East Loddon Landcare Pub Night

 

East Loddon Landcare is reforming, starting with a pub night at the Jarklin Four Posts Hotel. 

Get involved in Landcare and hear news from the Loddon Plains Landcare Network.

Pub meal provided. 

Come along and help create a new local Landcare community.

 

7pm Wednesday 15^th August

Four Posts Hotel,

Cnr Loddon Valley Hwy & Jarklin East Rd, Jarklin

 

For more information contact Anthony Gallacher on 0447 095 501, 5446 9249 or by email at anthony.gallacher@gmail.com.

 

NCCMA Box-Gum Grassy Woodlands Project Grants Open

Box-Gum Grassy Woodlands grants supported by the North Central Catchment Management Authority are now open.  Funded from the Australian Government’s Caring for our Country program, the project is seeking landholders who are wanting to do on-ground works of fencing and revegetation to protect or enhance eligible grassy woodland remnants. 

Applications for the grants close 5pm Tuesday 11th September. Successful projects must be completed by 30th April 2013. In-kind contribution is not required and landholders may undertake the works themselves or engage a contractor.

There are specific requirements for the project, including a defined geographic area. For more information visit:

http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/Biodiversity/Conservation_and_Habitat/index.aspx

LPLN News: Newsletter

The Loddon Plains Landcare Network has just published the first edition of it's new newsletter, the LPLN News.

The LPLN News is a new initiative of the network to increase sharing, communication and to generate enthusiasm around upcoming projects and events in the network. 

The newsletter contains news coming from the network and its groups. You’ll find upcoming events and articles of interest relating to natural resource management and Landcare. You’ll also find any news coming directly from the LPLN Landcare Facilitator, Anthony Gallacher.

The newsletter will be a great way to share the collective stories of the Loddon Plains Landcare Network, both amongst groups and with the wider community.

The release schedule has yet to be finalised, but a notice of each edition release will be posted on this blog. Groups will receive an email version and a hard copy.

The network would like to start an e-list for people interested in receiving the newsletter by email. People can be added to the e-list by contacting Anthony Gallacher with their email address.

Contact:

Ph: (03) 5446 9249

M: 0447 095 501

Email: anthony.gallacher@gmail.com

Call for photos...

The Loddon Plains Landcare Network is close to finalising our biodiversity blueprint booklet for the network area. In order to make the booklet colourful and representative of  group activities within the network, we are putting out a request for photos from all our groups. The photos need to be high quality files. They can be of group activities, group members, key sites, plants, animals, landscapes etc. Anything that will show off the Loddon Plains Landcare Networks area, from the foothills to the plains.

If you have any photos that are suitable please email them to Anthony Gallacher. This can be done in installments. Alternatively, if you have a bunch of photos you think would be suitable, send Anthony your postal address and he will post out a usb stick, which the photos can be loaded onto and returned.

It would be great to get as many photos as possible. Please alert other members who may be able to assist. Contact Anthony on the details below if you have any questions.

Ph: (03) 5446 9249
M: 0447 095 501
Email: anthony.gallacher@gmail.com

Draft Victorian Landcare Program Strategic Plan: Feedback Opportunity

The Victorian Government has recently released its draft Victorian Landcare Program Strategic Plan. The Strategic Plan is intended to provide a strategic framework to guide government support for Landcare through the Department of Sustainability and Environment.

The draft is open for comment until 30 June. This provides an opportunity for Landcare groups, individuals and networks to have input into how the state government supports Landcare across Victoria.

Submissions can include any key areas or issues that may have been overlooked, or sections in the draft that may require further detail or explanation.

To obtain a copy of the draft visit:
http://www.landcarevic.net.au/resources/landcare-policy/victorian-landcare-program-strategic-plan

Submissions close soon, so get cracking if you'd like to have your input!

Facilitator Consultation

• Discuss Landcare issues 

• Explore project ideas and discuss funding options

• Receive assistance for your group for grant applications, media, planning and more 

Feel free to drop by! Please ring Anthony to make an appointment. 

9am-1pm Thursdays 

Dingee Bush Nursing Centre, 

21 King St, Dingee 

M: 0447 095 501 

Ph: (03) 5446 9249 

Email: anthony.gallacher@gmail.com

 

NUFG Kamarooka Project Education Centre opening

The Hon Peter Walsh MP (right), Mr Paul Weller MP (left) and NUFG Chairman Ian Rankin (centre) during plaque unveiling

Kamarooka Project Education Centre opened 3rd June 2012

NUFG member Phil Dyson speaks during the opening

Official proceedings were followed by tree planting at the site

Attendees enjoyed a BBQ lunch and a site tour