Murrumbidgee Landcare e-news No. 6 August 2011
- Junior Landcare Garden Grants
- Murrumbidgee CMA Community Partnerships Program 2011-12
- Be Natural Landcare grants
- 14th Murrumbidgee Landcare Annual Forum
- Family night stalk - Kyeamba Valley Landcare Group
- NSW Landcare Forum
- Graham Centre Annual Field Day - Wagga
- Farming Ahead 2011 - Land, water and carbon conference
- Reaching the organic market - Free workshop in Wagga
- 5th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture
- Carbon Farming Conference - Dubbo
- Stipa Native Grasslands Conference - Holbrook
- National Threatened Species Day
- Free compost available
Junior Landcare Garden Grants
Coles and Yates are working together with Junior Landcare to offer $10,000 worth of Garden Grants to schools and youth groups. The program is being run as a competition, with a $5,000 grant up for grabs, as well as five $1,000 grants.
Murrumbidgee CMA Community Partnerships Program 2011-12
Funding of up to $20,000 per project is available to incorporated community groups and not-for-profit organisations to undertake small on-ground projects tackling important local natural resource management issues.
Be Natural Landcare grants
Landcare Australia and Be Natural have launched a grant program to provide grants of up to $5,000 to 25 Landcare groups. The program is designed to enable groups to continue their work in tackling local environmental issues by providing funding to help with the continuation of ongoing projects.
14th Murrumbidgee Landcare Annual Forum
Presented by Murrumbidgee Landcare Inc with the Kyeamba Valley Landcare Group
WHEN 26th - 27th October 2011
WHERE Ladysmith Hall
TIME Day 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Dinner and Guest Speaker 6:00 pm on 26th October
Family night stalk - Kyeamba Valley Landcare Group
© Esther BeatonBrave children and their parents are invited to join the Kyeamba Valley Landcare Group's Family Night Stalk!
The night will start with a free BBQ. Australian National University Woodlands scientist, Rebecca Montague-Drake, will then lead the group on the night-time stalk, as we discover arboreal marsupials in our local woodlands.
NSW Landcare Forum
Head to Parkes for the 2011 NSW Landcare and Catchment Management Forum and the NSW Landcare Awards. Parkes and Districts Landcare will host the 2011 NSW Landcare & Catchment Management Forum in Parkes from the 5-7 September 2011.
Graham Centre Annual Field Day - Wagga
The Annual Field Day for the EH Graham Centre will be held on Wednesday 7 September 2011, from 8.30 am to 12 noon. The theme for this year's event is "Research for mixed farming systems".
The Field Day will be held at the Graham Centre Field Site, located at the corner of Prices Rd and Coolamon Rd, Wagga.
Farming Ahead 2011 - Land, water and carbon conference
The Kondinin Group's Farming Ahead 2011 conference aims to present a comprehensive approach to the biggest issues confronting Australian farming's key assets - land, water and carbon.
Reaching the organic market - Free workshop in Wagga
TM Organics are conducting a free one-day workshop on "Reaching the Organic Market", for producers interested in learning more about the organics market.
5th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture
Incorporating 3rd Farming Systems Design Conference. Brisbane. Australia, host for the 5th WCCA and 3rd FSD, welcomes scientists and practitioners to Brisbane to discuss current and future developments of sustainable agriculture next year. The co-location of WCCA and FSD provides a great opportunity to explore the application of conservation agriculture practices and prin
Carbon Farming Conference - Dubbo
The 2011 "Carbon Farming Conference and Expo: Preparing Farmers to Trade" will be held at the Dubbo Regional Theatre and Convention Centre on Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 September 2011.
There will also be a "Festival of Fertiliser" expo, to be held on Tuesday 27 September 2011.
Stipa Native Grasslands Conference - Holbrook
Stipa, the Native Grasslands Association, present the Seventh National Native Grasslands Conference: Managing native grasslands for soil and animal health.
The conference will be held at the Holbrook Town Hall on Wednesday 9 and Thursday 10 November 2011.
National Threatened Species Day
National Threatened Species Day (NTSD) is held on 7 September each year - commemorating the death of the last Tasmanian tiger at Hobart Zoo in 1936. Events are held nationally throughout September - Biodiversity Month. Australia's landscapes and species have been severely impacted by over 200 years of habitat loss and fragmentation.
Free compost available
Cargill Beef Australia are offering free composting material to landholders, for use on rural/agricultural land.
Cargill are able to supply 200 t per year, and have offered to supply the material free of charge to interested landholders.
