2019 – 2020 Funded by Landcare Australia This project will involve assessing and evaluating the soil chemistry and biology of paddocks with alley plantings, pasture cropping and paddocks managed as traditional pasture systems. The project will focus on properties in the Boree Creek area. Through this project, we aim to help local farmers understand the…
2020 – 2022 Funded by the National Landcare Program ‘Smart Farms Small Grants’ Through this project, Murrumbidgee Landcare aims to support women farmers and farm partners as custodians of the land, water and life on their farms and in their communities. We will conduct a series of eight on-farm workshops designed by and for women…
2020 – 2022 Murrumbidgee Landcare Inc are excited to be working with Riverina Local Land Services to offer the award-winning Picture You in Agriculture programs to schools in the Riverina! If you are unsure about delivering this program at your school during Covid-19, we encourage you to read this series of stories from schools participating…
2019 – 2023 Funded by the NSW Government through Landcare NSW and NSW Local Land Services This program is a $22.4 million investment co-delivered by Landcare NSW and NSW Local Land Services to unlock the potential of the extensive volunteer network and Landcare movement across NSW. It builds on the Local Landcare Coordinator Initiative, a number…
Private Land Conservation Matters 2023 – 2024 The NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust (BCT) has partnered with Landcare NSW to highlight the importance of private land conservation. Building on the success of its initial phase, the Private Land Conservation Matters (PLCM) program has been refunded for a second stage in the Riverina. PLCM aims to encourage…
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…
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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…
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…
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.…