Murrumbidgee Landcare e-news - February 2018
Welcome to the February edition of Murrumbidgee Landcare's e-news, our first for 2018.
We have an action-packed few months ahead, with lots of exciting opportunities coming up. The first ever Hay Ag & Pastoral Innovation Expo is being held on 9 and 10 March, and will showcase a great selection of innovative equipment and technology for production in extensive agricultural zones.
There are lots of grants open at the moment, including the popular Environmental Trust Restoration and Rehabilitation Grants, the 2018 NSW Farmers Tertiary Scholarship applications and the new Wine Australia Export and Regional Wine Support Package.
There are also a range of events specifically targeting rural women, including a Women in Rice workshop at Jerilderie on 22 Feb, a Women in Grazing workshop at Gunning on 2 Mar, and Grants to attend a “Women and Leadership” Symposium.
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 or the Murrumbidgee Landcare office.
Nicole and the team at MLi
News
Positions Vacant - Local Landcare Coordinators - Applications close 18 Feb
Help protect our land and be in with a chance of winning big!
Glossy Black-Cockatoo - Upcoming bird counts
Public exhibition of Yanga NP Draft Plan of Management - Submissions close 23 Apr
Upcoming events
Good Governance for Community Groups workshop - Young - 15 Feb
1080 / Pindone baiting course - Boorowa - 20 Feb
Screening of ‘Food Evolution’ and GM panel discussion - Wagga - 20 Feb
Protected Cropping Trade Expo - Griffith - 20 Feb
Future Farming Expo 2018 - Donald, VIC - 21 Feb
Women in Rice - Jerilderie - 22 Feb
Agrihack 2018 - Wagga - 1 to 2 Mar
Women in Grazing - Gunning - 2 Mar
"Water for Small Farms" field day - Bungendore - 3 Mar
Clean up Australia Day - Wagga - 4 Mar
Collaborative farming - Models for success - Wagga - 8 Mar
Hay Ag & Pastoral Innovation Expo - Hay - 9 to 10 Mar
Movies Under the Stars - Wagga - 10 Mar, 24 Mar and 7 Apr
Intrepid Landcare "Wild Wellbeing" workshop - Otford (nr Sydney) - 11 Mar
Natural Sequence Farming course - Bungendore - 12 to 16 Mar
Fenner Conference on the Environment: Urban Sustainability & Conservation - Canberra - 4 to 6 Apr
Funding and other opportunities
Women and Leadership Symposium partial grants - Close when 100 grants awarded
AgriFutures Horizon Scholarships applications - Close 23 Feb
NSW Clean Energy knowledge sharing initiative - Closes 28 Feb
Wine Australia Export and Regional Wine Support Package - Closes 2 Mar
2018 NSW Farmers Tertiary Scholarship applications - Close 5 Mar
Environmental Trust Research Grants - Close 12 Mar
Australian Flora Foundation Research grants - Close 15 Mar
Restoration and Rehabilitation Grants - Close 26 Mar
Churchill Fellowships applications - Close 27 Apr
Horticulture Innovation Churchill Fellowships - Close 27 Apr
Supplier Improvement Plan applications - Ongoing
Indigenous Advancement Strategy Community Led Grants - Ongoing
Newsletters
Landcare NSW Bulletin - December 2017
The Advocate (the newsletter of Landcare NSW) - December 2017
Landcare in Focus (the newsletter of Landcare Australia) - November 2017
The Murrumbidgee Naturalist (the newsletter of the Murrumbidgee Field Naturalists) - December 2017
NRM on Farms - December 2017
Grassy Groundcover Gazette (Greening Australia's newsletter on grassy restoration projects) - December 2017
The Innovator (the newsletter from the Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation) - Summer 2017
Connections (the newsletter from CSU's Institute for Land, Water and Society) - February 2018
Decision Point (a newsletter connecting conservation policy makers, researchers and practitioners) - No. 103 January 2018
