Wetlands and environmental water are very important in times of drought, particularly in a Ramsar wetland that is home to many endangered and vulnerable species of birds in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, such as the endangered Australasian Bittern, and the vulnerable Australian Painted Snipe. In a climate where irrigators, communities and the environment all compete…
Leeton Shire Council has worked with a number of organisations on the Fivebough and Tuckerbil Wetland Rehabilitation Plan, which included the need to establish plantings in a large area of the Fivebough wetland. The Fivebough and Tuckerbil is a Ramsar listed wetland of international importance, with high cultural significance for the local Aboriginal community, as…
A recent meeting of enthusiastic people at The Rock resulted in the Eastern Riverina Landcare Group being reformed. The Group will represent landholders and the general community in the Henty, Lockhart, The Rock, Yerong Creek and Mangoplah region. Eastern Riverina Landcare President Alanna Barrett said “We aim to encourage continued sustainable land use in our…
Narrandera Landcare Group (NLG) was celebrating its 20th Anniversary. The question was how to celebrate it in a significant way. The Group was provided with a grant to hold a National Tree Day/20th Anniversary tree planting event with the objective ‘to get the local community to engage with the environment, take interest in it, then…