Mid Lachlan Landcare
supporting sustainable agriculture and restoring the environment
Category: Ecology
H5N1 Bird Flu Webinar update from the Biodiversity Council
On Thursday 9th July we joined around 1100 other people on the Biodiversity Council‘s H5N1 Bird Flu webinar. Lots of great information was shared on how the risk this virus poses is being assessed, how our wildlife is being monitored…
Read MoreInvasive Species Council Webinar: Feral Deer
In NSW while the damage done by deer was formally recognised in 2004, deer were still protected for hunting until September 2019. I joined a webinar with the Invasive Species Council to find out more.
Read MoreLetting the River Speak – Murray Darling Basin’s Authority ‘what we heard’ report.
The What we heard report by the Murray Darling Basin Authority went live at the end of June. We share it here along with some of the current projects we’re working on that align with the sentiment raised such as our salinity project, carp muster’s and growing the grazing revolution initiative.
Read MoreMushrooms Up Close: A Hands-On Discovery Night
Mycology May continued with an intereactive discovery night at Club Cowra. Author, ecologist and environmental photographer Alison Pouliot guided us through her table full of woodland treasures, answering our questions while spreading her spores of knowledge about the wood-wide-web.
Read MoreGGR Presents: Underground Allies, Fungi and Healthy Landscapes.
Working with a farm’s natural soil biology makes so much sense. Microbes in soil act like a chemical factory, delivering what’s needed to crops, native grasses, shrubs and trees.
Read MoreRehydrate Australia – A Film By Tarwyn Park Training
Tarwyn Park’s film Rehydrate Australia showcases how working to restore the lands natural waterways pays dividens in terms of natural ecology, landscape function & farm profitability.
Read MoreAustralia’s Relational Ecology.
Australian Earth Laws alliance advocates for governance systems that enable human communities to thrive within ecological boundaries, while nurturing biodiversity and ecosystem health. In discussion with Dr Mary Graham, The honourable Justice Brian Preston AO and Dr Michelle Maloney
Read MoreHelp Map the Migration Paths of the Bogong Moth
This autum you can take part in the bogong moth search, looking for tagged moths as they migrate through the central west to their breeding grounds
Read MoreTrail Cam Captures During A Long, Hot Summer.
It’s been a long, dry summer here in and around Cowra and on my place, up in the hills of Woodstock, there’s not much feed or water around. As depressing as that sounds, it’s also a great opportunity to see what’s hanging out at my place. I don’t have any stock but I do have some water troughs hanging around from when this place was grazed so I dragged this one to a good location, filled it up and popped a trail camera up. Here’s some of what dropped by on those 40-47C days.
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