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The 2026 Canowindra Carp Muster is Coming!
Carp muster is a free, family friendly event run by Ozfish in partnership with Landcare. Other sponsors include Cabonne Council, Canowindra Connections, Local Land Services, the Age of Fishes Museum and Headspace.
Read MoreBirds on Farms – How Good is this Farm Dam
Earlier in the month Tracee took a small group out to Robbie Watt’s place in Canowindra to look at his farm dam. This is a storm dam designed to slow the water down when big rain events happen. These days…
Read MoreTrying out the Merling song I.D app for birding.
We trialled the Merlin bird app and discuss how it faired across different environments. Also mentioned is ebird and link with citizen science.
Read MoreGlossy Black Cockatoo Talk at Young CWA
On Saturday I took a drive to Young for a morning with the ladies of Young Country Women’s Association. They were celebrating their International Culture, Agriculture & Environment day and I was heading out to update them on our work…
Read MoreChecking in on one of our Glossy Black Cockatoo Plantings
Tracee re-visited one of our Glossy Black Cockatoo planting sites with land holder Ash. Here’s how the plants are going.
Read MoreEucalyptus Day & Beyond – Life Around A Gum Tree Teaching Resource
Life around the gum tree is an interactive bingo style ecology game that’s perfect for families, primary aged students & anyone wanting to learn more about the life gum trees support.
Read MoreRodenticides under review – an update
The APVMA have released their initial response to the review of Second Generation Rodenticides. This issue is important to the Cowra Woodland Birds Program & other bird conservation groups across australia
Read MoreWill’s Working Bee
2025 has been a great year for on-ground working bee’s which, thanks to our Glossy Black Cockatoo planting project resulted in 60 volunteers (approximately 240 volunteer hours) across 6 planting events! Brilliant stuff, but that wasn’t enough for you apparently and we’ve been asked to provide MORE working bee’s which is totally amazing.
Read MoreSoil Microbiology on Farms
By late November, with around 10 test strips left I headed out with Grazing Group leader Scott Hickman to a farm in Carcoar and to a farmer who’se been doing quite a bit of experimenting of his own in the soil biology space
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