Murrumbidgee Landcare e-news No.34 - February 2015

The Fungi – An introduction to a curious kingdom. Workshops with Alison Pouliot 18 March - Tumut 11 April - Bowning 12 April - Wagga Wagga

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NEWS

• Frogs: a glovebox guide - available for purchase now
• Communicating biosecurity, animal health & emergency diseases
• A surprising highlight - MFN Cabrummarra weekend
• NSW DPI website - testers required
• 18th NSW Weeds Conference - call for abstracts
• Weed Management for Conservation Symposium - call for abstracts
• Seeking WildCount volunteers
• Seeking koala survey volunteers - Mundoonen Nature Reserve
• Get involved -Taylors Creek Landcare Glossy Black Cockatoo Project
• Hay Landcare grazed native vegetation project
• Binalong Landcare native pasture and alternative fertilizer study
• Landcare Hero Honour Roll
• Bitterns in Rice project - 2014-2015 season update
• Emergency Water Infrastructure Rebate

UPCOMING EVENTS

• Gang-gang Survey/muster count – ACT - 9-25 February
• Feral Fox Fighters - free training - 27 February 2015
• Clean Up Australia Day - Bookham Cemetery - 1 March 2015
• Erosion control workshop - 21 February + 7 March 2015
• Yass Landcare Ninja turtle day - 22 February 2015
• The River Paddock field day - 24 February 2015
• ABARES Outlook Conference - 3 March 2015
• 2015 Rice Field Day - 5 March 2015
• Holistic Management training - 9 March 2015
• Sustainable grazing & pasture cropping workshop - Coleambally - 16 March 2015
• Sustainable grazing & pasture cropping workshop - Narrandera - 17 March 2015
• Fungi: An Introduction to a Curious Kingdom - Tumut - 18 March 2015
• Koala survey Mundoonen Nature Reserve - 28 March 2015
• Fungi: An Introduction to a Curious Kingdom - Bowning- 11 April 2015
• Fungi: An Introduction to a Curious Kingdom - Wagga Wagga - 12 April 2015
• 18th NSW Weeds Conference - 12-15 October 2015

For more upper Murrumbidgee catchment events, see » ACT Landcare

FUNDING

• Rivers of Carbon, Yass River Linkages
• Griffith City Council Community Grant Program
• Griffith City Council grant writing workshop - 9 March 2015
• How to apply for grants workshop - 13 March 2015
• Round 3 Green Army project - 17 March 2015
• Small grants - Foundation for Regional & Rural Renewal - 27 March 2015
• RE Ross Trust grants

FOR SCHOOLS

• Yates Junior Landcare Winter Vegie Challenge
• The water cycle in the Murray Darling Basin
• Ride2School Day resources - 13 March 2015
• International Day of Action for Rivers - 14 March 2015
• World Water Day resources - 22 March 2015
• Coles Junior Landcare grants - 27 March 2015
• Junior Landcare - Creating a frog pond

LANDCARE GROUP MEETINGS

• Taylors Creek Landcare - 16 February 2015
• Wagga Wagga Urban Landcare - 18 February 2015
• Bowning & Bookham District Landcare - 19 February 2015
• Queanbeyan Landcare - 3 March 2015
• Wagga Wagga Urban Landcare - 4 March 2015
• Murrumbateman Landcare - 5 March 2015
• Molonglo Catchment Group - 16 March 2015
• Kyeamba Valley Landcare - 11 March 2015
• Murrumbidgee Field Naturalists - 12 March 2015
• Tarcutta Valley Landcare - 17 March 2015
• Southern ACT Catchment Group - 24 March 2014
• Narrandera Urban Landcare - 24 March 2015
• Upper Murrumbidgee Landcare Committee - 7 April 2015

RESEARCH & OPINION

• Evaluation of who cares about the environment (1994 - 2012)
• Scattered trees are keystone structures – Implications for conservation

NEWSLETTERS updates

• Decision Point - Connecting conservation policy makers, researchers and practitioners.
• NRM on Farms

ADVOCACY

• Sustaining Landcare campaign - ACT NOW!

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