Welcome to a new year of Landcare news! In this issue, we share updates on our farm dam enhancement workshops, Schools on Farms, and more.
Farm dam enhancement workshops - dates released!
We're excited to announce the roll-out of our Farm Dam Enhancement workshops, in partnership with the TAS Farm Innovation Hub and the ANU’s Sustainable Farm Program.
Our field days are for farmers, property owners and Landcare members interested in improving farm dams. Learn about the production, ecosystem, and drought resilience benefits from improved farm dam management.
The train-the-trainer sessions are designed for NRM, land management and Landcare professionals to develop the skills needed to support farmers in enhancing farm dams for both biodiversity and productivity.
Head to our website to learn more about this project and others we are embarking on this year.
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Let's Explore Waste program
During the last few months of 2024, six classes of Grade 3 and 4 students from Howrah Primary School leapt into action with the Let's Explore Waste program.
Students were treated to a special behind the scenes tour of the Mornington Park Waste Transfer Station, plus a browse of the Second Chance Re-Use it shop, where they saw the concepts of reusing and upcycling in action.
Their final destination was the Southern Waste Solutions - Copping Landfill Site. Students viewed the tip face, the trucks, and learned about the scale of the site, thanks to their guide, waste program officer Sophia.
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Schools on farms update
We are excited by the success of our Schools on Farms pilot program last year!
In collaboration with Landcare member farms, Greenside Farm and Glenore Farm, classrooms were invited out into the paddocks to ask the question:
“What makes a landscape healthy?”
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Member spotlight: Huon Valley Landcare Nursery
This initiative has become a vibrant hub of community and environmental action, thanks to a partnership between Landcare Tasmania and the Huon Valley Council. The project is supported by the State Government's Landcare Action Grants.
Volunteers from across the Huon Valley gather to nurture the nursery, learning valuable skills in seed sourcing and propagation
The Huon Valley Landcare Nursery’s goal is to create a thriving volunteer-run native plant nursery that supplies plants to Landcare groups and council projects in the Huon Valley.
Read up more on the group by clicking the button below.
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Local groups & working bees
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Keen to get involved? Don't forget to check out our directory of groups and the upcoming working bees/events happening all over the state!
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Native seed collection & propagation workshop
There is no better way to learn than to get hands-on and that's exactly how the recent native seed & propagation workshop ran!
Thanks to Ruth Mollison (seed propagator extraordinaire), for sharing tips and tricks on native seed collecting, storing, and propagating.
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News from around the island
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Sponsorships available: Community group first aid training
Cradle Coast Authority is offering sponsorship to community groups in the Cradle Coast region to support first aid training.
This sponsorship is open to all Landcare, Coastcare, Aboriginal, ‘Friends of’ groups and other community group volunteers who are currently actively engaged in natural resource management projects in the Cradle Coast region.
Find out more here.
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Interested in joining us?
The team at Landcare Tasmania
[email protected]
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