Native Bees and Enhancing Habitat Workshops in Feb 2017 

Dates are yet to be finalised but offering a bit of advanced notice for a couple of workshops to be held early in 2017. 

In February 2017

Roseberry Creek Landcare will be the host to a workshop focused on enhancing habitat for wildlife including construction and installation of nestboxes for wildlife and

Lilifield Landcare will be host to a workshop on native bees 

These workshops will be organised by the Border Ranges Richmond Valley Landcare Network with funding suport from the National Landcare Programme.This programme also supported the recent plant identification workshop hosted by Mulvena Road Landcare on Saturday Nov 12th. 

If your Landcare group has an interest in hosting a workshop that relates to sustainable agriculture / biodiversity contact Emma on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  or 66323722 to discuss your idea and potential for support. 

Volunteer Grants now open 

Department of Social Services is inviting organisations and individuals representing volunteer based community groups to apply for their Volunteer Grants 2016 funding. These grants aim to support the efforts of Australia's volunteers. They provide small amounts of money that organisations and community groups can use to help their volunteers,

Grants between $1,000 and $5,000 will allow organisations to buy much needed equiment, such as computers, or help with training volunteers, fuel costs or undertaking background security checks.

For Landcare groups this funding opportunity is the perfect match for tools to assist site management and governance training for committee members. As a Landcare group if you would like assistance with your grant application or would like to discuss your ideas please contact Emma, Landcare Coordinator for the Border Ranges Richmond valley Landcare Network on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 66323722

For more information and to apply click here to be directed to the Volunteer Grants website. 

Application are now open and will close on the 20th of December 2016 

Monitoring Frog populations in Whian Whian

In case you haven’t heard the great news – Whian Whian Landcare was part of the team that won the SCU Engagement Award for ‘Engaged Research’. What a great achievement as the award is highly competitive and extremely prestigious.

This project was a SCU and community research partnership investigating native frogs as indicators of success in riparian restoration. The project delivered a protocol for restoration of riparian areas that detailed best management practice to incorporate consideration and protection of frogs and raise awareness in the community about their protection. If you would like an e-copy of this protocol email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
 

This project was supported by the Norman Wettenhall Foundation. Congratulations Whian Whian Landcare!

Places are still available for the Tocal Quad Bike Training courses

Grafton 29 November
Glen Innes 30 November
Tenterfield 1 December

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