-2021 period.
September 2021New homes needed for local wildlife
Local wildlife will benefit from a program to install 200 nest boxes across the Macleay Valley. A collaboration between local wildlife rescue organisation FAWNA and the Macleay Landcare Network will see the nest boxes installed and monitored on private properties over the next 12 months.
July 2020Crescent Head and Point Plomer Bush Care
In a relatively short period of time the Crescent Head and Point Plomer Bush Care group have developed a successful volunteer bush regeneration program that has engaged with both locals and international visitors alike.
July 2019Macleay Hastings Landcare Feral Cat Workshops
Keep your ferals out, and your domestics in. That’s the message on how to reduce the impact of cats on our native wildlife.
June 2019Connecting habitats, connecting people.
An exciting project is engaging the local community to improve the habitats for threatened species on private lands surrounding Mount Yarrihapinni.
March 2019Summer Island river bank plantings
Landcare and landholders have joined forces to replant a section of the lower Macleay River.
January 2019Action plan for vine weeds
An Action Plan for the management of vine weeds in the greater Macleay catchment has been prepared to identify key actions for the strategic management of these weeds.
January 2019Riverbank protection
Protecting and Restoring Fish Habitat _ Healthy Rivers
November 2017Vine Weeds - Upper Macleay
Revisiting Vines of the Upper Macleay
October 2017Y2K- A Climate Change Wildlife Highway
The Yarrahapinni to Killiekrankie Biodiversity Alliance (Y2K) is dedicated to reconnecting a significant wildlife corridor on private land in the Macleay and Nambucca Catchments
December 2016Beefing up Fish Habitat on Farms
A beef producer on the Macleay River demonstrates how best to address river bank erosion and fish habitat loss at his Sherwood property.
December 2016