Mid Lachlan Landcare
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Healthy 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 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 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 MoreEarth & Environment Science Tour with Hunter Valley Grammar School
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…
Read MoreTrees for Birds – Cowra Woodland Birds Spring Forest + Glossy’s planting dates for June-July
We’ve five bird-focused tree planting dates to share with you, spanning from 21st June to 19th July. Two dates with the team at Cowra Woodland Birds and three for our Glossy Black Cockatoo Project. Come and join us!
Read MoreVolunteering with Mid Lachlan Landcare
Our volunteers include crafters, artists, technology experts, data collectors, bird surveyors, disaster repairers, bakers, farmers, teachers, local businesses & community organisations. Together we’re working to create a community that’s resilient, connected & full of life. How good is that!
Read MoreMid Lachlan Landcare’s Grazing Group is back!
Mid Lachlan Landcare’s ‘Growing the Grazing Revolution’ program has been actively supporting graziers wishing to maintain & grow healthy landscapes, stock and business enterprises since 2010. This long-standing project was built on the philosophy that there’s power in getting people together and there’s inherent value within community.
Read MoreCan accountants save the planet? Adventures in Natural Capital Accounting.
As a Landcare coordinator I’m motivated to understand this space from a new perspective. Can I understand this space enough to coordinate, facilitate, support and develop meaningful connections and conversations in my own community? How many Natural Capital dollars are there for us as Landcare groups and members and do the values of the Natural Capital market and Landcare even align?
Read MoreSalinity Mapping in the Mid Lachlan Landcare Region
Mid Lachlan Landcare have been monitoring, measuring and mapping salinity in our waterways since 2022 using a test method that’s fast, cost-effective, flexible and non-invasive. The data we collect is being collated to form an accessible water quality data set to help our community manage salinity in our landscape.
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
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