Wedderburn Workshop next Wednesday

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 future. At the workshop individuals will be encouraged to add such information, in the form of notes, map references, word of mouth etc, to information already gathered by the LPLN. The night will run as follows:

7.00 pm
Supper provided

7.30 pm
Welcome
Laurie Maxted, President, Loddon Plains Landcare Network

7.35 pm
GOANNA Project
Local groups and the blueprint for landscape restoration across the Loddon Plains
Anthony Gallacher, Landcare Facilitator, Loddon Plains Landcare Network

8.10 pm
Victorian 2012 Landcare Grants
A funding opportunity
Jodie Odgers, Regional Landcare Coordinator, North Central CMA

8.35 pm
2012-18 Regional Catchment Strategy
Regional priorities and your local patch
North Central CMA representative

9.00 pm
Close

For catering purposes please RSVP to Anthony Gallacher by the Friday before each event, by phone 5446 9249, mobile 0447 095 501 or email anthony.gallacher@gmail.com.

Victorian Landcare & Catchment Management Magazine

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 sending you email address to:
landcare.magazine@dse.vic.gov.au.

Loddon Vale Landcare Group News

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.

Lawrie Maxted speaks to the Loddon Vale Landcare Group

Lawrie Maxted talked about the site, the popular use by the community and a recent visit by the Wycheproof Probus group. Averil Harris spoke about the fishing platform project in detail, including the agencies that have been contacted and the many collaborators that have been required on the project since it was floated 12 months ago. Those present discussed the construction and design of an information booth for the site. Anthony Gallacher, the new landcare facilitator for the Loddon Plains Landcare Network introduced himself and spoke about the network, his role and the community workshops planned for the beginning of May. 

The site of the proposed fishing platform outlined in white.

There is a great deal of enthusiasm in the community in response to the construction of the fishing platform. The group enjoyed lunch together and the surrounds of the Serpentine Creek.

Article & photos: Anthony Gallacher