A rural Bushcare group reconnecting people, restoring local bushland and rebuilding Landcare participation in Gundagai. The issue Gundagai has a strong history of Bushcare, but like many rural towns, the local group had become inactive over time. However, many people living in town still have a desire to help care for the environment but…
Creating a space within Landcare where we can share our stories and together make sense of what it means to be in a good relationship with Aboriginal Communities. For a long time, Landcare’s focus has been to support farmers, conservationists, and community members to come together to protect the land they relied on. During this…
Hay Plains Landcare has growing community volunteer participation at the Hay Landcare Nursery with weekly Landcare Alive, incorporating Special Monthly Activities throughout 2025. Volunteers are the backbone of Landcare, yet many groups are experiencing a steady decline in volunteer participation. Regular volunteer participation is essential in a nursery setting, where consistent, hands-on tasks must…
Murrumbidgee Landcare Inc is supporting community seed banks to collect, store, and share locally sourced seed for revegetation projects. This approach helps landholders and community groups restore native vegetation using seed adapted to local conditions, improving survival rates and strengthening long-term landscape resilience. Many revegetation projects rely on seed sourced from outside the region, which…
Murrumbidgee Landcare Inc. (MLi) has launched a series of community workshops throughout May 2026, backed by the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust (BCT). These free community events focus on practical conservation skills, local ecology, and sustainable land management tailored to the Murrumbidgee catchment. The series span multiple towns, offering diverse hands-on experiences from wildlife spotting to cultural practices. These workshops…
Hay Plains Landcare successfully deliver their “Restoring native species and rehabilitating ecosystems in the Hay Shire” project. Drought, overgrazing and uneducated choices have diminished native plant and bird species in the Hay landscape. To assist in improving the biodiversity of the region there needs to be education and capacity building activities with landholders and…
Harden Murrumburrah Landcare Group sponsored members of their Ladies on the Land group (and family members) to attend Microsoft Excel Training for the Farm Office, with funding from an Agrifutures Australia grant designed to increase access to technology for farmers in the region. Across the 2023–2024 Agtech workshops delivered by the Harden Murrumburrah Landcare…
The planning of a very native themed Christmas party. With the Christmas period upon us, it was time to plan for our Murrumbidgee Landcare Staff Christmas Party. Christmas parties are an important unwinding activity to reflect on the year that was, and it is an event that everyone looks forward to at the end of the year. Having a nature-based Landcare activity was a no brainer, but thinking…
A supportive and flexible return-to-work approach helped ease the transition from maternity leave back into the workplace. Through open communication, gradual reintegration, and ongoing flexibility, this experience highlights how organisations can successfully support working parents, particularly within industries that are predominantly part-time and female. Returning to work after maternity leave marks a significant point…
There has been a lot of talk about native grass over the years. We are becoming more familiar with Kangaroo grass and Wallaby grass as native grasses that can provide great groundcover and feed for stock. We hear less about some of our native herbs. Corrugated Sida (Sida corrugata Lindl.) is a prostrate sprawling herb that often goes unnoticed and can be…