Welcome to the April edition of Murrumbidgee Landcare's e-news!

Murrumbidgee Landcare is currently very busy working to develop a strategic plan for Landcare in the Riverina - and we’d like to hear from you!

Landcare has been around in the Riverina since the early 1990s. Almost 30 years on, it is time to celebrate what has worked, identify priorities for moving forward and to set in place a plan for all stakeholders to work better together. The outcomes will be of enormous benefit for our region as we continue to work with many sectors of the community in natural resource management and agriculture.

So how can you get involved? We want to hear from everyone, whether you’re currently involved in Landcare or not! Here’s how you can have your say:

• Attend a Focus Group [1]: We’re holding a series of 2-hour focus group sessions, at Hay [2], Leeton [3], Murrumburrah [4], Adelong [5], Humula [6] and Henty [7]. All sessions will be held between 1 and 3 May, and will be 2 hours long with light refreshments provided. For more details, and to RSVP, click here [1]

• Complete the Online Survey [8]: The survey is now open here [8]. It only takes around 10 minutes to complete. The survey will close on 30 April.

As always, if you would like more information on anything, or would like to talk to someone about Landcare in your region, please feel free to contact your Local Landcare Coordinator [9] or the Murrumbidgee Landcare office [10].

Nicole and the team at MLi

 

News

Riverina Landcare Strategic Plan 2023 [11] - Survey closes 31 Apr

Apply to join a NPWS regional advisory committee [12] - Closes 1 May

Sheep producers - Survey of needs [13]

LLS Autumn feeding guide for sheep released [14]

Gully erosion and assessment control guide released [15]

“Spidentify” - New interactive app for Australian spider identification [16]

Long-term silverleaf nightshade control: Updated tips and tactics [17]

 

 

Upcoming events

Rivers field day - Numeralla [18] - 21 Apr

Traditional burning for the 21st century workshops - Various locations, upper Murrumbidgee [19] - Various dates between 21 Apr and 2 Jun

Toddler Toddles - Livingstone National Park (nr Wagga) [20] - 22 Apr

Understanding lameness, with Neil Chesterton - Finley [21] - 23 Apr

Active Farmers - Tarcutta [22] - Every Wed morning

School holiday program: All about frogs! - Gunning [23] - 27 Apr

Bird identification field day - Colinton [24] - 27 Apr

Healthy Country Planning training workshop - Blackheath (nr Sydney) [25] - 27 to 29 Apr

"It's a wetland" field day - Dalgety [26] - 28 Apr

Boorowa Community Landcare group meeting - Boorowa [27] - 28 Apr

Sandy Point retreat - Vic [28] - 28 to 29 Apr

Creek walk and BBQ - Bywong [29] - 29 Apr

"Food and fibre: The original STEM" conference - Canberra [30] - 29 to 30 Apr

Australasian Network for Ecology and Transportation conference - Creswick, VIC [31] - 29 Apr to 2 May

Riverina Landcare Strategic Planning focus groups - Various locations [1] - 1, 2 & 3 May

Event Development workshops - Wagga, Griffith & Albury [32] - 1, 2 & 3 May

Farming with agroecology course - Upper Lachlan [33] - 1, 2, 29 & 30 May (4-day course)

Biological weed control training day - Corrowong (nr Delegate) [34] - 3 May

Landcare and Friends Celebration Dinner - Royalla [35] - 5 May

Animal health and biosecurity workshop - Murrumbateman [36] - 5 May

Tarcutta Valley Landcare Group AGM - Humula [37] - 9 May

KVLG AGM and dinner with Ginny Stevens - Wagga [38] - 10 May

Binalong Landcare AGM and drone workshop - Binalong [39] - 10 May

Inaugural South-east Australia Aboriginal Fire Forum - Canberra [40] - 10 to 12 May

Curlew Summit - Albury [41] - 16 May

"Conservation in Action" conference - Bathurst [42] - 16-17 May

Who's living on my land? - Yerong Creek [43] - 19 May

Join the climate conversation - Yass [44] - 25 May

National Science Exchange 2018 - Melbourne [45] - 29 to 31 May

Lunch with Charles Massy [46] - 29 Jun

Citizen Science forum - Brisbane [47] - 11 Aug

AgCatalyst - Melbourne [48] - 15 Aug

21st Australasian Weeds Conference - Sydney [49] - 9 to 13 Sep

2018 National Landcare Conference and Awards - Brisbane [50] - 10 to 12 Oct

Annual Food Sovereignty Convergence - Canberra [51] - 15 to 16 Oct

 

 

Funding and other opportunities

Australian Geographic Society sponsorship [52] - Closes 30 Apr

Wagga City Council Annual Grants Program [53] - Closes 14 May

AgriEducate Essay Competition [54] - Closes 21 May

Max Day Environmental Science Fellowship Award [55] - Closes 1 Jun

Spirit of Grains - Competition for kids [56] - Closes 17 Sep

Indigenous Advancement Strategy Community Led Grants [57] - Ongoing