Mid Lachlan Landcare
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Category: Events
Birds in the Club – Protecting our threatened bird species
Cowra showed up in force for our ‘Birds in the Club’ event held at Club Cowra on 6th Feb. This evening of edu-tainment, featured four fantastic speakers, each with strong ties to our local area and each fantastically passionate about what they do. It was clear to all of us that Cowra is a hot-bed of talent, enthusiasm and dedication when it comes to birds. This event focused on the Superb Parrot & Glossy Black Cockatoo
Read MoreWelcoming in 2025 with a Kayak & Chat at Wyangala Dam
on behalf of the Department of Department of Climate Change Energy Environment and Water, has been conducting snapshot salinity water testing along tributaries that flow into the Lachlan & Belubula Rivers. Our ongoing salinity project covers over fifty sites spread across a 700km loop, centred around Cowra and while Wyangala dam is not one of our regular testing sites, it was a good symbolic starting point for kicking off this years testing
Read MoreAre Feral Pigs A Problem At Your Place?
Feral Pigs are like bulldozers in the bush. Come along to Derby Falls for this workshop ran by Local Land Services . Learn technical skills and management techniques.
Read MoreBook now for our 2024 AGM and Christmas catch up
We hope you can make it along to our Christmas catchup and AGM at the Age of Fishes myseum in Canowindra on Wednesday 27th November from 5.30pm. This year we are excited to announce that the event will be catered by Gerald…
Read MoreEugowra Landcare Launch Event
Head on down to Pioneer Park, Eugowra to help the newly formed Eugowra Catchment Landcare celebrate their launch. Join us for a sausage sizzle and an informal talk from Adam Kerezsy (Dr Fish) along with a tune or two by Adam and Nerida Cuddy.
Read MoreCentral Tablelands Landcare Muster – Welcome to our Backyard
Mid Lachlan Landcare takes our Central Tablelands Landcare network to visit two best practice farms in the Cowra region.
Read MoreNative Plant Identification for Landholders in Parkes & Wellington
Native Plant Identification event with botanist Dan Clarke in Parkes and Wellington during October 2024. Hosted by Local Land Services as part of the Threatened Ecological Communities on Farms project funded by the Australian Government Natural Heritage Trust.
Read MoreLandcare Week Pop Up Store & Mystery Bus Tour
‘Landcare is for everyone’ was the theme of this years Landcare Week and what better way to embody that than a pop-up-shop and mystery bus tour (or two) -yes, let’s take it very literally and show Landcare to everyone! About…
Read MoreCelebrating National Tree Day
National tree day was established by Planet Ark in 1996 and has grown to become the largest community tree planting day Australia wide! While we are often out explaining that Landcare is not JUST about planting trees, tree planting remains…
Read MoreSoil’s Alive – Exploring the unique soil microbiome of the Mid Lachlan Region
Over the course of eight weeks between May and June, Mid lachlan Landcare sampled the microbiome of twenty eight unique sites spanning from public (Cemeteries, Travelling Stock Reserves) to private (Cropping and Grazing farms). With each site being sampled an average of four times we ended up with one hundred and fifteen sample plots, each of which played a small yet important role in uncovering the rich and diverse microbiome of the Mid Lachlan region.
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