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Let’s Muster!
We need YOU to share your ideas on a Landcare volunteer celebratory event for early 2025 – a Regional Landcare Muster! It’s been a couple of years since our last region-wide gathering at Minimbah Teaching Place in Broke/ Bulga, so it’s definitely time to... read moreTree Identification and Indigenous Knowledge Workshops Recap
Following on from last year’s successful bush food workshops Hunter Local Land Services has brought the team back together for another series of workshops this time on plants, cultural knowledge, artefacts and sites and what to do if you find them. Presented by... read morePlant of the Month: Not a Murder Chicken!
Despite being named for their leaves resemblance to the feathers of the Cassowary Casuarinas are unlikely to attempt to disembowel you should you startle one while out bushwalking, unlikely, but no guarantees. While they may look like pine trees, Casuarinas (and... read moreWine Country Community Day
On the 11th of April Wine Country Landcare had a community day to display recent works to establish a bushfood garden at Wine House, Hunter Valley. After the Welcome to Country by Aunty Tracey Skene, Upper Hunter coordinator Paul Melehan talked about the plants in the... read moreWhat’s in a Name? Critter Time
So far we’ve looked mostly at plant names and what they mean but as an equal opportunities columnist I figured I’d better do something for the critter lovers amongst us and translate a few animal names Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus Tachy – fast, -glossus... read moreCollaborative ‘Dig-It’- Lake Liddell Recreation Reserve
As part of the Dig-It Grant obtained from Local Land Services in April 2022 and a Landcare Grant from Muswellbrook Shire Council, Lake Liddell hosted another planting day on Friday 22nd March 2024. Ten volunteers from AGL’s Bayswater Power Station were involved with... read moreJunior Landcare Grants now open!
Junior Landcare grants help bring sustainability into classrooms across Australia to teach children how to care for their local environment. Available for Schools and Early Childhood Centres. There are 1,000 grants worth $1,000 each up for grabs. You only have until... read moreCommunity Recognition Statement – EarthCare Park Landcare
EarthCare Park Landcare, a beacon of environmental stewardship, earned well-deserved recognition at the Parliament of NSW Legislative Assembly on September 19, 2023. MP Jenny Aitchison, the Minister for Regional Transport and Roads, took a moment to formally acknowledge the remarkable achievements of EarthCare Park Landcare group for their outstanding work on their 50-hectare site in East Maitland.
read moreThe Housing crisis is real – for native fauna.
We know that nest boxes are not as good as the real thing – You can’t beat what nature offers in a mature ecosystem, a nice variety of hollows in different shapes and sizes. But we can help with the shortage in the short term, while nature works its magic.
read moreState & Territory Landcare Awards
Time is ticking by to submit your award nomination for yourself or someone you think has made an awesome contribution to Landcare and community resilience of the past year or so.
read moreNSW DPE Koala Survey
The NSW DPE would like to invite Landcare community members to participate in the first field-based, statewide koala baseline survey in NSW.
read moreFiresticks Recognition Ceremony and Hunter Local Land Services Cultural Fire Forum
Congratulations to the first graduates of the Hunter Region, Firesticks Cultural Burn, Fire Practitioner Course, a three year journey supported by LLS and Tocal College. read moreGrowing Together: A Flourishing Month for Landcare Plant Distribution!
In the heart of Muswellbrook, our Landcare nursery has been buzzing with activity this month as we proudly distributed a whopping 1150 plants to eager Landcarers. The green thumb community is thriving, and the total number of tubestock plants shared among Landcarers... read moreA Koala Tree Effort
Deloitte Ltd has recently donated a few thousand trees to Aussie Ark and Hunter Region Landcare Network. The trees donated to Aussie Ark will be used to enhance the mid story areas in their enclosures providing habitat for the smaller critters Aussie Ark is breeding,... read moreThe Marvels of Australian Mistletoe: Busting Common Myths
Australian mistletoe plays a crucial role in supporting biodiversity, punching above its weight in ecological significance
read morePlant of the Month: Would you like a cuppa?
When you’re out of tea (or coffee) you’ll pretty much use anything and that must have led to some interesting experimentation by the first colonists, I’m guessing many were tried with some very interesting results before settling on some more or less acceptable “tea” making species.
read moreNative Bush Tucker planting with Hunter Valley Wine Country Landcare
With 20mm of rain falling in Pokolbin on the 27th and 28th October, we picked a good time to hold the Native Bush Tucker planting at Winehouse Hunter Valley in Pokolbin.
read moreWater for Wildlife
In the wake of the catastrophic drought and fires in 2019-2020, WIRES launched the WATER FOR WILDLIFE program with The University of Sydney to provide supplementary water for arboreal wildlife.
read moreAussie Ark Visit & Weedy Weekends coming in 2024
Recently the Hunter Region Landcare Network and Mid Coast to Tops Landcare Connection visited Aussie Ark for our monthly gathering. What a treat it was to see the valuable work in wildlife conservation happening right in our region! Thousands of hectares of conservation land that is fully fenced against pest species such as foxes and feral pigs, to provide a safe area for wildlife to thrive and breed in the wild.
read moreDonkey Orchids at Greta Central Park
HRLN held its first working bee with volunteers at Greta Central Park this month. Greta Central; during the session, we discovered a beautiful patch of donkey orchids, Diuris punctata.
read moreFriends of Tomaree Landcare Group – Site Visit
When you join the Hunter Region Network, you not only have the opportunity to add value and skills to the planning and delivery of local and regional landcare projects, you also get to see landcare projects in action on the 3rd Monday of each month at our committee... read moreLandcare Farming video series in the Hunter
Hunter Region Landcare Network has produced a three part video series about Peter Dreyer, Gresford Landcare member and farmer who is putting soil health and ecology first in his production, to inspire all of us for a better future. In this captivating three-part... read more2023 NSW Environmental Education Awards
The Awards are presented to individuals, programs and businesses who have made an exemplary contribution to the field of environmental education.
read moreOur Bushland: Home of the Regent Honeyeater poster competition
The winning schools in the Our Bushland: Home of the Regent Honeyeater poster competition were Mulbring Public School and St.Patrick’s Cessnock, while winning students came from Mulbring Public School, St Patrick’s Cessnock and West Cessnock Public School.
read moreDungog’s Iconic Weeping Lilly Pilly Trees (500 to 1000 years old)
The removal of privet from the banks of the Williams River at Abbott’s Flat has uncovered one of Dungog’s secret treasures – the magnificent ancient Weeping Lilly Pillys, previously hard to see because of encroaching greenery and the branches of weeds.
read moreCane Toad season is fast approaching, and we are on the lookout.
Think you have seen a cane toad? They can be easily mistaken for large native frogs.
read moreFunding for Landcare groups in the Newcastle Electorate
Hunter Region Landcare Network has been granted funding through the NSW Government Premier’s Department, thanks to Tim Crakenthorp MP, your Member for Newcastle.
read moreHunter Region Planning for the next 4 years of the National Landcare Program
Our Coordinators from the Hunter Region Landcare Network are now scheduling visits to all Landcare groups and private landowner Landcare groups in the Hunter region to assess the needs and capture the ideas of each group/ area for the next 4 years of the National Landcare Program funding.
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