Threatened Species – Riverina school tour

Teaching local students about Local Threatened Species has been wonderful.   The kids had a blast and so did we. Travelling the Riverina with Douglas the Australasian Bittern, Louise the Malleefowl and Goldie the Plains-wanderer, they fought for the front seat but were generally well-behaved. Having Michael Lyons from Narrandera Sandhills Artifacts was fabulous. Hearing…

2021 Riverina Landcare Champions

The Riverina Landcare Champions acknowledge and celebrate the individuals, groups and organisations working to protect our local ecosystems. It is a chance for us to recognise those who are contributing to the sustainability and productivity of our land and water assets for the benefit of all. In 2021, we are excited to recognise Landcare Champions…

Partnering in Private Land Conservation

2020 – 2022 Landcare NSW and the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust (BCT) have established an agreement to work together to raise awareness and support private land conservation efforts across the state. The BCT recognises that local Landcare groups have been mobilising communities and taking action on a range of issues for decades now, biodiversity conservation…

Why does my hamburger taste SO good?

The South Wagga Public School Drama Llamas are an extra-curricular group of budding actors, writers and directors (and the occasional drama-queen) that meets weekly to satisfy their dramatic urges. With little Landcare experience, but oodles of enthusiasm, nine Drama Llamas and their intrepid leader, Tim Harris, rushed at the opportunity to work on the Landcare…

RLF Landcare Grants – Reports

2016 – 2018 Funded by the Australian Government’s National Landcare Programme to Riverina Local Land Services, for the Regional Landcare Facilitator Project In 2017-18, MLi’s Regional Landcare Facilitator program offered groups the opportunity to apply for Community Landcare Pop-up Grants. These grants aimed to support Landcare and community groups in the Riverina Local Land Services…

Landcare Support Project

2013 Funded by a Community Partnership grant from the Murrumbidgee Catchment Management Authority (now Riverina Local Land Services), through the Australian Government’s Caring for Our Country program. This project aimed to support Landcare groups and networks across the Murrumbidgee Catchment by better understanding Landcare in our region. Alan Cole, the Project Officer working on the…

Monaro Landscape Connectivity project

2011 – 2013 Funded by the Australian Government’s Caring for Our Country program The Monaro Landscape Connectivity project aimed to work with land managers to actively manage patches of native vegetation across the Monaro region in the Murrumbidgee catchment. Land managers were also involved in the application of Indigenous land management practices on their property.…