Mid Lachlan Landcare
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Category: Education
A Closer Look at the Bugs in Our Backyards. A Citizen Science Project
A new Citizen Science project led by the Invastive Species Council & Invertebrates Australia launched on iNaturalist this year. Bugs in My Backyard Week ran from 17 – 23 November 2025 creating the first springtime snapshot of bugs across Australia. I joined the project as an individual this year to get a feel for the nuances and challenges around recording bug life.
Read MoreSHOALHAVEN HIGH SCHOOL’S EARTH & ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE FIELD TRIP.
This month we welcomed Shoalhaven High School’s Earth & Environmental Science Students for an immersive day of observing, testing & experiencing how the earth’s cycles happen and, more importantly, how human management decisions impact them.
Read MoreCarp Compost Tea Results Are In
Back in July we gathered up some of the carp caught during the Canowindra Carp Muster & took it back to Emu Park farm, Canowindra to turn it into fertiliser. We did this by (sort of) following a tried-and-tested biological…
Read MorePaddock Walk at Nanami
Fantastic day today with Central Tablelands Local Land Services and Eugowra Catchment Landcare learning all about plant ID with botanist Dan Clarke from Arcane Botanica. I forgot to get pictures of most of the amazing things we found but did…
Read MoreEarth & Environment Science Tour with Hunter Valley Grammar School
We had a wonderful afternoon with Hunter Valley Grammar School’s Earth & Environment Science students & their teachers. We started off in Canowindra at the Age of Fishes Museum & a surprise visit from a 2 week old poddy lamb…
Read MoreGlossies at Gooloogong Public School
Kangarooby Landcare organised a tree planting day for the Glossy Black Cockatoo over at Gooloogong Public School
Read MoreUtilising the Power of Microbes to Turn Carp into Fertiliser
I turned my Laptop on and ‘Zoomed’ into the last Carp Muster planning meeting a few weeks before the big event only to find that I’d (and my that I mean us at Mid Lachlan Landcare) had been deligated the job of managing the dead Carp. What a great opportunity!
Read MoreJoin us for the 2025 Canowindra Carp Muster this July!
Mid Lachlan Landcare will be joining the Canowindra Connections Centre & Oz Fish for a fabulous day at the Belubula River. Carp cause so much damage to our waterways, muddying up the water for our native fish & competing for food and habitat.
Read MoreHabitat Connectivity. A collaborative approach for the Glossy Black Cockatoo
We have booked to talk about our project in the Blue Mountains on Saturday 7th June from 4pm-6pm at the Planetary Health Centre in Katoomba where we’ll focus on explaining the habits & preferences of our local population of Glossies, how & why farmers are playing an important role in boosting connectivity & what large-scale connectivity could look like for this and other species.
Read MoreAn Autumn Among the Trees – National Eucalyptus Day + Daydreaming in She Oaks.
Last weekend we celebrated Eucalyptus day with our neighbours Weddin Landcare & team at their community nursery with a bit of essential oil distillation. We’ve also focused on She Oaks this month and came to more deeply appreciate the role they play in bringing landsdcapes to life.
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