Over the past week, the Aboriginal-owned Worimi Conservation Lands north of Newcastle has hosted a series of Aboriginal Site Identification Courses, to improve understanding and protection of Worimi cultural sites. NPWS officer Craig Wall and Worimi Visitor Service Assistant Rachel
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Student develops specialised weeder tool to improve bushfire management. A specialised weed management tool for bush regeneration is one of dozens of innovations on display at UNSW’s virtual Luminocity exhibition. The “lever weeder” – a leverage-based standing weeder for crowning
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Join and participate in the Great Southern Bioblitz. Senior Sustainability Engagement Officer Margo Smith scanning plants in Croudace Bay for The Great Southern Bioblitz. Lake Macquarie City Council has signed up to an international project that identifies animal and plant
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Sand dune rehabilitation works underway at Belmont. Almost a kilometer of sand dunes along Nine Mile Beach are being restored to their natural state. The work, undertaken by Hunter Water, involves an 800 metre section of dunes on Board land
Read more...Eight months ago bushfire devastated the habitat of Forster’s squirrel gliders. It set back MidCoast Council’s three year program to protect the bushland home for the threatened species. Nesting box overcomes scarcity of tree and log hollows that squirrel gliders
Read more...EPA orders Stop Work on forestry operations in South Brooman State Forest. The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA)has issued Forestry Corporation of NSW with a Stop Work Order to cease tree harvesting in part of South Brooman State Forest near
Read more...Junior Landcare announces 7 year-old photographer national winner of the ‘What’s in Your Backyard?’ competition. Junior Landcare asked children across Australia to take photos of the flora and fauna in their backyard, and describe why it was important to them.
Read more...September is the 20th anniversary of Lake Mac’s Landcare partnership that combines the efforts of over 200 Landcare groups. 2019 Landcare Volunteer Network Chairperson Lois Simpson with Landcare Coordinator Jason Harvey. Lake Macquarie Mayor Cr Kay Fraser and NSW Landcare
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