A word from the RALF (February 2023) What is RAM? RAM stands for Rapid Assessment and Monitoring Method. The development of the RAM is a joint project between Local Government NSW and Local Land Services, funded by the NSW Environmental Trust through their Linear Reserves Program. The RAM was developed to provide a simple approach…
A word from the RALF (November 2022) Landcare funding of up to $90,000 is now available for landholders, schools and Landcare groups in the Riverina region for the delivery of Landcare projects and programs. Local Land Services is currently seeking video applications from landholders, schools and Landcare groups interested in applying for this funding. Senior…
Expressions of Interest close 18 November 2023 Action4Agriculture, the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation and the NSW Office for Regional Youth have partnered to bring the YOUTH4ACTION – Empowering Young Environmental Champions program to the Riverina in Term Two of 2023! This 10-week program is open to teams of young people aged 10-24. It will provide…
A word from the RALF (October 2022) A population of rare native yam daisies has been discovered on a travelling stock reserve (TSR) near Hay, with work underway from Riverina Local Land Services to protect the native plant. These yam daisies, known as Micoseris walteri, produce edible tuberous roots and yellow flower heads, which look…
Due to the ongoing demands of infrastructure maintenance and replacement, a section of roadside vegetation was required to be cleared for installation of a new waterpipe. Across the Riverina, roadside vegetation along roadsides are critical corridors and habitat, so protecting and revegetating these areas is critical to their ongoing functionality and survival in the landscape.…
A word from the RALF (September 2022) Jade Auldist has been recently appointed as Riverina Regional Agricultural Landcare Facilitator (RALF) with Riverina Local Land Services. With a passion for native vegetation and biodiversity, Jade relishes the opportunity to work in a field that supports Landholders, Landcare and Primary industry groups to deliver regional outcomes in…
Nari Nari Tribal Council has undertaken significant work to ensure the ongoing protection of ecologically vital wetlands and important Aboriginal heritage sites at Gayini, a site covering 88,000 hectares in the lower bidgee. To help raise awareness among landholders and community members, pass on knowledge and encourage change, Hay Plains Landcare and Nari Nari Tribal…
The Dunn’s Road Bushfire of January 2020 devastated 600,000 ha in the Riverina Highlands and Upper Murray regions. Many species of animals and Endangered Ecological Communities were severely impacted. Turquoise Parrot populations were already in decline, and many hollows where birds such as the Turquoise Parrots nest were destroyed in the fire. A workshop for…
Glossy Black-Cockatoos (GBC) are vulnerable in NSW with climate change posing a very real threat to the birds and vegetation they eat. The GBC are fussy eaters, they feed on different species of She-oak Allocasuarina veticillata. In Narrandera, Leeton, Griffith, Rankins Springs, Galore and The Rock the birds are being monitored by the Murrumbidgee Field…
For many years, people have been throwing rubbish out of their car windows, dropping rubbish on the ground, or illegally dumping rubbish. This rubbish is destroying our beautiful landscapes and roadsides by polluting the waterways and soil. Coolamon is home to the Kindra Forest which provides habitat for a large population of native flora and…