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National Threatened Species Day on 7 September is our annual reminder to spotlight native plants, animals and ecosystems that are under threat, reflect on how we can protect them in the future and remember the plants and animals we’ve lost to the extinction crisis. Have a look at the NSW Government’s latest Saving Our Species newsletter published today which […]
Recent winter rains have provided good soil moisture levels and full dams, ideal for planting this spring. If you’re feeling inspired to undertake a larger scale planting project on your property, planning ahead and giving yourself plenty of time to prepare your site will make your job easier and increase the health, survival and growth rates of […]
South East Local Land Services has introduced another tool in their efforts to monitor and understand the behaviour of wild deer on the Far South Coast, working with land managers between Kiah and Moruya over the next four years to trap, collar and release fallow and sambar deer and track their movements. Local Land Services Senior Biosecurity […]
The Far South Coast Landcare Community Seedbank provides small quantities of local provenance seed for free to landholders in the Bega Valley Shire. The Seedbank is coordinated by Karen Walker who collects and processes seed from right across the local landscape, mostly in the hottest, driest months of the year, and stores it in a […]
In an effort to support rural landholders who have been impacted by the fire events over summer, Council has secured grant funds through the NSW DPI South East Regional Weeds Program for weed control vouchers to assist in the control of priority weed species within the Bega Valley Shire. These include African lovegrass, Serrated tussock, St […]
Bare soil is a weed’s best friend. Recent drought and fires have left plenty of bare ground across the Shire and with the help of winter rains we will see all the priority weed species emerge strongly this season as the weather warms up. These will include African lovegrass, Blackberry, Serrated tussock, St Johns Wort […]
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 […]
South East Environment is a new newsletter produced by the South East Biodiversity and Conservation team from the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment. It began as a locally-focussed digital newsletter about wildlife recovery along the NSW south east coast during and after the fires. It has now been extended to cover the southern highlands, the southern […]
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 […]
Join botanist Jackie Miles for a virtual walk along Dry River in Quaama six months after fire swept through the area on New Years Eve 2019. Find out what plants are coming back in the riparian forest and how different plants respond to fire. Make yourself a cuppa and have a look at this series of […]
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