Case Studies
Landcarers working together
To promote, protect, preserve our local environment
June 2024Paddock walks awaken interest
In the complexity of a Box Gum Grassy Woodland community
June 2024The future of native seed supplies
What happens if we cannot source required seed?
June 2024Creating a native plant flammability database
Empowering people through information on native plant flammability with a simple to use online database
June 2024Fire Ready Garden & Landscape Design
Planning and designing gardens and landscapet to mitigate impacts of bushfires.
June 2024Climate Change momentum in YAN
Climate Ready plants are rolling out
May 2023Willow removal from Yass River
Yass Landcare works over decades to remove willows from Yass River
May 2023Building Connections
An online get-together to build and strengthen connections between Aboriginal people and Landcare groups in south east NSW
August 2022YAN Nursery Managers network
Nursery managers within YAN working together to sow and grow regional climate ready plants
May 2022Yass Landcare Community Nursery
Volunteers grow and sow native plants for the Yass Valley
July 2021Linkages created over time in Yass Valley
Revegetation linkages created through Landcare projects over the last 10 years
July 2021Making grant funds go futher
Paddock Tree funding boosted with Landholder co-investments
July 2021Yass Valley Paddock Tree Project
Establishing the next generation of paddock trees in the Yass Valley
June 2020YAN Climate Ready
Yass Valley native plant survival in changing climatic conditions
July 2020Yass Habitat Linkages
On-ground action increases productivity and biodiversity
June 2020Linking to the Lachlan
Sydney Uni Landcare Society lend helping hands to a Rivers of Carbon riparian restoration site along the headwaters of the Lachlan River.
June 2019Flying Kites to Save a Parrot
Setting up a kite making stall at the Harden Kite festival proved to be an extremely beneficial awareness raising strategy for the plight of the Superb Parrot
June 2019Paddock Trees- Who will miss them when they are gone?
Neighbouring groups Yass Landcare & Hovells Creek Landcare Group got together in honour of the Paddock Tree.
June 2019Ferals and Weeds across YAN
Feral and Invasive Weed Awareness across Yass Area Network
May 2019Climate Conversations
Unlocking the potential for rural communities to take leadership on limiting climate change through regenerative agriculture
January 2019The Truth About Trees
Restoring connectivity and improving biodiversity and productivity in the Yass area.
April 2017Feral (and not so feral) cats: The good, the bad and the ugly
Yass Landcare Group recently held an informative meeting with feral cat expert Dr Tony Buckmaster from University of Canberra about feral cats in the area.
July 2017