You are invited to an exciting agroforestry farm walk at the Archies Creek property of Ric Oldham. Ric has recently commenced integrating agroforestry into his farming operation with support from a VicForests support grant.
You are invited to an exciting event to hear about Deakin Universities Blue Carbon Lab ‘Monitoring your Farm Dam Emissions’ project.
This citizen science project is working with farmers to monitor the health of farm dams. The program provides landowners with easy to install floating sensors that monitor in real time emissions such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide. Kongwak Hills Landcare Group are pleased to invite you to "Homes for Wildlife", a nesting box education session presented by award-winning naturalist Gio Fitzpatrick.
The Farm Business Resilience Program is supporting farmers to develop the knowledge and skills they need to improve their farm business and be better equipped to manage the impacts of drought and a changing climate.
The French Island Landcare Nursery and Community Garden was officially opened on the 27th January 2024 by the French Island Landcare Group and the Western Port Biosphere.
Our 'Promoting and demonstrating ‘Fire Wise’ planning and implementation in the Bass Coast' project is progressing well since out last project update in November 2023.
The project is funded by the Australian Governments Preparing Australian Communities program in partnership with the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife (FNPW). FNPW is an environmental charity organisation, that has been assisting communities to restore and conserve Australia’s natural environment for more than 50 years. The Bass Coast Landcare Network, supported by VicForests and Gippsland Agroforestry Network, are hosting this exciting field day on ‘Agroforestry, Harvesting and marketing your product’.
The field day will be visiting the Glen Alvie property of Jon and Margaret Hauser who have been growing and managing timber plantations of their property for 20 years, commencing in 2003. They have recently commenced harvesting and have invested in their own portable mill. Gippsland Threatened Species Action Group and Birdlife Bass Coast are working on a project to conserve Blue-Winged Parrots (BWPs).
Are you concerned about storm impacts, power and communication outages or the local fire risk? Join us for an interactive workshop focused on building resilience in emergency situations.
In partnership with the Mulloon Institute the Bass Coast Landcare Network presents 'Restoring landscape function on your farm'. Learn how to apply simple strategies to improve productivity and
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