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Wetland Restoration at Narbethong
August 9th 2010 ANZ / Treeproject / Landcare Partnership 17 volunteers plus Lyn who drove the bus from treeproject . Janet and Cathy. Beautiful weather. Planted to restore a creek and dam below the newly rebuilt Saladin Lodge Conference Centre. Enjoyed lunch in the sunshine and a tour of the building followed by a hike…
Read MoreCath Olive joins the landcare team- for a few months
Cath Olive has become a very valuable member of the Landcare Bushfire Recovery team during her short period of unemployment from DPI. For the past few months she has been visiting landholders and delivering plants in the Marysville, Buxton, Taggerty and Narbethong areas.Her help at treeplanting days has been wonderful, selecting & laying out plants,…
Read MoreGrocon Recycling for Recovery Meeting…at Marmalades in Yea
The team squirrelling away on Grocon applications. Grocon have kindly donated more than $1million to the Landcare fire recovery efforts across the State – the UGLN bids will total $499,000 for weeds, trees, nesting boxes, fence removal & installation, pest animals, volunteer coordination and community support and education. Phew.
Read MoreGreat stakes available in Seymour
Load number 1: the first 3000 of the 20,000 timber stakes the Fire Recovery Project has ordered from GATE Enterprises Seymour – that’s about six pallet’s worth of stakes! G.A.T.E offers employment to people with a disability in Seymour and the surrounding district. Skilled supervisors work with employees, assisting them to develop new skills, confidence…
Read MoreOur part-time Landcare Coordinator Bridget Clarke and Janet Hagen (Coordinator for the Hughes Creek Catchment), have spent most of their time since the fires working closely with community groups and land-holders to begin the mammoth task of rebuilding fences and rehabilitating a burnt landscape. They did a brilliant job coordinating hundreds of volunteers, pulling down…
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