Loddon Plains Landcare Network presents: Birds of the Loddon Plains – photographs by Diana Womersley

Even a very bad weather forecast did not deter a hardy band of 8 volunteers from Wedderburn Conservation Management Network and Wychitella Landcare group joining 6 Parks Victoria Staff at “The Granites” (Mt Eggbert). The task was – to perform some concerted work on injecting wheel cactus in the adjacent public land managed by Parks

I left Wedderburn early on the morning of 10th June for Bendigo in order to board a mini bus organized by North Central CMA to visit the Biorich Demonstration site at Lal Lal near Ballarat. The attraction of this project for me was to see at first hand revegetation work which was utilizing the natural

FAMILIES gathered at Kamarooka to learn about the impact of salt on theenvironment during Saltwatch Week. North Central Waterwatch, Bendigo Family Nature Club and Northern United Forestry Group hosted the family day at Kamarooka on Sunday 22 May 2011. Children were able to explore, taste and see first-hand the impact of salt on the environment.North

The photograph aside shows Blaze Aid volunteers fixing a fence on the farm at Serpentine owned by Gwen and Bill Twigg.

It is estimated that the global population increases by 120 people every minute and as a result food production will need to double by 2050 to feed everyone. For the first time in history there are more people living in cities than in rural areas meaning there are less people involved in food production. There

Tang Tang Swamp – one of the sites to be visited on the Loddon Plains Landcare Network Tour , more details of the trip and other sites will be posted soon. Tang Tang Swamp is listed in the National Directory of Important Wetlands and is a breeding site for the endangered Brolga (Grus rubicundus) and

A fortnight before Easter 2011, the Northern United Forestry Group will host a major Farm Forestry and Firewood Machinery Expo that is creating great interest across south eastern Australia. Full info at: http://www.nufg.org.au/nufg_hosts_firewood_expo.htming

At our January meeting we were given a talk by Terri Williams of the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE). Terri is, among other things, associated with the Land for Wildlife program which is organised through DSE in cooperation with the Bird Observers Club of Australia. We were informed that this valuable program which began

Some weeks ago I attended the Norman Wettenhall foundation workshop which was held at the Ceres Environmental Centre in Melbourne. As a member of the deputation from the Loddon Plains Landcare Network which also included Mal Brown, Jean McClymont and Leah Cripps (Project Officer of the LPLN) we were involved in discussions aimed at sharing