Soil health workshops: Utilising visual soil assessments to improve soil and plant health Are you looking for simple tools to assess and monitor soil quality? Interested in how to improve your soil health, plant performance and farm profits? Expressions of interest (EOI) are now being accepted for soil health workshops in Wedderburn (5 August) and […]
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The June edition of the LPLN News is available. You can find the newsletter for download here.
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Back by popular demand, The Norman Wettenhall Foundation Lecture Collaborating with landholders as the key to environmental success and Launch of the film “Rediscovering the Country – a film journey into landscape restoration”. Melbourne Museum, 20th June, 5pm. Tickets are $30 Book here on-line http://www.trybooking.com/EPKG The lecturer – Ray Thomas, award-winning leader of the remarkable Regent
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Why bother about biodiversity on farms? Explore the benefits of biodiversity on private property in a farming landscape at this community seminar. Featuring ecologist David Baker-Gabb discussing ways in which biodiversity makes a contribution to sustainable farm productivity. He will use specific examples including the presence of native trees and pollination by bees and birds. Local Landcare guru
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The Loddon Plains Landcare Network has obtained tax deductible gift recipient (DGR) status. The Network and our public fund, the Loddon Plains Landcare Network Charity Fund have been entered into the Register of Environmental Organisations. Donations to the public fund over $2 are now eligible for a tax deduction under the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997. If you
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The Autumn edition of the Victorian Landcare & Catchment Management magazine is out now. Issue 60 is a feature on Landcare support, with stories from Landcare group and network facilitators from across the state that provide insights into their work. You may recognise some familiar faces. You can download the magazine via the Victorian Landcare Gateway at http://www.landcarevic.net.au/
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The April edition of the LPLN News is available. You can find the newsletter for download here.
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The Wedderburn Men’s Shed has begun the construction of a number of nestboxes as part of the Loddon Plains Landcare Network’s “Nestboxes for Kids Program”. The program brings together school students, the Men’s Shed and Landcare to build awareness among local young people of the need for trees, hollows and nestboxes for fauna in the
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The 2014 Communities for Nature Small Grants Funding Opportunity is open. The Victorian Government has launched the 2014 Communities for Nature Small Grants Funding Opportunity. The Communities for Nature 2014 Small Grants Funding Opportunity aims to support practical action by community groups, schools, and volunteer organisations to deliver measurable environmental outcomes through on-ground works. The Funding Opportunity
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“Local sporting and community organisations are invited to put up their hands for a share of Loddon Shire’s annual allocation to its Community Grants Scheme, which opens for its latest round early next month. For the past 14 years, the Shire has given clubs and community groups the opportunity to request Council funds to put
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