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2017 Lorax Project underway
The 2017 UGLN Lorax Revegetation Project is now underway for our eighth consecutive year. Already we have had corporate volunteers from NAB and ANZ travel up from Melbourne to assist with revegetation projects in Yea and Glenburn. …
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 MoreLorax Project 2015
Thanks to funding provided by the State Governments Communities For Nature program the UGLN Lorax project is now into it’s 6th year. Our 2015 planting season only really kicked off in June but already we have planted 4170 plants on properties throughout the Upper Goulburn catchment. Thanks to the help of volunteers from Price Waterhouse Coopers, NAB, ANZ,…
Read MoreLorax Project 2013
Recently we have been busy with our Lorax Project along the Yea River and it’s tributaries. NAB volunteers at Murrindindi JBWere volunteers at Break O Day Reserve In late September a large team from NAB planted almost 700 plants at the Lawson property in Murrindindi and another team from JBWere helped plant and mulch over 225 plants at the Break…
Read MoreMarysville Tree Planting
Our Lorax Project has been busy in the Marysville area lately.Recently with the help of students from Kilberry Valley Primary School we planted many trees and tall shrubs at Camp Marysville to provide shade and shelter. Students from Kilberry Valley Primary School We also created a bush tucker garden using shrubs and smaller native herbs and lilies.The…
Read MoreNational Tree Day
UGLN and the Kinglake Landcare Group hosted two National Tree Day activities at the Koala Browse Reserve in Kinglake. On Friday 26th July 50 students and teachers helped to plant almost 400 plants in only a few short hours and on Sunday 28th July a small band of dedicated volunteers in windy and cold conditions helped…
Read MoreLorax Project starts back for 2013
On the 3oth May, Corporate volunteers from JBWere and National Australia Bank descended on the property of Rick and Claire Clark, Wildlfe carers and members of the King Parrot Creek Environment Group. Other members of the group; David, Laurie, Steve and Heather also assisted on the day. JBWere and NAB volunteers We planted 480 native trees,…
Read MoreLorax Project 2012
The Upper Goulburn Landcare Networks revegetation ‘Lorax Project’ has finished for another year after a very successful year of tree planting throughout the fire affected areas of Murrindindi Shire. JBWere volunteers at Buxton This year 452 volunteers from NAB, ANZ, JBWere, Camberwell Secondary College, Strath Creek Landcare Group, Kevin Heinz Garden Centre, Conservation Volunteers Australia, Kinglake…
Read MoreREVEGETATION WORK CONTINUES
Plantings to establish new native vegetation continue on both Crown Land reserves and private properties throughout the Murrindindi Shire. Last week a volunteer group from the ANZ Bank’s corporate headquarters in Docklands planted out 480 sedges, grasses and shrubs on the Break O Day Reserve in Glenburn. The ANZ group came prepared for the wet…
Read MoreSpring Creek Rehabilitation
Landowners along the Spring Creek in Flowerdale have been taking advantage of UGLN’s fire recovery fencing and revegetation programs. In conjunction with the GBCMA waterway grants for fencing and off stream watering. Volunteers constructing fences on the Spring Creek With our assistance to date six landowners along Spring Valley Road in Flowerdale have fenced off their streams and remnant…
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