On the 5th of February a meeting was held between members of the Wedderburn CMN and members of the Victorian Malleefowl Recovery Group (VMRG). Two of the objectives of the meetings were; firstly a revision of the alignment of the work of the WCMN with the National Malleefowl Recovery Plan and secondly discussion of the […]

It was an instructive experience to attend the first National Invasive Cacti Forum held at the Waite precinct of Adelaide University. Some of the positive points I was pleased to note were: There were highly qualified and experienced representatives from WA, SA, NSW, ACT and QLD present. Wheel cactus was high on the agenda but

The Loddon Plains Landcare Network is up and running and looking forward to a great year in 2010! The Network has secured a $10,000 Second Generation Landcare Grant for use in what could be considered a practical and also symbolic network wide activity in Spring. The activity will involve up to 40 volunteers working with

The group arrived at Dimboola for lunch after a wet trip through Minyip and the endless plains of a variety of well growing crops.The Starricks’ farm at Marango was our stop for the afternoon; they run Boer goats on the river flats. The river was running for the first time in five years and the

A hard session of planting done, the planters take a break. See the previous article by Mal Brown on aspects of the Northern United Forestry Group. Photograph by Mal Brown

IntroductionNorthern United Forestry Group (NUFG) is a community-based collective of 45 farming families committed to establishing permanent systems that bring about sustainable land use change. The group’s focus is to establish low-rainfall (In 2004 NUFG received the National Landcare Research Award for its research into suitable native trees for farm forestry on Victoria’s northern plains.

Ten o’clock in the morning of the 24th of November at Northern United Forestry Group’s (NUFG) Kamarooka Project site on the Hay family farm saw the beginning of an information day when representatives from the Norman Wettenhall Foundation (NWF) met with the executive committee of the Loddon Plains Landcare Network. The committee’s objectives for the

The latest meeting of the Loddon Plains Landcare Network was held at the property of Stephen and Sally Maxted on the Serpentine Creek, Durham Ox, 20th of November. Thirty people braved the uncertain afternoon weather to attend an event which was designed to be a brief meeting followed by a get to know one another

There has been much attention on habitat fragmentation and the need to ‘re- connect landscapes’ if we are going to conserve biodiversity. This topic of remedying fragmentation of habitat has been at the heart of many of the actions carried out by the Wedderburn CMN over the last six years of its existence and is