Restoring the foundations of an endangered woodland
Harry Madigan, whose family owns Kelton Plain, the site where the Upper Snowy Landcare Network will implement its project using funding from the CHEP Land Management and Sustainable Agriculture Landcare Grant. With $60,000 in funding from the inaugural CHEP Australia Land Management and Sustainable Agriculture Landcare Grant, the Upper Snowy Landcare Network will be planting […]
Major General the Hon. Michael Jeffery, AC, AO (Mil), CVO, MC (Retd).
Landcare Australia, for whom Major General the Hon. Michael Jeffery was Patron since 2014, joins all Australians in mourning his death on XXX. Major General the Hon. Michael Jeffery was a passionate advocate for improvements in the health of our agricultural landscape. Leading the way as Australia’s first National Soils Advocate, General Jeffery championed soil […]
Rejuvenating bushfire affected walking trails
A Nature Valley Trails™ Landcare Grant is enabling the Nambucca Heads Landcare Group to rejuvenate the Summit to Sea Walking Track in Mt Yarrahapinni National Park. Landcare Australia and Nature Valley™, a General Mills brand, have just awarded a total of $80,000 in Nature Valley Trails™ Landcare Grants to two not-for-profit environmental conservation groups. The […]
Growing habitat for threatened species
Western Pygmy Possums in the Charleston Conservation Park will benefit from Kersbrook Landcare Group’s Growing for Bushfire Recovery project funded by a Hawke’s Brewing Landcare Threatened Species Bushfire Grant The Western Pygmy Possum (a Regionally Critically Endangered Species), the Ringtail Possum and the Brush Tail Possum along with 76 recorded bird species lost their valuable […]
Changing project focus during times of drought, fires and COVID-19
The Riverina Highlands Landcare Network planted 3,325 tubestock helping to restore 4.5ha of Grassy White Box Woodlands. In 2019, the Riverina Highlands Landcare Network (RHLN) received a Jaramas Landcare Grant for a project to construct native tree corridors to provide future shade and shelter for livestock and habitat for native species. However, the impact of drought, […]
Roxby Downs conservationists working with threatened marsupials impacted by drought score funding from WIRES and Landcare Australia
Burrowing Bettong. Photo by Nathan Beerkens Six hours north of Adelaide in the red sand desert, conservationists are mounting a battle to protect some of Australia’s rarest species including burrowing bettongs, greater bilbies and western barred bandicoots from the impacts of the worst drought in recent memory. With the region ravaged by exceptionally low rainfall […]
August 2020 Landcare Australia CEO Message
Landcare is more important than ever before, thank you for your hard work and contribution to Landcare. Today marks the first day of Landcare Week, an annual campaign that takes place to acknowledge and celebrate the thousands of volunteers and groups across Australia who work all year round on conservation and sustainable land management projects. […]
July 2020 Landcare Australia CEO Message
The Landcare Australia CEO video messages talks about how the team at Landcare Australia is getting on with our job of supporting grassroots Landcare groups; and how the new partnership with WIRES is supporting the outstanding work being carried out by Landcare groups and other community groups who are making a solid contribution to the […]
Increasing efficiency and resilience of feed and lamb production
Colin Seis’ property, Winona in NSW is the location for a project to increase efficiency and resilience of feed and lamb production. Winona, Colin Seis’ 840-hectare property, just north of Gulgong in New South Wales is the location for a project aimed at increasing efficiency and resilience of feed and lamb production using drought tolerant […]
A Fresh Approach
Latina™ Fresh, a General Mills brand, partnered with Landcare Australia in 2019 to develop a sustainable agriculture program in northwest New South Wales to help farmers improve the sustainability and resilience of farm production systems. Latina™ Fresh has been making fresh pasta using Australian durum wheat for over 20 years and their pasta relies on high […]
An update for Landcarers from Landcare Australia’s Chairman and CEO
Landcare in Australia June 2020 Doug Humann | Chair | Landcare Australia Landcare in Australia and a cohesive landcare movement is now more important than ever to the future of our land, water and people. Drought, bushfires and then Covid-19 have made more difficult and critical our task of restoring health to our landscape and […]
Create a connected online Landcare community
Imagine if there was a way of bringing the tens of thousands of people involved in Landcare across the country together to collaborate and connect – anytime, anywhere. Imagine a vibrant online community developed specifically for the people who care for our land and water – a place where you can connect with like-minded people, […]