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An information sheet on how to manage African Lovegrass in Lowland Grassy Woodlands in the Bega Valley is a great resource that was produced in November last year. It was written by Dr Josh Dorrough for the Far South Coast Landcare Association and the Farmers Network and is based on recent, ongoing research in this […]
The NSW Government is transforming the way we manage, protect and enhance our biodiversity in NSW. It has developed two draft Bills which are open for public comment until 28 June 2016 at 5pm. These are: Draft Biodiversity Conservation Bill (PDF, 755KB) Draft Local Land Services Amendment Bill (PDF, 394KB) The Biodiversity Conservation Bill is for a new Act […]
On Sunday 22nd May 2016 from 11am – 2.30pm, take an informative walk through Chatham Park Littoral Rainforest at Tuross Head with Botanist, Jackie Miles. Learn to identify the native rainforest plants and the threatening weeds. Land Services Officer, Peter Gow will be discussing a range of weed control techniques. Fungi specialist, Teresa Van Der Heul, will […]
Find out more about the new flora reserves that have been created in this area in the coastal forests between Tanja and Bermagui. This Saturday 23 April 9am-1pm at Tanja Hall on Barrabooka Road there will be information and displays on the reserves, fire management, koala surveys and volunteering opportunities. If you’d like to learn more about koala monitoring […]
Take two informative walks through the different types of rainforest which exist at Narooma – the Wagonga Inlet Littoral Rainforest and the Box Cutting Rainforest with Botanist, Jackie Miles. Learn to identify the native rainforest plants and the threatening weeds. Land Services Officer, Peter Gow will be discussing a range of weed control techniques. When: […]
In early March 2011, Karen Walker led a Native Seed Propagation Workshop for 16 landholders from the Bega Valley and Eurobodalla Shires. Karen is the for the Far South Coast Landcare Seedbank Coordinator. Held at Riverside Nursery in Bega, the workshop started with a guided tour by Coordinator Heidi Ashburner. Participants learnt about planting mediums, […]
Pauline Mendes made great use of what she learnt at a CMN Seed Collection workshop three years ago. Looking for a solution to rampant fireweed, she now has a paddock of trees which she grew from local native seed. This is what she wrote for the CMN Newsletter Autumn 2011: I attended a seed collection […]
Local botanists led three inspiring vegetation identification field days for the CMN last Spring (2010). These explored three very different landscapes across the Shire, in Towamba, Brogo and Tathra and brought together folks who share a passion for native plants and land management. Towamba was the perfect place for our Dry Grassy Woodlands day with […]
Liz Bateman & Richard Hobbs began planting trees on their 500 acre dairy property at Bemboka about 20 years ago. To provide shade for their cattle they planted a number of individual eucalypts in each paddock, adding to the few large remnant eucalypts scattered across the farm. About five years later they embarked on a […]
Vegetable dinosaurs are alive and well in the deepest, shadiest gullies of our local rainforests. Why does the Bolwarra, a dinosaur of the plant world, live in this part of the landscape? Local botanist Stuart Cameron explains this and more in a short version of his talk at the Tathra plant identification field day, held […]
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