Victorian Landcare Magazine

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Australian Government Partnerships for Landcare Award - Wandoon Estate Aboriginal Corporation

Wandoon Estate Aboriginal Corporation are the owners of the historic property Coranderrk in the Yarra Valley.

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Australian Government Individual Landcarer Award - Ian Higgins

Ian Higgins’ early interest in native plants has continued through his life.

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Landcare Network Award - Connecting Country

Connecting Country is a community-led landscape restoration organisation that operates as a informal Landcare network across the Mount Alexander region...

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Five crowdfunding tips from the southern Otways

In late 2015 the Southern Otway Landcare Network (SOLN) was offered the opportunity to participate in the Victorian Government’s Threatened...

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Landholders protect critical brolga habitat at Pura Pura

Glenn and Stephanie Rogers purchased their 1100-hectare mixed grazing and cropping property at Pura Pura near Lake Bolac in 2016.

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Fish Circus recruits supporters for the Macquarie perch

The once widespread Macquarie perch has declined dramatically since the 1920s, with remaining populations relatively small and isolated.

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Newly watered Tchum Lake brims with birdlife

On the back of a wet 2016, the Mallee CMA received environmental water for selected wetlands, made available by the...

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Ground under repair – golf courses and urban bushland renewal

The seeds for the preservation and regeneration of indigenous plants in the Bayside area of Melbourne lie, literally, on the...

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Black wallabies on the move

For the past 35 years my wife and I have lived in a rural setting near Portland with 100 acres...

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Blogging for nature

Two days before Christmas in 2008 I sat down and wrote my first blog post.

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Planting, growing and harvesting a riparian farm forest

At the start of our farm tours I stand on a tree stump just a few metres from the creek...

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Healthy frogs mean healthy waterways

Frogs are the most threatened class of vertebrates in the world.

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A community unites for Koalas in the Strzelecki Ranges

Koalas were once widespread across Victoria but declined to near extinction in the early 1920s due to hunting for the...

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Tarago catchment: a collaborative approach to sustainable land management

The importance of rivers and wetlands in the natural water cycle is now well recognised.

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Citizen scientists record frog calls for wetland management

As the weather warms up and spring rain fills the wetlands, Victoria’s frogs are getting busy, filling the bush with...

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Recycling wood for waterways

Trees damaged by fire and storms are being recycled and reused as snags in creeks in the Strathbogie Ranges to...

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The Karen refugee community made welcome by Project Hindmarsh

Project Hindmarsh began way back in 1998 with a vision to reconnect the Big Desert and Little Desert regions of...

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Reaching out to the community with farm and nature walks

Farm and nature walks are a good way for Landcare and environment groups to connect to the wider community and...

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Residents care for local land and water

Friends of Land and Water Landcare Group (FLW) was established by residents of the Lifestyle Village in Warragul.

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Community leads restoration of seagrass at Corner Inlet

A community-led seagrass restoration project at Corner Inlet is leading the world in restoring a vital and little understood habitat...

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Australian Community Media Landcare Community Group Award - Malmsbury District Landcare Group

The Malmsbury District Landcare Group (MDLG) covers land in the Hepburn, Macedon Ranges and Mount Alexander Shires and is an...

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Indigenous Land Management Award - Woka Walla Land Management Crew

The Woka Walla Land Management Crew is an Aboriginal business owned by the Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation (YYNAC) –...

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Vegetation quality assessment by smart phone

The Mornington Peninsula Landcare Network’s Greens Bush to Arthurs Seat Biolink project, funded through the Victorian Government’s Our Catchments, Our...

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Virgin Coastcare Award - Victorian Wader Study Group

When members of the Victorian Wader Study Group (VWSG) go out to conduct comprehensive studies of waders and terns throughout...

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Citizen scientists survey local threatened species

The Upper Campaspe Landcare Network (UCLN) is using a 2017 Biodiversity On-Ground Action: Community and Volunteer Action Grant to train...

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Environmental Volunteer Award - Jallukar Landcare Group

Jallukar Landcare Group’s area covers the Mt William catchment in the Wimmera.

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Landcare Network Award - Bass Coast Landcare Network

The Bass Coast Landcare Network (BCLN) was formed in 2003 as an affiliation of 10 Landcare groups in South Gippsland.

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Thriving wetland a community haven during drought

Where do people go when times are tough in a dryland farming community? The answer, for the people of the...

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Volunteering for the helmeted honeyeater

The helmeted honeyeater is the avifaunal emblem of Victoria.

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Friends of Bayside – healthy people, healthy parks

The City of Bayside is a local government area in the southern suburbs of Melbourne that hugs Port Phillip Bay.

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Learning to lead by listening

One evening, in a tiny country hall by a meandering river, I realised that the best thing I could do...

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Nerrena/Tarwin Valley Landcare Group rallies to protect local wetland

The current executive of the Nerrena/Tarwin Landcare Group (NTVLG) in South Gippsland is all women.

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A passion for nature

Looking back at my interests in nature and conservation, I can see that it was in my blood.

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Lost and found in the Dandenongs

“If you get lost just walk down a creek and you’ll reach a road to home.