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Letting 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 MoreHacking Your Soil’s Microbiome
Every year Central Tablelands Landcare & Land Services runs a month-long festival of fungi called ‘Mycology May’. Our last event of the season was an intimate farmer-focused session with compost expert and soil microbiology enthusiast Dr Ernie Harbott.
Read MoreThe Biodiversity Council’s 2026-7 Federal Budget Breakdown for Nature.
The Biodiversity council break down Australia’s 2026-27 federal budget and ask what’s in it for nature. They also debate nature positive markets, natural capital and public vs private funding.
Read MoreSubmission to the Murray Darling Basin Authority’s 2026 Review
Public Consultation on the Murray Darling Basin Plan has now ended. This is the feedback I entered from my perspective as a Landcare Coordinator.
Read MoreHealthy Rivers: The Murray Darling Basin Authority’s Consultation & Submission Process.
The Murray Darling Basin Authority is currently running consultations with the community about their basin management plan. Find out how to get involved and make a submission here.
Read MoreLearning on country – Green Fields, Good Food & Great Communities
Brigidine College, Randwick visited us in December this year for a Food Nutrition & Hospitality Field trip. The themes of the tour being ‘Food Builds Community’ and ‘Good Soil, Good food’.
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
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 MoreWhat I Learned at the 2025 Citizen Science Conference
Last month I travelled down to Melbourne to spend two days at the Citizen Science Conference. Being a first-timer at this event, I wasn’t sure quite what to expect so… I dragged my husband along too! As it turned out,…
Read MoreThe Bush Goddess Presents ‘Wilding’ at Cowra’s Civic Centre
Wednesday evening saw around 50 of us gather in Cowra for a showing of the film ‘Wilding’ organised by ‘Bush Goddess’ Pennie Scott. Wilding is based on Isabella Tree’s book of the same name that doccuments how their failing farm…
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