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Hooray 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 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 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.
Read MoreInvasive Species Council Webinar: Feral Deer
In NSW while the damage done by deer was formally recognised in 2004, deer were still protected for hunting until September 2019. I joined a webinar with the Invasive Species Council to find out more.
Read MoreHelp Map the Migration Paths of the Bogong Moth
This autum you can take part in the bogong moth search, looking for tagged moths as they migrate through the central west to their breeding grounds
Read MoreTrail Cam Captures During A Long, Hot Summer.
It’s been a long, dry summer here in and around Cowra and on my place, up in the hills of Woodstock, there’s not much feed or water around. As depressing as that sounds, it’s also a great opportunity to see what’s hanging out at my place. I don’t have any stock but I do have some water troughs hanging around from when this place was grazed so I dragged this one to a good location, filled it up and popped a trail camera up. Here’s some of what dropped by on those 40-47C days.
Read MoreChecking in on one of our Glossy Black Cockatoo Plantings
Tracee re-visited one of our Glossy Black Cockatoo planting sites with land holder Ash. Here’s how the plants are going.
Read MoreA Closer Look at the Bugs in Our Backyards. A Citizen Science Project
A new Citizen Science project led by the Invastive Species Council & Invertebrates Australia launched on iNaturalist this year. Bugs in My Backyard Week ran from 17 – 23 November 2025 creating the first springtime snapshot of bugs across Australia. I joined the project as an individual this year to get a feel for the nuances and challenges around recording bug life.
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