Clean Up Australia Day
Clean Up Australia Day A very successful Clean Up Australia Day involved seven landcare groups working across the shire to pick up litter. Merton, Home Creek-Spring Creek, South Cathedral, Yea River, Strath Creek, and Kinglake landcare groups, as well as Yea Wetlands Committee of Management worked tirelessly on Sunday 1st March. Each group registered their…
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 MoreUGLN 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 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 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 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 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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