At a local Landcare meeting, landholders raised concerns about the rapid spread of invasive woody weeds in the Tarcutta Valley. Woody weeds, in particular blackberry, are causing significant degradation to remnant native vegetation, farmland, hillsides and watercourses across the Tarcutta Valley. The problem has spread beyond the capacity of the individual landholder or land manager to address and required a strategic and coordinated control approach.