It’s been a busy week of tree planting in the Araluen Valley with the Upper Deua Catchment Landcare hosting back-to-back revegetation days on the banks of the Araluen Creek. The first tree planting was held on the cool but sunny Saturday 27 May. Twenty-one volunteers turned up to help plant over 400 tubestock across two...

Luke Hamilton is no stranger to finding messages in bottles — he’s found two already in the past month. But his latest find was particularly intriguing. The message, enclosed in a scotch bottle and sealed with a cork and a screw-top, was written on packing slips from the cargo ship that it was tossed from and...

Boorowa Community Landcare Group The Boorowa Central School recently participated in a 6 month project which partnered with NSW Health, the Boorowa Landcare Group, Tilt Renewables, Bunnings Young and NSW Cancer Council to create a welcoming, shaded, biodiverse and productive playground for their students to enjoy and learn from, now and in the future. The...

Georgeanna Story Upper Murrumbidgee Landcare Committee Weeds are a continual problem for many of us and understanding which are of greater concern can sometimes be confusing. To help with this issue Michelago Landcare hosted Snowy-Monaro Regional Council Biosecurity Coordinator, Brett Jones at a recent weeds information session. Brett explained how the changes in legislation have...

Melinda Kent, Cooma Landcare In late October last year Cooma Landcare had the pleasure of working alongside Year 5 students from St Patricks School in Cooma to plant over 120 native plants (mostly grasses) along the riparian zone of Cooma Back Creek. On the day the students were ready, willing and super organised completing the...