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UGLN Autumn Newsletter
Deer Management Information Session When: Saturday 15th June Time: 10am – 2pm Where: Taggerty Hall. 5 Taggerty-Thornton Rd, Taggerty Are deer a problem on your land? Do they eat your pasture, fruit trees, vineyards, and native vegetation as well as damage your fencing? Do you want to know what you can do to control them…
Read MoreCircular Economy Business event
Last month Upper Goulburn Landcare Network collaborated with the Murrindindi Shire Council on hosting a Circular Economy think tank event for local businesses. The keynote speaker from Sustainability Victoria, Florian van den Corput, started the proceedings with an enlightening education on the current state of our planet, our consumption levels and how long these…
Read MoreCultivating Connections: Upper Goulburn Intrepid Landcare’s Successful Event at Polly McQuinns
On February 17th, Upper Goulburn Intrepid Landcare hosted a memorable event at Polly McQuinns in Strathbogie, focusing on weed management and tree guard maintenance. With a wave of fresh faces infusing new energy, the day proved both beneficial for the land and invigorating for relationships. Folks dove into the task of managing St John’s…
Read MoreUGLN Farm Dams for Wildlife Project
UGLN recently completed their very successful Farm Dams for Wildlife project. The project helped to rehabilitate, revegetate and permanently exclude stock from 14 farm dams on 9 properties across the Upper Goulburn region. It helped to increase aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity and habitat, improve water quality and repair degraded soils in and around the 14…
Read More2022 King Parrot Catchment Fox Control Project (KPCFCP) Camera Monitoring Program.
Monitoring is crucial to any pest plant or pest animal control program. This year 40 cameras were deployed on properties of participants in the King Parrot Catchment Fox Control Project (KPCFCP) as part of the KPCFCP’s annual monitoring program. This included 16 locations in the Upper Catchment, 14 in the Mid Catchment and 10 in…
Read MoreRIBBONS OF REMNANT ROADSIDE – FAUNA SURVEYS.
Ribbons of Remnant Roadsides (RRR) is a collaborative project between Murrindindi Shire Council (MSC) and the Upper Goulburn Landcare Network (UGLN), whereby roadsides are showcased for their biodiversity and conservation significance in the landscape. RRR was initially proposed because it was recognised that our roadsides are a place…
Read MoreKing Parrot Catchment Fox Control Project – 2021 Camera Monitoring Program
43 cameras were recently deployed on properties of participants in the King Parrot Catchment Fox Control Project (KPCFCP). This included 19 locations in the Upper Catchment, 15 in the Mid Catchment and 9 in the Lower Catchment. Results show that fox numbers have been steadily decreasing in the…
Read MoreWildflowers on the GVRT
The wildflower displays along the conservation significant sections of the Great Victorian Rail Trail are looking brilliant this spring. Masses of Bulbine Lilies, Chocolate Lilies, Buttercups, Milkmaids and Sun Orchids, as well as many other indigenous plant species.
Read MoreLandcare Tree Planting
Despite the cancellation of the official 2020 National Tree Day event many of our landcare groups were still keen to complete the planned revegetation projects. With the safety of all participants the main priority planting days over the last couple of weekends still went ahead. Kinglake Landcare Group revegetated an open paddock on a members…
Read MoreAlexandra Composting Program
Not much in life is certain in these times, but one certainty is that if you make the right mix of carbon and nitrogen, mix well, wait patiently, you will create vegie garden gold. The VCAL students from Alexandra Secondary College have been engaged in the Alexandra Composting Program (ACP) for 2 years, collecting kitchen…
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