Young District Landcare was able to generate funding for their Grazing Group through the payments for collecting and sending colonies of dung beetles to Western Australia in a collaboration which saw thousands of live beetles shipped to the other side of the country after being collected on local farms.
Murrumbidgee Landcare was approached to participate in a state government funded project to attempt to increase southwest Western Australia’s dung beetle species diversity. The WA Landcare group identified seasonal gaps in dung beetle activity and called on farmers in southwest NSW to collect some of the desired species which were known to exist in our area. The WA Landcare group was also keen to liaise with Landcare groups nationally to build our collective on-ground knowledge of beetle management, species phenology, and identification of gaps in beetle activity.
There was keen interest from Young District Landcare (YDL) and Harden Murrumburrah Landcare Group (HMLG) farmers, as many of them knew little about the habits of these amazing creatures.
