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News, 25 Sep 2023,
Our regular email newsletter to all subscribers including all things Landcare and beyond.
News, 26 Feb 2020,
What you can claim income tax deductions for fire emergency preparedness!.
News, 18 Feb 2020,
Our February working bee was at a beautiful property in Balnarring.
News, 13 Feb 2020,
Glenelg Hopkins CMA now has a range of fact sheets about wetlands!.
News, 13 Feb 2020,
Get access to the latest information on better managing the constraints in your farming system.
News, 13 Feb 2020,
Landcare Australia have launched the new look Junior Landcare website!.
Project Update, 16 Jan 2020,
What Peter Jennings sees as the effect of changes in the district in regards to landscape and the changing nature...
Project Update, 16 Jan 2020,
Frankie and Graeme MacLennan recall the early days of Landcare history and discuss where Landcare is today and the next...
Project Update, 16 Jan 2020,
Fergus Irving takes us along a most interesting route of how he first got interested in Landcare and his role...
News, 28 Nov 2019,
Help the CMA support the Australasian Bittern/Bunyip bird!.
News, 28 Nov 2019,
Become a community representative for the Victorian Serrated Tussock Working Party!.
News, 28 Nov 2019,
Grants of up to $50,000 are available to help you adopt smart farming techniques.Apply now!.
News, 20 Sep 2019,
The Victorian Serrated Tussock Working Party are looking for a community representative!.
News, 17 Sep 2019,
This grant program has been established to support youth-friendly initiatives with a focus on invasive pest and weed issues in...
Project Update, 3 Sep 2019,
Bob Carraill gives a wonderful account of his growing up on farms in the Adelaide Hills, his formal agricultural studies,...
Project Update, 3 Sep 2019,
Alex Arbuthnot AM, born in Warragul has been a strong voice from Gippsland over a long career as a dairy...
Project Update, 3 Sep 2019,
Pam Robinson OAM talks about early engagement with Landcare, including as a founding member of Warrenbayne Boho Land Protection Group...
Project Update, 3 Sep 2019,
From young forester, to facilitator for Potter Farmland Plan, Andrew Campbell became the first National Landcare Coordinator and later...
Project Update, 3 Sep 2019,
Allan Murray, Indigenous educator, takes us through from his early days as a ‘young fella’ who was born in Mooroopna,...
News, 23 Jul 2019,
Glenelg Hopkins CMA will be proceeding with the fourth round of the Victorian Volcanic Plains (VVP) Stewardship Program.
News, 17 Jul 2019,
Glenelg Hopkins CMA is offering a grant to attend the NRM Conference in Wodonga!.
News, 26 Jun 2019,
The CMA, in partnership with Southern Farming Systems, are giving women an opportunity to fill knowledge gaps by getting access...
News, 26 Jun 2019,
Opportunities for grants of up to $5,500 (GST Inc) to for groups to undertake activities that promote learning and adoption...
News, 25 Jun 2019,
Would you like to learn more about managing for better soils and improved production?.
News, 24 Jun 2019,
The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences are conducting a national survey on pest animal and weed...
News, 24 Jun 2019,
Nominations are now open for the 2019 State and Territory Landcare Awards!.
News, 22 May 2019,
Do you have gorse on your property? Do your bit and start your gorse control.
News, 22 May 2019,
The Victorian Government is providing funding to support community-based natural resource management (NRM) groups and networks undertaking on-ground works, education...
News, 22 May 2019,
Read the biography of Jenny O'Sullivan from Malabar Farm, Chair of Tasmanian and Gippsland SALRC committee.
News, 6 May 2019,
See what you can do to help our farmers' mental health, an on-going issue in our society.
News, 2 May 2019,
We can send lists on request, but our links to this information are no longer able to be hosted here.
Project Update, 6 Feb 2019,
Nan Oates, a scholar and writer takes us on a journey from the 1970's through the various positions she held...
News, 19 Dec 2018,
The 2018/19 Soil4Farms Prospectus is now available.
News, 14 Dec 2018,
Basalt to Bay recently partnered with the ATO and the CFA, to create a new fact sheet for primary producers.
News, 20 Nov 2018,
What do I do? How do I do it? Who can I ask? What will it cost? Southern Farming Systems (SFS)...
News, 20 Nov 2018,
Farmers are invited to participate in the Glenelg Hopkins Soil Benchmarking Project.
News, 14 Nov 2018,
As part of its commitment to a greener future, Woolworths in partnership with Landcare Australia, is giving your primary school...
Project Update, 7 Nov 2018,
As seen at the 2018 National Landcare Conference, the Landcare Voices video showcases Landcare in Victoria since 1982.
News, 11 Oct 2018,
The RaPPMap tool has been developed to help NRM service providers and the Australian government to understand and report on...
Project Update, 9 Oct 2018,
Sue and John Marriot provide an exciting insight into the early days and success of the Potter Farmland Plan, in...
Project Update, 9 Oct 2018,
Doug Richens and Ed Adamson were both involved in the early days of the Farm Tree movement.
Project Update, 9 Oct 2018,
Horrie Poussard, who was involved in the design of the Landcare program at the Department of Conservation, Forestry and Lands,...
Project Update, 9 Oct 2018,
Landcare stalwart Rob Youl talks about his thirty years in Landcare.
Project Update, 9 Oct 2018,
Bob Edgar, worked first for Soil Conservation Authority and then community liaison for the Department of Conservation, Forestry and Lands.
Project Update, 9 Oct 2018,
Peter Davies talks about his experience as FTLA Exec Officer from 1987 to 1990.
Project Update, 9 Oct 2018,
Susan Campbell and Ed Adamson talk about their involvement in the early stages of Landcare and the Farm Tree movement.
News, 21 Sep 2018,
During 2018, nearly 4000 trees and shrubs were planted as part of three successful community plantouts run by the Buloke...
News, 10 Sep 2018,
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has produced a fact sheet "Landcare, riparian and similar expenses for primary producers" which focuses...
News, 10 Sep 2018,
Agriculture Victoria has recently rolled out on-farm energy Tier 1 grants as part of the Victorian Government's $30 million Agriculture...
News, 19 Jul 2018,
Today the Minister for Environment Lily D'Ambrosio announced the recipients of the 2018/19 Victorian Landcare Grants.
News, 25 Jun 2018,
Lets restore the Wannon River floodplain!.
News, 24 May 2018,
Glenelg Hopkins CMA is calling for applications for the Victorian Landcare Grants Program.
News, 23 May 2018,
Monash University and the NSW Department of Primary Industries are looking to gain insights into farmers' challenges and priorities when...
News, 23 May 2018,
The Victorian Gorse Taskforce is calling for grant applications for their 2018/2019 Community Grants Program.
News, 22 May 2018,
The Australian Government has announced a targeted independent review to reduce red-tape and find practical ways to help farmers meet...
News, 19 Apr 2018,
Highly motivated, skilled and dynamic young people in agriculture are currently being sought to join the council.
News, 19 Apr 2018,
New bill will be first step by ministers to protect and restore soil as fears grow over a future soil...
News, 19 Apr 2018,
Find out all the latest from the National Centre for Farmer Health!.
News, 20 Mar 2018,
Grants between $5,000 and $50,000 will be provided to successful applicants to support communities in efforts to conserve their local...
News, 19 Mar 2018,
Young farmers in Victoria can access scholarships of up to $10,000 to help boost skills and implement new on-farm initiatives.
News, 14 Feb 2018,
The first batch of NatureKit tutorial videos are now on YouTube and are accessible from the "Help & About" toolbar...
News, 14 Feb 2018,
Does your community group have a project that needs a little extra support to help get it off the ground? The...
News, 14 Feb 2018,
RMCG and the Victorian Gorse Taskforce (VGT) are running a community survey to gain an understanding of the types of...
News, 14 Feb 2018,
After a complex merger process, the new Landcare Victoria Inc.is now ready to build for the future.
News, 20 Dec 2017,
Each year during the January school holidays, Coastcare Victoria coordinates the delivery of hundreds of ‘Summer by the Sea’ activities...
News, 5 Dec 2017,
71 students and staff from both St Arnaud Secondary College and Donald High School planted over 6,000 indigenous trees, shrubs...
News, 26 Oct 2017,
All the current news and events in the Corangamite Landcare world.
News, 22 Aug 2017,
Complete the Mitchell Shire Council Community Environment Survey Participants can go into the draw to win one of two $100...
News, 21 Jul 2017,
Glenelg Hopkins CMA is calling for applications for the Victorian Landcare Grants Program.
News, 20 Jul 2017,
The scholarship program is designed to be flexible and to fit with the demands and ambitions of young farmers.
News, 19 Jul 2017,
Congratulations to the Australian Plants Society for the completion of their Native Plant Interpretive Sign Project, through the CMA’s Coastal...
News, 19 Jul 2017,
Round three of the Australian Government's 20 Million Trees was launched June 19!.
News, 28 Jun 2017,
At their property at Slaty Creek (near St Arnaud) Alison Harris and Rob Youl ran a next box workshop for...
News, 19 Jun 2017,
The CMA is seeking people with a connection to Landcare, industry groups, indigenous groups, or non-governmental organisations, with an interest in rivers,...
News, 29 May 2017,
Shelford farmer Louisa-Jane Cunningham responded to a whole farm planning advert that’s provided her with some unexpected opportunities.
News, 29 May 2017,
Barr family’s hard work to reinvigorate the area along the waterways on their family farm at Lismore has left a...
News, 29 May 2017,
The Woady Yaloak Catchment Group’s current chairman Evan Lewis has witnessed the evolution of Landcare during his 20-year involvement.
News, 29 May 2017,
Bellbrae farmer Murray Johns’ role as the Surf Coast and Inland Plains Network (SCIPN) Landcare facilitator was not a career...
News, 17 May 2017,
The Australian Government's Threatened Species Recovery Fund was launched last Friday, 5 May.
News, 17 May 2017,
Funding of up to $10,000 for travel, study, research or other forms of professional development.
Project Update, 5 May 2017,
Featuring landcarers talking about the beginnings of Landcare and the Farm Tree movement.
News, 19 Apr 2017,
Glenelg Hopkins CMA’s Grange Burn Restoration Project is entering its second year of on ground works, with funding opportunities available...
News, 19 Apr 2017,
Landcare Australia’s 2017 Sustainable Agriculture Grants program is now open! These grants support Landcare and farming groups to undertake sustainable...
News, 15 Mar 2017,
Forest Fire Management Victoria crews are gearing up to start Autumn planned burning across the Far South West District in...
News, 15 Mar 2017,
Glenelg Hopkins CMA 30 Anniversary Landcare Grants are now open!.
News, 2 Mar 2017,
Welcome to the first edition of ‘Farm Talk’, a bi-annual publication of land health and sustainable agriculture activities in the...
News, 21 Feb 2017,
2017 Coastcare Victoria Community Grants are now open!.
News, 17 Feb 2017,
Warrnambool Coastcare Landcare Network have commenced a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds to support their largely volunteer Middle Island Little...
News, 17 Feb 2017,
Victorians are encouraged to have their say on the review the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 to ensure it...