Sandra explained how bats grow forests while we sleep by carrying seeds far and wide before pooping them out where some germinate and become new forests. She explained her work as a bat carer, talked about bat biology, habits and their personalities, dispelling all prior notions we held of these being dirty, evil creatures – they are actually very cute, intelligent and personable!
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Category: Connecting Community
Tags: birding, birds, Box Gum Grassy Woodland, Bts, Ecology, Education, flying-fox, nature, threatened species, travel, wildlife
The ‘Great Southern BioBlitz‘, or ‘GSB’ for short, is an international period of intense biological surveying in an attempt to record all the living species within several designated areas across the Southern Hemisphere in Spring. We had a lovely &…
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Category: Citizen Science & Toolkits, Connecting Community
Tags: Bioblitz, Biodiversity, Box Gum Woodland, butterflies, citizen science, Cowra, Ecology, nature, threatened species, wildlife
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…
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Category: Education
Tags: agriculture, Climate Change, earth and environment science, Ecology, Education, Environment, geology, Grazing, High School, Mid Lachlan Landcare, nature, School Tours
OZ Fish Unlimited and Landcare NSW have been working in partnership since 2020 to scale-up habitat restoration and improve the health of our waterways. While Mid Lachlan Landcare may have joined the party a little late, we’ve certainly made up…
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The Farming forecastor tool measures and records soil moisture down to 60cm. It’s a great resource for educators, conservationists and graziers.
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Category: Citizen Science & Toolkits
Tags: agriculture, conservation, Cowra, Ecology, farming, gardening, Grazing, Mid Lachlan Landcare, organic-farming, Soil Health, sustainable-agriculture
The Cowra region is home to some of the most beautiful Box Gum Grassy Woodland habitat remaining in Australia and at this time of the year the landscape is a real feast for the senses. The air is sweet with…
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