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Could 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 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 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 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 MoreBeyond Soil Sustainability: Wisdom from Gabe Brown, Col Seis & Walter Jehne
Beyond Soil Sustainability: Wisdom from Gabe Brown, Col Seis & Walter Jehne was an event organised by Upper Mooki Landcare.
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?
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