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Land Care Exhibition at Cowra’s Little Magpie Gallery
Back in August we were invited to collaborate on an exhibition at the Little Magpie Gallery that included curating (choosing) the art and the story we wanted it to tell. The theme for our big entrance into the art world…
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 MoreExpanding & Improving our Salinity Monitoring Capacity
On Friday a group of us met at Perennialle Plants in Canowindra to be fitted out with two custom-made apps we can use for our salinity mapping and monitoring work. Wooly who sits on the Mid Lachlan Landcare Committee and…
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 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
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