As a leader in the community, Murrumbidgee Landcare is facilitating collaborative approaches to working with schools to provide students with lifelong learning on living sustainably, preserving our beautiful environment, valuing and conserving water , understanding how to deal with and manage weeds, and respecting the importance of biodiversity and Aboriginal culture. Our vision is to…
When looking around your local landscape for bushland, people often look for National Parks, State Forests, remnant vegetation on farms or beside rivers. In agricultural areas where the land is used for cropping and livestock pursuits the land on the roadsides and in TSR’s are often overlooked. Getting people together is an important part of…
This project aimed to improve a native vegetation corridor network between the Kindra State Forest and the Coolamon Travelling Stock Reserve (TSR) wetland, and also to improve the aquatic environment within the wetland. Creating connectivity between the Forest and wetland is of great importance in promoting the ongoing regeneration of the natural ecosystems, and allowing…
The Temora Youth Centre, known as “platform Y’, started holding monthly environmental group meetings for school aged students in 2020. In order to build momentum and interest in group membership, an exciting project was required to engage the students. The Temora Railway Station precinct was undergoing a revitalisation from an industrial facility into an overnight…
Water runoff can fill dams with loose organic materials from the catchment, which can lead to the water becoming unattractive, contaminated, and possibly toxic to livestock. Poor palatability of the water results in less water being consumed by livestock; if livestock are dehydrated, they don’t eat as much and can’t convert their food as quickly,…
Handling sheep and cattle in confined spaces such as yards can be stressful to animals and handlers. It can also be a high risk environment, that could lead to injury for both animals and handlers. Members of Kyeamba Valley and Tarcutta Valley Landcare Groups wanted to improve their animal handling skills, so that they were…
Temora High School’s Indigenous Education Team is a student-led body comprising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, as well as non-Indigenous staff and students. In conjunction with Landcare NSW’s ‘Working Together’ program, local Wiradjuri Elders, the local Council and community members, a student-led interactive outdoor learning space was created. A disused corner of the school…
Murrumbidgee Landcare’s Capacity Building project was created in conjunction with Riverina Local Land Services to facilitate interesting and relevant workshops and on-ground projects. These were aimed at increasing the capacity for natural resource management activities in the region and were designed to suit the interests and requirements of member groups in their particular region. This…
Understanding the steps to revegetation and what season to collect seeds, propagate, plant, direct seed and maintain your site can have a serious impact on revegetation. Hay Plains Landcare hosted a workshop series called ‘Four Seasons of Seed’ based on the journey of revegetation with Ecologist, Conargo pastoral landholder and Project Manager with the Australian…
The transformation of creek and gully systems from intact to incised is a process which can be seen on countless farms across our region. To rehydrate our landscapes, we need to return these systems to a more functional flow pattern, where peak flows are reduced and low flows are extended, giving the land time to…