REMINDER: The final of the Loddon Plains Landcare Network Workshops is being held next Wednesday 16th May from 7pm-9pm at the East Loddon P-12 College, Dingee. The workshop aims to encourage members of the community to come and share their knowledge of local environmental assets that they value and would want to see conserved or

REMINDER: The second of the Loddon Plains Landcare Network Workshops is being held next Wednesday 9th May from 7pm-9pm at the Serpentine Bowling Club. The workshop aims to encourage members of the community to come and share their knowledge of local environmental assets that they value and would want to see conserved or managed into

REMINDER: The first of the Loddon Plains Landcare Network Workshops is being held next Wednesday 2nd May from 7pm-9pm at the Wedderburn Community Centre. The workshop aims to encourage members of the community to come and share their knowledge of local environmental assets that they value and would want to see conserved or managed into

The Autumn edition of the the Victorian Landcare & Catchment Management Magazine is now out. This edition focuses on invasive plants and animals and contains many success stories, some new challenges in pest plant and animal control and some handy management tips. You can view the magazine online at:http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/land-management/land/landcare/victorian-landcare-and-catchment-management-magazine or subscribe to the e-list by

The Loddon Vale Landcare Group gathered at Durham Ox by the Serpentine Creek on the 25th of March, 2012. The site will be the future location of a fishing platform, a current project of the group that will open in September. The site is to be rented and managed by the group from the Crown.

Loddon Plains Landcare Network invites all interested community members to attend one of three Landcare Workshops.The workshops will run as follows:Workshop 1 Wedderburn Community Centre, May 2ndWorkshop 2 Serpentine Bowling Club, May 9thWorkshop 3 Dingee, East Loddon P-12 College, May 16th7.00 pmSupper provided 7.30 pmWelcomeLaurie Maxted, President, Loddon Plains Landcare Network 7.35 pmGOANNA ProjectLocal groups

The Loddon Plains Landcare Network (LPLN) recently received funding from the Victorian Government’s Local Landcare Facilitator Initiative to contribute to the salary of a facilitator for the Network. After the process of receiving applications and conducting interviews the LPLN selected their new Landcare Facilitator at the end of February 2012. The Loddon Plains Landcare Network

This is a link to the Wedderburn Conservation Management Network Blogspot

At the Annual Meeting of the Salisbury West Landcare Group held recently the following people were elected:- President Helen Canfield Vice President Aaron Lock Secretary John Vanston Treasurer Ruth Penny Project Co-ordinator Jean McClymont Publicity Officer Ian Penny The Guest Speaker was Laurie Maxted who spoke on the recent projects of the Loddon Vale Landcare

The LPLN bus trip designed to visit three iconic wetland sites within the network’s area of concern was intended primarily to be a mixture of a social and environmentally educational event held to fit in with the Naturally Loddon Festival. At 9.05 am on the 11th of September we set off up the Loddon Valley