Enhancing Farm Dams

Enhancing Farm Dams

The ANU’s Sustainable Farms has launched a new resource, Enhancing farm dams: What to plant in and around your dam. “In recent years we’ve had many people ask what kind of plants are best for revegetating in and around farm dams, and this resource is our response to those queries. It’s the product of a collaboration […]

Do you have a creek, river, wetland and want to fence it, plant it, protect it?

Do you have a creek, river, wetland and want to fence it, plant it, protect it?

Funding Available for Landholders (Eurobodalla & Bega region) Local Land Services are seeking expressions of interest from land managers wanting to improve, protect and enhance waterways, riparian zones and existing stands of native vegetation on their properties over the 2021/2022 financial year. Priority activities for grant funding include:· installation of fencing to exclude stock from […]

Bega River BioBlitz

Bega River BioBlitz

For this year’s National Science Week celebrations, the Atlas of Life is partnering with the Sapphire Coast Science Hub, Bega Valley Shire Council and the Bega River and Wetlands Landcare Group to co-ordinate a BioBlitz along the Bega River and nearby habitats from Friday 16th to Sunday 18th August. A BioBlitz is a citizen science […]

Not too late to learn about Saltmarsh

Not too late to learn about Saltmarsh

A Coastal Saltmarsh Biodiversity Workshop was held in Bermagui on 27th June, 2018. Botanist Jackie Miles led a walking tour of two Saltmarsh areas, explaining the ecology and identifying plant species. The workshop was organised by Andrew Morrison from Bega Valley Shire Council and was hosted by Danie Ondinea from the Friends of Bermagui Saltmarsh group. If […]

World Wetlands Day

World Wetlands Day

World Wetlands Day is celebrated internationally each year on 2 February. It marks the anniversary of the signing of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention) in Ramsar, Iran, on 2 February 1971. Celebrations on this day take many forms, including talks, photo and art exhibitions, nature walks, festivals, announcement of new Ramsar sites, […]

Low/No Chemical Weed Control Workshops

Low/No Chemical Weed Control Workshops

The South East Wetland Carers Network is hosting a half-day workshop about reducing or eliminating herbicide usage in and around wetland sites. The closest workshops are in: Eurobodalla Shire on Thursday 25 August from 8.45am–1pm, Eurobodalla Botanic Gardens, Princes Hwy, 5kms south of Batemans Bay Bega Valley Shire on Friday 26 August from 8.45am–1pm, Bermagui Library & […]

Shoalhaven Wetland Forum in May

Shoalhaven Wetland Forum in May

The South East Wetland Carers Network is hosting the “Shoalhaven Wetland Forum” at Sanctuary Point on Monday 9 May from 9am-4pm. It promises to be their best event yet. The event is free of charge and fully catered. For details of the program, click here. RSVP by Fri 29th April For bookings or enquiries please contact Michael […]

Wetlands Workshop – Tues 3 May, Bega

Wetlands Workshop – Tues 3 May, Bega

Do you have a wetland or farm dam on your property? Would you like to know more about improving water quality and biodiversity? Want to know how to tackle common wetland weeds with and without chemicals? How can your wetland or dam affect property health? Come along to a one day workshop about: the importance […]