Project Officer Position – Part-time (2-3 days/wk) Short term contract (6 months) The Norman Wettenhall Foundation has provided a grant to the Loddon Plains Landcare Network Inc. for a landscape restoration project across the network’s area in North Central Victoria. Applications are sought from suitably experienced persons for the role of Project Officer to work […]
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Loddon Plains Landcare Network is a collective of farmer, Landcare and other environmental groups located northwest of Bendigo working to improve the natural environment. As part of Naturally Loddon – a month long series of environmental events across the Loddon Shire – the network has organised a tree planting day at four sites, from Wedderburn
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Loddon Plains Landcare Network held its AGM in Serpentine on Tuesday 20 July. The newly elected members of the Committee of Management are shown in the photograph attached. Front, left to right: Mal Brown (Northern United Forestry Group) – President Michael Moore (Wedderburn CMN) – Secretary Wendy Murphy (Wedderburn CMN & Friends of Kooyoora &
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The White Box, Yellow Box and Blakelys Red Gum grassy woodlands and Buloke woodlands are nationally endangered ecological communities and are listed under the EPBC act. These woodlands occur as scattered remnants across the Wedderburn area (see map for indication of locations – Wedderburn CMN blog August) Population isolation has increased the probability that environmental
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The Loddon Shire, in collaboration with local partner agencies, is driving the inaugural Loddon Nature Tourism Festival entitled Naturally Loddon: A Wonderland in Spring, to be held throughout September-October this year. The festival is an objective of the Nature Tourism Advisory Team with the aim to bring more people to the area, and to pull
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Meeting: Tuesday 1stJune 2010 Ray wood Hall 7.30 pm Guest Speakers: Jodie Odgers, Landcare Funding Regional Landcare Co-ordinator Dale Boyd, Locusts, DPI Echuca Supper provided Supported by the Loddon Plains Landcare Network
It seems that landcare continues to experience cuts to funding from Government. The Federal Government recently announced cuts to the Federal Government Caring for Our Country program. One of the reasons for the formation of the LPLN is to explore and seek funding for landcare in the Loddon region from funding sources other than government.
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One of the great rewards of protecting our natural environment and planting trees is seeing the return of birdlife that we remember from our childhood. On our farm last week my husband saw a bush thick-knee and 2 chicks. Unfortunately they are no longer as commonly seen as they were years ago. They are a
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Landcare grants of up to $40,000 will be available in April-May this year. If you have an idea for a tree planting, protection of remnant vegetation, streamside planting, weed or rabbit control project it would be great to see some funds coming to our local area and I am very willing to assist groups and
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An area of land behind the Lions Den is being developed as an environmental education tool for the students at East Loddon. A Management Plan has been prepared by a past student, Wendy Last and in collaboration with staff we hope to develop landcare and environment as part of the school curriculum, giving the students
