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Catchment Corner - Watershed Landcare's weekly newspaper column which appears in the Mudgee Guardian each Friday
November productive gardens tour

Published 7 November 2014. November will be the last opportunity this spring to explore some of the remarkable gardens in our region as part of Watershed Landcares' Productive Gardens Tour.

Opening the Door to Sustainable Living Opening the Door to Sustainable Living

Published 18 September 2015. Many people are seeking ways to contribute to a greener planet, and right where you live is considered the best place to start. Do you dream of a home that provides a healthy environment with seasonal comfort, low ongoing energy and water costs, and a small environmental footprint?

Opportunity for landholders to restore creek health

Published 31 July 2015. Have you got a degraded creek on your patch? Does your watercourse have an unstable channel, erosion or water quality issues you'd like to fix but don't have the expertise or just need some financial assistance to get started?...

Pasture management field day reschedule Pasture management field day reschedule

Published 21 October 2016. The field day will now be held on Thursday 3 November at 'Maidavale', 978 Castlereagh Highway, 10 km north of Gulgong. Watershed Landcare have invited Agricultural Consultant and Journalist, Robert Freebairn to be our guest speaker on the day...

Positive point to downpour

Published 22 July 2016. Since the beginning of June more than 180 mm of rainfall has been recoded at Mudgee airport. So how do we make the most out of all that water?

Protecting our pollinators Protecting our pollinators

Published 25 November 2016. November 20 – 27 marks Australian Pollinator week, bringing these usually unnoticed insects to the forefront of peoples’ thoughts, with the goal of supporting and protecting their populations...

Public forum for changing landscapes Public forum for changing landscapes

Published 16 September 2016. Futurelands2, a public forum will explore our changing relationship to land. The forum will gather farmers, artists, custodians and scholars to lead this essential discussion, and invites visitors to engage in novel ways with the region’s natural and farming environments...

Putta Bucca Carp Muster on again

Published 13 February 2015. Mid Western Regional Council and Central Tablelands Local Land Services will be hosting a Carp Muster at the Putta Bucca Wetlands on Saturday 14 February...

Quitting the herd seminar held in Yeoval

Published 15 May 2015. After a sold out seminar at Beef Week, Kit Pharo, a cattle rancher from Colorado, presented his 'Herd Quitter' seminar in Yeoval on Wednedsay 13 May...

Region wins five awards for resource management.

Published 26 June 2015. The Central Tablelands LLS Regional Natural Resource Management (NRM) Awards were recently announced. The awards recognise dedicated individuals, groups and organisations in our region practising and promoting natural resource and environmental management excellence...

Reverse garbage, Mudgee style

Published 3 April 2015. One man's trash is another man's treasure, the old adage goes and now residents of the Mudgee district can use social media to re-home their unwanted things...

Seminar for small acreage farmers

Published 22 May 2015. Central Tablelands Local Land Services (LLS) will be hosting a seminar for small acreage farmers and rural lifestyle block owners in Mudgee next week...

Snapshot of catchment health Snapshot of catchment health

Published 17 October 2014. The Waterwatch Snapshot, an annual stream health monitoring event, will take place on Wednesday 22 October 2014...

'So, how much rain did you get?'

Published 5 December 2014. Living in a rural area, it doesn't take long for the topic of conversation to swing around to the weather and, in particular, rainfall...

Sustaining Landcare

Landcare has received a welcome boost in NSW. Under the NSW Government’s Landcare support program we now have 66 part-time coordinators supported by a small central team and a ‘community of practice’. So how do we keep this going well into the future?

Tasty tucker with native cusine Tasty tucker with native cusine

Published 30 September 2016. Want to learn more about bush foods and our indigenous culture while enjoying a delicious brunch?...