Posts by Chris Cobern
Managing Mistletoe – UGLN Field Day
Members of local Landcare groups, landowners and farmers attended a recent mistletoe field day at Limestone. The event was hosted by the Upper Goulburn Landcare Network (UGLN) and featured a presentation and landscape inspection by mistletoe expert Ray Thomas. Ray’s focus is on understanding the natural processes involved with mistletoe including managing them as part of the landscape…
Read MoreLandcare Woody Weed Control Project
Thanks to funding provided by the State Governments Communities For Nature program the UGLN, Friends of Marysville Walks and Kinglake Landcare Group have been able to control many hectares of woody weeds in bushland along the Stony Creek at Kinglake and the Dom Dom Creek catchment in Narbethong. CVA Kinglake Much of the work has…
Read MoreKilmore Fire Recovery Project
After the fires that swept through the Kilmore area in February 2014 the UGLN offered the South West Goulburn Landcare Network the assistance of UGLN Landcare Coordinator Chris Cobern to coordinate a fire recovery fencing project in the area. Chris immediately contacted many of the volunteers that assisted UGLN with their very successful ‘Fencers Without Boundaries’ fire…
Read MorePaddock Tree Project
Large paddock tree at Glenburn The Upper Goulburn Landcare Network has recently completed a very successful project to protect paddock trees. Funding was offered to landholders in the Upper Goulburn region for fencing and planting of understorey around paddock trees. Funding was also available for mistletoe control where needed. Forty Four large trees of mostly Grey, Red and Yellow Box, a couple of large…
Read MoreUGLN Fox Control Workshop
On Saturday 22nd November 21 people attended the UGLN Fox Control Workshop. Attendees at the free workshop learnt about the different techniques available to implement a fox control program on their properties. Experts Richard Francis and Andrew Douglas from ABZECO demonstrated and discussed these techniques that included assessment/monitoring, timing, trapping, baiting, fumigation and shooting. On Saturday 21st February 2015…
Read MoreFox Control Workshop – Saturday 22nd November
Fox Control Workshop Attendees at this free workshop will learn the skills needed to implement a thorough fox control program on their properties. Expert speakers will demonstrate and discuss integrated control techniques including assessment/monitoring, timing, trapping, baiting, fumigation and shooting. Saturday 22nd November 10am – 2pm Where: Kinglake Scout Hall Upstairs of the main pavilion…
Read MoreLorax Project – 5 Years and still going strong
The UGLN’s Lorax project is in to it’s 5th year and still going strong. This year thanks to the efforts of our corporate volunteers especially NAB, JB Were and ANZ and with great support from the Kevin Heinz Garden Centre and Conservation & Land Management students from Franklin Scholar TAFE College. So far this…
Read MoreAlexandra Cub-Scouts Nest Box Project
Thanks to funding provided through the GBCMA the Alexandra Cub-Scouts have been able to build and install nest boxes at McKenzie and Mt Pleasant Reserves in Alexandra. Ten specially built nest boxes were built by the Cub-Scouts to provide alternative nesting sites for small native mammals including Sugar Gliders and the rare Brush-tailed Phascogale. Under…
Read MoreUGLN Nest Box Project (Part 2)
An important part of our nest box project is the monitoring, maintenance and record keeping of all nest boxes we’ve installed. Emerald College students inspecting boxes at Marysville Of the 475 nest boxes we’ve installed I annually monitor 373 often with the assistance of the Kinglake Scouts and Yea High School students.The other 102 boxes…
Read MoreUGLN Nest Box Project
As usual November and December has been a busy time for our nest box project installing nest boxes with the Scouts and high school students. Yea HS students at Limestone With the help of teacher Ken Aitken and the Yea High School Junior Landcare Group we installed 24 boxes that the students built on properties…
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