Mid Lachlan Landcare
supporting sustainable agriculture and restoring the environment
Category: Ecology
Could a change in pesticide legislation be linked to this years Bogong Moths population explosion?
While soil moisture levels have been proven to be a key factor in the moth’s lifecycle, the general consensus for why Bogong moths declined so rapidly in 2017 was thought to be due to a combination of factors. Along with drought, the period saw increasingly more land turned over to cropping in their feeding/ breeding ground. With land use change comes a change in soil conditions and general site ecology. A decline in moth habitat is likely to have driven another nail in this iconic moth’s coffin. Pesticide use in cropping systems may have been another factor with chlorpyrifos being a key player in moth control up to 2024 when it’s usage was phased out.
Read MoreWetland plants & plant torpedo’s Workshop
One reason Carp can take over our waterways is because they are ecologically degraded, lacking plant diversity and often being eroded and polluted. Our native fish, frogs and beneficial insects need are struggling with a lack of suitable habitat for feeding, breeding and hiding from predators. That’s what this workshop aimed to address.
Read MoreCultural Burning with Erambie Men’s Collective
MId Lachlan Landcare is partnering with Erambie Men’s Collective in a series of on-ground activities aimed at improving the ecological health and vitality of our country.
Read MoreH5N1 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.
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