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To celebrate National Bird Week, BirdLife Australia and the Birds in Backyards team have come together to bring you the third annual Aussie Backyard Bird Count between Monday 17 October and Sunday 23 October. Last year, more than 42,000 people participated, with over 1 million birds counted. Check out the results from the 2015 Aussie Backyard Bird Count here. You […]
A Hotspots workshop is planned for landholders and residents in coastal forests in the Nutleys, Baragoot, Cuttagee, Bunga, Murrah, Wapengo and Tanja areas on Saturday 15 October, 9am – 4.30pm at the Windsong Pavilion, Four Winds. The Hotspots Fire Project enables landholders and public land managers to work together to reduce bush fire risk across […]
Learn the skills and information you need to identify a range of common plants in this region. After lunch, try out your skills on a guided field walk in Bournda National Park. When: Thursday 13 October, 9.30am-3.30pm Where: Bournda Environmental Education Centre Botanist, Paul McPherson and Seedbank Coordinator, Karen Walker will use some of the most […]
Bruce Pascoe will be the guest speaker at the Far South Coast Landcare Association’s Annual General Meeting this year to be held on 13 October from 5.30pm at the Landcare Office at 71 Auckland St Bega. Bruce is a Bunurong man and a member of the Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative of southern Victoria. His books include Dark Emu, […]
With concerns increasing about the effects of commonly used herbicides in our landscape, and with many landholders asking what alternatives they can use to control weeds, the South East Wetland Carers Network organized a workshop on Low/No Chemical Weed Control at the end of winter this year. Here is a summary of some of the […]
Come along to the Tura Marrang Library (Tura Beach Drive, Tura Beach) on Friday 2nd September at 2pm to hear Geoff Robertson from Canberra talk about reptiles in this region and how using citizen science we can learn more about these wonderful creatures and how we might identify and conserve them. This is the second of a […]
Threatened Species Day is a national day held each year on 7 September to commemorate the death of the last remaining Tasmanian tiger at Hobart Zoo in 1936. It is a time to reflect on what happened in the past and how we can protect our threatened species in the future – a day to […]
Two upcoming Native Grasses workshops will be held in Cooma and Braidwood this September, to help participants make informed decisions about sowing and managing native grasses. Guest speaker is Dr Ian Chivers (Native Seeds Pty Ltd, Victoria), co-author of Australian Native Grasses: Key species and their uses, 4th edition. (First 20 people to register for […]
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 & […]
A free Windbreak Design Workshop is being held at The Crossing Land Education Centre in Bermagui on Friday 9 September from 10am-4pm, led by Dean Turner (the Crossing), John Champage (SCPA) and Chris Post (Far South Coast Landcare). The day includes information on windbreak design to reduce impacts from wind and fire as well as to provide essential […]
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