Position Available – Seedbank Coordinator – Far South Coast Landcare

Position Available – Seedbank Coordinator – Far South Coast Landcare

The Far South Coast Landcare Association is seeking to fill the position of Community Seedbank Coordinator for one day/week for 1-2 years. The Coordinator is responsible for collection, storage and cataloguing of local provenance native seed, supply of seed to local nurseries and landholders for propagation, liaising with Landcare staff and other government agencies and training for […]

New Landcare Coordinator for Far South Coast

New Landcare Coordinator for Far South Coast

Jess Bettanin is the newly appointed Local Landcare Coordinator for the beautiful NSW Far South Coast region. Jess has a passion for working with people who truly care about their local land, water and environmental assets. She has a background in natural resource management and fire management and has most recently worked for the Bega Valley Shire Council […]

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 […]

Biological Control for Wandering Trad

Biological Control for Wandering Trad

Last week, the CSIRO worked with the Bega River and Wetlands Landcare Group (BRAWL) to release a biological control for Wandering trad (Tradescantia fluminensis). Wandering trad is a groundcover plant native to South America that has become a significant environmental weed of temperate Australia. It forms dense swathes along the forest floor, particularly in moist riparian zones, […]

Bemboka River Reserve Field Day – 23 October

Bemboka River Reserve Field Day – 23 October

It’s three years since the CMN visited Bemboka River Reserve, one of the best remnants of endangered Lowland Grassy Woodland in the Bega Valley. So we’d like to return this Spring on Friday 23 October from 9.30am-12.30pm for a field day with botanist Jackie Miles. You’re invited to come and see what’s flowering, identify the plants that make up […]

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 […]

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 […]