Wettenhall Environment Trust – Small Environmental Grant Scheme
These grants are for projects about flora and fauna conservation around Australia. Grants are issued four times a year, every year – February, May, August and November. These projects should involve any of the following: monitoring, recording and sharing data...
City of Newcastle Environmental Grants
Applications for the City of Newcastle 2026 Environment Grant program open on Monday, 4 May and close on Sunday, 31 May 2026. Grants of $2,000 - $10,000 (ex GST) are available. Outreach programs such as bioblitz or citizen science activities, installing...
Landcare Agony Aunt – A Case of the Dog-haired Blues
Landcare Agony Aunt: some seasonal advice for your Landcaring questionsA Case of the Dog-Haired Blues Dear Agony Aunt, I recently fulfilled a lifelong dream and bought a rural property up the Valley. About five acres is a thicket of young wattles and eucalypts so...
Merriwa Nursery takes shape
Nursery News: Sorry, no Choccy Bickies! You may have heard, a while ago we were fortunate enough to get a grant from the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife for the construction of a community nursery at Merriwa. Well, after lots of issues with location and...
Alpha First Aid Grants
Alpha First Aid Grants 2026 To enable community centres, clubs, and not-for-profit organisations, no matter the size, to acquire your own Automated External Defibrillator (AED). Promoting the accessibility of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in community...
Birdlife Australia Grants
Birdlife Australia Grants 2026 Two grant streams support bird conservation by empowering passionate Australian groups to act for birds, with up to $10,000 in funding for projects that align with Birdlife Australia’s Bird Conservation Strategy. Grant Streams In 2026,...
Local Land Services On Farm Bush Regenerators’ Guides
Local Land Services have two excellent guides for budding farm bush regenerators. Land Managers Training Manual: bush regen techniques on farm Property Plan Template: bush regen weed control
Hollow Logs for Habitat Giveaway
Photo: Broke-Bulga Landcare group have great plans for their logs which will be used on private properties. A number of excited Landcare groups turned up with empty trailers and utes for the Hollow Log Giveaway this March. Many logs are already in place and waiting...
Landcare Agony Aunt – Which weed first?
Landcare Agony Aunt: some seasonal advice for your Landcaring questions Dear Agony Aunt, There are so many weeds! How do I know which ones I should prioritize? Where can I find quality information about these weeds for their identification and treatment? Yours,...
Plant of the Month: Rainforest Pop-Ups
Plant of the Month - Rainforest Pop Ups Regular readers of “The Scoop” will be familiar with the Hunter Rainforest Revival Project and the great work that’s being done to restore some of the lower Hunter’s Rainforest. Most will also be familiar with rainforests as...
Meet the Hunter’s newest Landcare group
The Fletcher and Maryland wetlands margins are getting some serious tlc from this dynamic new group of Landcarers. Zoe, Bill, Wendy and Ing have kick-started the working bees this week by tracking through the bioswale and chasing down Tobacco Bush, Chinese Elms,...
The Big Bush Clean-Up 2026
Hosting a Clean Up Australia Day event has proved a great way for Landcare groups to get their community outdoors and involved in caring for the local environment. This is how many Landcare groups first got started in the ‘80s and ‘90s. This year a number of...