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UGLN Photography Competition Winners!
The winners of the Upper Goulburn Landcare Network Photography Competition are: Birds and Insects: Senior – joint winners- Ken Foletta and Steve Prothero Junior – Mitchell Drysdale Highly Commended – David Wakefield and Toby Prothero Wetlands Landscapes: Senior – Ken Foletta Junior – Toby Prothero The People’s Choice Award went to Ken Foletta for his…
Read MoreIndian Myna Trap building workshop
Indian Myna numbers are increasing across our region and are a serious environmental threat to native wildlife. Indian Mynas: are one of the most invasive animal species in the world take over nesting hollows, evicting birds and small mammals, and prey on nestlings Learn how to build a trap to catch and dispose of these…
Read MoreUGLN Photography Competition
Upper Goulburn Landcare Network Photography Competition (Click on this link to view flier) To celebrate Yea Arts Carnivale (16–26 January) and World Wetlands Day (2 February) Categories: 1. Birds and insects – Junior 17 years and under – Senior 18 years and over 2. Wetlands landscapes (Prizes sponsored by the Yea Wetlands Committee of Management) –…
Read MoreBehind the Scenes at Melbourne Museum
Last Friday the 14th November, Strath Creek Landcare Group hosted another Focus on Fauna presentation, this time by Dean Smith, Senior Preparator at the Melbourne Museum. Dean explained many of the technical secrets behind the wonderful displays at the Museum, including taxidermy from start to finish, botanical preservation and scale modeling including his latest…
Read MoreKids Teaching Kids Forum
The 2014 Target Kids Teaching Kids Forum, held at the Yea Wetlands, was another great day for all involved. Students from 9 schools across the shire met to share their environmental stories. Although the weather was a little unpredictable, the…
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Students from the Murrindindi Shire join kids’ green revolution to celebrate 15 years of environment action. Students from the Murrindindi Shire will join forces with more than 10,000 kids across Australia as part of a kids’ green revolution that has been campaigning for the environment for 15 years.
Read MoreAnother Successful National Tree Day!
On Sunday the 27th of July 50 people attended our National Tree Day (NTD) planting along the Great Victorian Rail Trail. Beginning at two ends of the trail, we began planting at Homewood and Merton then continued on to Cheviot Tunnel and Molesworth. The National Tree Day Rail Trail project began three years ago, with…
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