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Landcare in the Library
We’ll be hosting another Landcare in the Library session on Thursday 22nd October in Cowra. Come along and catch us for some Landcare chat and seed saving packet making.
Read MoreHooray For The Second Canowindra Carp Muster!
Carp Muster happened during Biodiversity Month – a time when we raise awareness around the importance of protecting and conserving our unique and varied ecosystems. Water is life and it was great to spend time together, as a community, caring for our river and it’s surrounds.
Read MoreCould a change in pesticide legislation be linked to this years Bogong Moths population explosion?
While soil moisture levels have been proven to be a key factor in the moth’s lifecycle, the general consensus for why Bogong moths declined so rapidly in 2017 was thought to be due to a combination of factors. Along with drought, the period saw increasingly more land turned over to cropping in their feeding/ breeding ground. With land use change comes a change in soil conditions and general site ecology. A decline in moth habitat is likely to have driven another nail in this iconic moth’s coffin. Pesticide use in cropping systems may have been another factor with chlorpyrifos being a key player in moth control up to 2024 when it’s usage was phased out.
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 MoreCitizen Science – Bogong Watch
It’s Citizen Science’s Bogon Moth Tracking time again. The Bogong Moths are Migrating and we’re preparing for bush fire season. Rather than leaving fallen leaves to compost in-situ I’m sending it off in the green bin. While doing that I managed to disturb some of the Bogong moths who were hidden under fallen leaves and branches.
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 MoreBiological Inputs for Soil Health
What better way to spend the first day of spring than with your hands in the soil at Carcoar! Scott Hickmnan invited a group of ‘Growing The Grazing Revolution’ members out to Sam Cook’s place for a morning discussing biological…
Read MoreCultural Burning with Erambie Men’s Collective
MId Lachlan Landcare is partnering with Erambie Men’s Collective in a series of on-ground activities aimed at improving the ecological health and vitality of our country.
Read MoreThe 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 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.
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