2012 – 2013 Funded by the Qantas Foundation, through Landcare Australia The Kyeamba Valley and Tarcutta Valley Landcare groups worked together on this project to explore options for flood mitigation and erosion control. In 2010, devastating floods caused significant environmental and infrastructure damage, and created havoc for farming properties still recovering from drought. The area was…
2012 – 2014 Funded by the Australian Government’s Caring for Our Country program Murrumbidgee Landcare obtained $90,000 of funding for this project, to trial habitat mitigation options for the Wah Wah pipeline. In the Wah Wah region north of Hay, major changes to how stock and domestic water were delivered took place, with open channels and…
2013 – 2015 Funded by the NSW Environmental Trust and Westpac, through Landcare Australia This project was aimed at increasing opportunities for schools to undertake Landcare and environmental education activities. MLi worked directly with two local schools, in Wagga Wagga and Coolamon, to link them to schools, teachers and parents who have already successfully implemented similar…
2015 – 2018 Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia The Silverleaf Nightshade Project was a collaborative project run by Murrumbidgee Landcare and NSW Primary Industries. The project targeted the perennial summer weed Silverleaf Nightshade across the five states of QLD, NSW, VIC, SA and WA. Silverleaf Nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium) is an introduced weed that can…
2015 – 2016 This project was prompted by a curious rice grower who photographed some strange birds in his crop. These birds were identified as Australian Bitterns, and endangered species. This triggered the Ricegrowers’ Association of Australia, Birdlife Australia, Murrumbidgee Landcare, Riverina Local Land Services and other organisations to come together to learn more about…
2018 – 2020 Funded by the NSW Environmental Trust Restoration and Rehabilitation Program Native vegetation in the Junee region has been extensively cleared, with remaining vegetation existing primarily in fragmented remnants. The increasing scale of cropping operations in the region poses an ongoing threat to the limited remaining vegetation. Rehabilitating habitat on farms in this…
2016 – 2019 Funded by the NSW Government, and supported through the partnership of Local Land Services and Landcare NSW Murrumbidgee Landcare Inc. employed four Landcare Coordinators to work across four regions: Irrigation region Mid-Murrumbidgee North region Mid-Murrumbidgee South region Rangelands region The role of Landcare Coordinators is to increase the capacity of host organisations…
2016 – 2017 Funded by the Bjarne K Dahl Trust Murrumbidgee Landcare received a $15,000 grant to undertake this project, with the aim of mapping the distribution of the Inland River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis), and assessing the health of the stands of these trees across the Riverina Plains. The project was officially launched on National Tree…
2017 – 2018 Funded by Riverina Local Land Services Free nest boxes were made available to members of the Coolamon, Wagga Wagga Urban, Kyeamba, Tarcutta and Eastern Riverina Landcare groups. Landcare members were able to receive up to 3 nest boxes to be placed in former Landcare plantings or areas of existing native vegetation. The…
2012 – 2018 Funded by the NSW Environmental Trust Community Bush Regeneration (Large Projects) and the Australian Government Across the mid-Murrumbidgee region, native vegetation now exists predominantly in small, scattered remnants across multiple properties. The Cross Property Planning (CPP) project worked with landholders in the Kyeamba Valley, Tarcutta-Humula, and Junee-Illabo-Bethungra regions using a cross-property approach…