Landcare Led Bushfire Recovery Grants

Landcare Led Bushfire Recovery Grants

Up to $50,000 of funding is available for eligible local Landcare Groups, environment networks, and community groups, as part of $14million package for Landcare Led Bushfire Recovery Grants. The program is funded by the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. The funding will support landcare bushfire recovery projects in seven government designated bushfire regions impacted by […]

Aboriginal Cultural Burning News

Aboriginal Cultural Burning News

‘djamanj djamaga ganj’ ‘djamanj djamaga ganj’ is a series of free webinars on Aboriginal Cultural Burning and Wild Fire recovery, delivered by Ulladulla Local Aboriginal Land Council, Treading Lightly Inc and the National Indigenous Fire Network and supported by South East Local Land Services. They will be hosting a series of events each Wednesday night from this […]

Wildlife Videos After the 2018 Fires

Wildlife Videos After the 2018 Fires

After the Reedy Swamp, Vimy Ridge and Tathra bushfire of 18 March 2018, David Gallan created two short videos documenting moments in the lives of some of the animals in the forest around him in the year that followed the fire. These videos give an intimate window into the lives of these animals, including bandicoots, possums, gliders, insects, frogs, wallabies […]

Cultural Burning News

Cultural Burning News

Australian Story ABC’s Australian Story recently presented “Fighting Fire With Fire” on the life and work of Indigenous Fire Practitioner Victor Steffensen and his mentors from Cape York. Victor has visited the Far South Coast several times in recent years to share his knowledge and support the development of a cultural burning program here. You […]

Post Fire Erosion Control

Post Fire Erosion Control

A series of 5 fact sheets on Post Fire Erosion Control for landholders has been developed by South East LLS. These focus on farming properties however, much of the information is also relevant to properties managed for conservation. Types of erosion and their impacts Erosion control techniques Ground cover management Monitoring Safety responsibilities and legislation. In […]

Post-Fire Plant ID Video from Eurobodalla

Post-Fire Plant ID Video from Eurobodalla

If you’re interested in identifying and learning more about some of the plants that are emerging after the fires, Eurobodalla Shire Council and Local Land Services have created a short video about some of the more common species, both weeds and natives. This is an important time for recovering landscapes and the information here will help you identify what you […]

Assisting Regeneration After Fire

Assisting Regeneration After Fire

Many landholders wanting to assist the recovery of bushfire affected areas are asking what they should do and what species they should be planting to speed up the recovery process. However, as Louise Brodie from the Australian Association of Bush Regenerators explains, in most cases, “the need for planting is likely to be rare in our fire […]

Fire Country by Victor Steffensen

Fire Country by Victor Steffensen

“Delving deep into the Australian landscape and the environmental challenges we face, Fire Country is a powerful account from Indigenous land management expert Victor Steffensen on how the revival of cultural burning practices, and improved ‘reading’ of country, could help to restore our land. From a young age, Victor has had a passion for traditional […]