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Rodenticides under review – an update

The APVMA have released their initial response to the review of Second Generation Rodenticides. This issue is important to the Cowra Woodland Birds Program & other bird conservation groups across australia

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An Evening with the Australasian Bat Society

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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Bioblitz 2025 – Surveying Cowra

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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Paddock Walk at Nanami

Fantastic day today with Central Tablelands Local Land Services and Eugowra Catchment Landcare learning all about plant ID with botanist Dan Clarke from Arcane Botanica. I forgot to get pictures of most of the amazing things we found but did…

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Birds in the Club – Protecting our threatened bird species

Cowra showed up in force for our ‘Birds in the Club’ event held at Club Cowra on 6th Feb. This evening of edu-tainment, featured four fantastic speakers, each with strong ties to our local area and each fantastically passionate about what they do. It was clear to all of us that Cowra is a hot-bed of talent, enthusiasm and dedication when it comes to birds. This event focused on the Superb Parrot & Glossy Black Cockatoo

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On the Search for Bathursts Earless Dragons

The Earless Dragon we’re discussing (Tympanocryptis mccartneyi) is tiny at around 13cm long, critically endangered and very tricky to spot given its preference for burrowing down with Wolf spiders and hiding out under rocks – not that any of that dented the spirits of the Grassland Earless Dragon Alliance.

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Native Plant Identification for Landholders in Parkes & Wellington

Native Plant Identification event with botanist Dan Clarke in Parkes and Wellington during October 2024. Hosted by Local Land Services as part of the Threatened Ecological Communities on Farms project funded by the Australian Government Natural Heritage Trust.

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Box Woodland Conservation Tender Open Now for Cabonne LGA

Funding for Box Woodland Conservation with the Biodiversity Conservation Trust

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Funding Round – Saving our Superb Parrot 2024 Now Closed

Scattered Paddock Trees and understory tubestock

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eDNA & the Citizen Scientist

Mid Lachlan Landcare used eDNA kits to survey platypuses in Central Tableland’s Great Australian Wildlife Search.

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