Posts by Chris Cobern
New Rabbit Virus Release
The release of the rabbit virus, RHDV1 K5, will begin in March as part of Australia’s 20 year plan to reduce negative impacts on agriculture and the environment through managing rabbit populations. RHDV1 K5 is a Korean variant of the existing virus already widespread in Australia and scientists have found that it works better in…
Read MoreRibbons of Remnant Roadsides
RIBBONS OF REMNANT ROADSIDE (RRR) RRR is a collaborative project between Murrindindi Shire Council (MSC), Upper Goulburn Landcare Network (UGLN), and Cittaslow Yea, whereby roadsides are showcased for their biodiversity and conservation significance in the landscape. RRR was initially proposed because it was recognised that a number of our roadsides are a place of refuge for many…
Read MoreUGLN Green Army December update
Our Green Army team have had another busy and productive month. Weed control and fuel reduction works have begun along the UT Creek and the rail trail in Alexandra. They have also continued with the Hawthorn and Briar Rose control along Godfreys Creek in Gobur and Broom…
Read MoreUGLN Green Army October Update
The team have had another very productive month. The weed control season has started so they have been working through areas of the Yea Wetlands drilling and poisoning large Willows, Desert Ash and Hawthorn and cut & painting the smaller woody weeds and also re-commenced the holly control project in Narbethong and woody weed control…
Read MoreGreen Army Project 2
Our second Green Army project has commenced and over the next 5 months this group of local young people will again be working throughout the Upper Goulburn region on environmental restoration projects on public and private land. The first month was busy planting at many sites including the rail trail at Kanumbra and Limestone, the…
Read MoreUGLN Lorax Project 2016
The Upper Goulburn Landcare Networks revegetation ‘Lorax Project’ has finished for another year after a very successful year of tree planting throughout the Murrindindi Shire. This year 229 volunteers from NAB, ANZ, JBWere, St Michael’s Grammar, Yea High School with the assistance of members of the Kinglake, Flowerdale and Strath…
Read MoreUGLN Green Army – Project 1
Our first 6 month Green Army project is now completed and it has been a great success. The Green Army has been a valuable resource for our landcare groups and the Murrindindi Shire and has made a real difference to our natural environment. Over the past six months the…
Read MoreUGLN Green Army – May update
The team have had another productive month of fencing and completed about 1.5km of waterway and remnant vegetation protection fencing on a farm in Glenburn and 800m along the King Parrot Creek with members of the Strath Creek Landcare Group. They have been working through areas of…
Read MoreUGLN Green Army – April Update
Over April our Green Army team have been busy constructing stock exclusion fencing along Andrews Creek in Taggerty and at the Merton Wetland. They have also been removing pine saplings and prunus shrubs from significant roadside areas along Frees Road in Gobur. While they have…
Read MoreUGLN Green Army – March Update
Over March our Green Army team continued working along the rail trail, UT Creek and the King Parrot Creek but have also started on a few other interesting and important projects. They have begun removing Briar Rose and Hawthorn from along Godfreys Creek in Gobur and around the…
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