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New Landcare Facilitator for Mount Alexander
Connecting Country has received a $204,600 share of the Victorian Government’s $12 million Victorian Local Landcare Facilitator Initiative grant to provide local Landcare support up to June 2015. And,...
View ArticleVictorian Landcare Program – Draft Strategic Plan
The Victorian Government is in the process of deciding how best it will support Landcare in the future. As such they’ve developed a draft strategic plan for the Victorian Landcare Project and would...
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21 Oct 2012 – Free Campbells Creek Event
Friends of Campbells Creek Landcare Group has organised a Free Community Event for Saturday 21 October. This is a family day for people to relax and enjoy themselves with a variety of activities and a...
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Farm Tree and Landcare Association Newsletter
The latest edition of the Farm Tree & Landcare Association newsletter is now available. It includes information on a wide range of Victorian grants, events and environmental items including how to...
View ArticleCommunity Landcare Grants Now Open
Community Landcare Grants ranging between $5,000 and $50,000 are available to support local sustainable agriculture and community engagement projects, as part of the Australian Government’s $2.2...
View ArticleRural Property Theft Awareness and Prevention Signage
Nuggetty Land Protection Group will launch their Rural Property Theft Awareness and Prevention signage at a community morning tea in the Maldon Community Centre, 3 Francis Street, Maldon on Saturday...
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Shire’s Community Grants Scheme Open Now
The Mount Alexander Shire Council recently announced the opening of its 2013 Community Grants Scheme. The round closes on Friday 11 October 2013. Grants of $500 to $3,000 are available in the category...
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Talking Landcare in the Midland Express
Have you read the Midland Express this week? Mount Alexander Region Landcare groups got a big boost this week with the publication of a full 2-page spread in the Midland Express newspaper called...
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28 Sept 2014 – Landcare Golf Day
Members of all Landcare and Friends groups across the Shire are invited to a Landcare Golf Day on 28 September to celebrate Landcare. The day has been organised by Muckleford Catchment Landcare Group,...
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Back from the Brink
Which weed is your main bane? Participants at our sixth workshop session on October 5th 2014 reeled off a lengthy list. The most despaired over were spiny rush, gorse, blackberry, bridal veil creeper,...
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28 March 2015 – Mysterious, Mosquito-munching Micro-bats!
Newstead Landcare’s first presentation for the year will be on Saturday 28th March at 3pm by Dr Lindy Lumsden, a wildlife ecologist at Arthur Rylah Institute. The talk will be at the Newstead...
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The ‘Landcare Trailer’ is back in business
The Landcare trailer has been in a ‘transition phase’ since October last year when the Mount Alexander Shire Council decided that they could no longer house it and Connecting Country said that they...
View ArticleCelebrating a 10th Anniversary in the grasslands of northern Victoria
The good people of the Northern Plains Conservation Management Network are celebrating their 10th anniversary. With guest speakers, a visit to a specially protected Grassy Ecosystem on private...
View Article30 Aug 2015 – Wheel Cactus Injecting Day
Tony Kane from the Tarrangower Cactus Control Group has let us know that they are holding their monthly working bee on Sunday 30th August at a property on the extension of Tarrengower School Road off...
View ArticleHave your say: Landcare in Victoria
You may have already heard about the review of the Victorian Landcare Program happening currently, as announced by the Victorian Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Water Lisa Neville....
View Article16 Sept 2015 – Rabbit-buster Roadshow
The Rabbit-buster Roadshow is moving across north-central Victoria, with the nearest event to the Mount Alexander Shire occurring on the evening of Wednesday 16 Sept at the Belvoir Park Golf Club in...
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Camp on The Mount – Landcare Style!
Click image to download flyer. Camping experiences come in many styles… There’s summer holiday camping, normally with about 200 other people and ice-cream shop nearby; hiking camping, in a tiny tent...
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Needle Grass & the Damage Done
Chilean Needle Grass, Texas Needle Grass and their close relative Serrated Tussock will be the focus of an information session at the Barfold Hall on Saturday 17th October 2015. This photo from New...
View ArticleOctober 2015 edition of North Central Chat
The latest issue of the NCCMA’s newsletter, the North Central Chat, is now available for download (click here). It contains stories of events that have taken place across the North Central region...
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Know your weeds and what to do with them!
David Cameron stresses that proper identification of weeds is essential Did you know that there are at least 3 distinct species of Blackberry found in our area? Each of these have a different...
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