Healthy Hectares – Habitat Diversity and Structure
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Soil health is a huge and complex field, making knowing where to begin difficult for those who are just starting out. As part of the Healthy Hectares program, we’ve created this video to help landholders get their foot in the door and start improving the health of their soils.
Land Class Fencing allows you to assess your property’s unique characteristics and divide it up into areas of similar output and resilience. These areas are converted to paddocks, which can then be managed in the same way as other paddocks of the same class.
Hillside erosion is a tricky problem to tackle, but if you get in early, you can make a huge difference to your property. There’s no right way to stop erosion, every property is different, and solutions depend on multiple factors like: The first step is to monitor the area of concern, as well as any
The Strathbogie Forest is a habitat island for its forest-dependent fauna. Though the forest faces a number of challenges, it represents critical habitat for numerous species.
Granite 2 Goulburn Rocky Outcrops and Paddock Trees Community and Volunteer Action Grant from DELWP 2019-2021 This project aims to link habitat around the foothills of the Strathbogie Ranges by connecting isolated rocky outcrops and scattered paddock trees to core blocks of remnant woodland. This project builds on the success of our recent ‘Our Catchments
In late 2018, the Strathbogie Ranges CMN held the first of a series of riparian walks. The aim of these walks is to become better acquainted with our local waterways, and record some of their standout features along the way.
A recurring theme across our events has been engaging with school children to create artworks based around the themes of our events. The SRCMN acknowledges the significant contribution of Euroa Primary School teacher Pauline Fraser in the production of most of these beautiful artworks which were made during class time. The school has collaborated with
Looking for something special for your kids to participate in over the Christmas holidays ? Many local ‘green’ parents send their teenagers to Camp Icthus on the Gippsland Lakes. For references talk to the Hagens, Townsends, Barlows, Arnolds, Ayres , Hames & Starkeys. Visit website to download an application form www.campicthus.org.au Camp Icthus – Facebook
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Justus and Janet donated one days work and bags of seed to repair a burnt SRCMN Rocky Outcrop Project site in Creightons Creek. Weed growth after the fire has been startling, patterson’s curse is dominating the landscape once more. It is hoped that the direct seeded native plants will smoother the exotic species when they
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A review of the current condition of direct seeded revegetation sites across the Goulburn Broken Catchment sown from 2004 to 2010 has just been completed. This monitoring project was funded by GBCMA and delivered by the SRCMN. The aim of the review was to identify the most successful practises and use them to ensure greater
For information on logging in the Strathbogie Forest, go to the website of the Save Our Strathbogie Forest group. Update As of November 2019, the Victorian Government has halted all current and proposed logging in the Strathbogie Forest by declaring the entire forest an Immediate Protected Area. All previous logging coupes in the forest have
Connecting native habitat across landscapes is a key goal in all biodiversity conservation projects and it’s no different in the Strathbogie Ranges region. Habitat corridors within the Ranges are important, as are connections between the Ranges and other parts of Victoria, particularly Central Victoria to the west and the Goulburn-Broken Plains to the north. The
This project finished in 2014. Project Activities The Farm Wetlands for Woodlands project is located in the Warrenbayne-Boho and Swanpool Landcare areas of the northern Strathbogie Ranges, Victoria, Australia. The community project is supported by the Victorian Government’s Communities For Nature program and the Strathbogie Ranges Conservation Management Network. The project time-frame is June 2012