2012 – 2013
Funded by the Qantas Foundation, through Landcare Australia
The Kyeamba Valley and Tarcutta Valley Landcare groups worked together on this project to explore options for flood mitigation and erosion control.
In 2010, devastating floods caused significant environmental and infrastructure damage, and created havoc for farming properties still recovering from drought. The area was again adversely impacted by flooding in early 2012. This highlighted the community’s need to learn new skills and techniques to help rebuild ecosystems – leading to the development of this project.
The Landcare groups and local farmers expressed a keen desire for greater understanding, knowledge and expertise regarding flood mitigation to minimise damage whilst balancing environmental, production and infrastructure needs.
Through this project, a series of highly successful workshops were delivered, covering topics such as Low Cost Erosion Control, Frogs on Farms and Streambank Erosion. Presentations from the workshops are available here.
