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Landcare-Led Landscape Resilience<\/h1>\n

Tools and data for restoration decisions<\/h2>\n
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For 30 years, Landcare has driven grassroots change in natural resource management and landscape restoration, building local knowledge and pioneering an ethical shift toward sustainable communities.<\/p>\n

The now-completed Landcare-Led Landscape Resilience project marks a new era, equipping farmers and Landcare groups with tools and data for restoration and best-practice natural resource management amid changing climates and unpredictable weather. Delivered in partnership with Holbrook Landcare Network, here are some of the key outcomes.<\/p>\n

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The Landcare-Led Landscape Resilience project revised the foundational 1998 South West Slopes and Riverina Revegetation Guides – revising, printing updated editions, and digitizing them into an interactive legacy at revegetation.org.au<\/a> – while incorporating new best-practice revegetation techniques alongside proven methods.<\/p>\n

This ensures landholders, farmers, and Landcare groups have perpetual access to precise vegetation profiles, tailored species lists, and site-specific advice across the Riverina and South West Slopes.<\/p>\n

The update introduced 28 new sub-catchments in the northern Murrumbidgee Catchment within the South West Slopes Bioregion, previously a major knowledge gap. These profiles provide locally specific plant lists tailored to each area’s soils, slopes, and conditions, from hilltops to creek lines. This data-driven approach, blending expert input and local knowledge, fills a critical void in one of Australia’s most cleared landscapes (only 16% native vegetation remaining).<\/p>\n

These additions boost restoration success by enabling precise species selection, improving biodiversity, soil stability, and riparian health while reducing erosion and enhancing water quality. They empower farmers, Landcare groups, and practitioners with confidence for targeted revegetation, fostering long-term landscape resilience in the northern Murrumbidgee Slopes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Across Murray-Riverina regions, the 32 demonstration sites showcase scalable revegetation techniques tailored for areas with scarce native vegetation (~16% remaining), directly supporting Murrumbidgee Landcare Inc’s northern efforts and Holbrook Landcare Network’s leadership in the Landcare-Led Landscape Resilience project.<\/p>\n

Modern best-practice revegetation powers these sites, rigorously testing resilient methods like varied site preparation, planting densities, species mixes, and groundcover integration to combat climate challenges such as drought, while generating public case studies through baseline data collection for replicable insights.<\/p>\n

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Case Studies for Lindoris<\/strong><\/p>\n

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LLR Case Study – 7001 Filling the Lidoris Gaps<\/a><\/p>\n

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Case Studies for the Muller Experiment<\/strong><\/p>\n

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LLR Case Study – 7005 The Mullerexperiment<\/a><\/p>\n

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Case Study – Stream Erosion<\/strong><\/p>\n

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LLR Case Study – 7008 Steaming the tide of bank erosion<\/a><\/p>\n

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Case Study – Climate Ready Seed<\/strong><\/p>\n

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LLR Case Study – 7011 Climate Ready Seed<\/a><\/p>\n

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Case Study – Hay Nursery<\/strong><\/p>\n

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LLR Case Study – 7012 Hay Nursery<\/a><\/p>\n

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Case Study – Creating Vegetation Profiles<\/strong><\/p>\n

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LLR Case Study – 7013 Creating Vegetation Profiles for North of the Murrumbidgee<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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