Welcome to the July edition of Murrumbidgee Landcare's e-news!

The National Landcare Conference is coming up in October this year, and we are very excited that 5 of our local Landcare Champions are in the running for Awards! Even better, you can help us gain greater recognition by voting for your local nominee’s in the People’s Choice Awards [1]! Our nominees are all in different categories, which means you can vote for all five:

• David Marsh (Boorowa) is in the running for the Australian Government Individual Landcarer Award

• Murrumbidgee Landcare Inc is in the running for the Australian Government Excellence in Sustainable Farm Practices Award

• John Ive (Yass) is in the running for the Australian Government Innovation in Agriculture Land Management Award

• Ginninderra Catchment Group are in the running for the Fairfax Landcare Community Group Award

• Miranda Gardner (Southern ACT Catchment Management Group) is in the running for the Austcover Young Landcare Leader Award

Find out more about all the nominees here [2], and submit your vote here [3].

Murrumbidgee Landcare have also been busy compiling all the valuable feedback and ideas we received as part of the Riverina Landcare Strategic Plan process. Find out what we’re up to [4], and what is happening next!

Remember, if you’d like some assistance or advice, you can always contact your Local Landcare Coordinator [5] or the Murrumbidgee Landcare office [6]. We’re here to help all Landcarer’s in our region!

Nicole and the team at MLi

 

News

Vote for us in the People's Choice Award! [1]

Riverina Landcare Strategic Plan progress [4]

Economic value of Landcare - New report released [7]

Survey on Landcare support [8] – Closes 19 Jul

Junior Landcare grants to be funded by Woolworths [9]

Riverina Regional Pest Animal Management Plan launched [10]

Additional drought support announced [11]

Claiming a tax deduction for shelterbelt establishment [12]

Wildlife licensing changes: Public consultation [13]

 

 

Upcoming events

Kangaroos in the landscape - Yass [14] - 11 Jul

Stock to Illabo - Inland rail Landcare gathering [15] - 13 Jul

Tree Planting Event - Wallacetown TSR (nr Wagga) [16] - 15 Jul

Algal monitoring workshop - Hay [17] - 19 Jul

Festival of Tiny Towns - Grong Grong [18] - 21 Jul

Coota Landcare Network meeting - Cootamundra [19] - 23 Jul

"Passion for Rations" supplementary feeding workshop - Bungendore/Wamboin [20] - 28 Jul

Coota Urban Landcare gathering - Cootamundra [21] - 31 Jul

Morning bird walk - Murraguldrie (nr Humula) [22] - 2 Aug

Ken Duncan photography workshop - Wagga [23] - 4 Aug

Regent honeyeater and swift parrot survey weekend [24] - 4 to 5 Aug

Citizen Science forum - Brisbane [25] - 11 Aug

ANU Sustainable Farms project launch - Illabo [26] - 13 Aug

Advanced Chemical Spray Application Training [27] - Harden - 14 or 21 Aug, Eurongilly - 16 Oct

AgCatalyst - Melbourne [28] - 15 Aug

Australian Women in Agriculture conference - Shepparton, VIC [29] - 17 to 19 Aug

Shelterbelt and riparian management paddock walk - Junee [30] - 9 Sep

21st Australasian Weeds Conference - Sydney [31] - 9 to 13 Sep

2018 National Landcare Conference and Awards - Brisbane [32] - 10 to 12 Oct

Annual Food Sovereignty Convergence - Canberra [33] - 15 to 16 Oct

Natural Sequence Farming course - Mulloon Creek [34] - 12 to 15 Nov

Active Farmers - Tarcutta [35] - Every Wed morning

 

 

Funding and other opportunities

Youth opportunities grant program [36] - Closes 16 Jul

LLS weed and pest animal drought funding [37] - Closes 18 Jul

Bendigo Inventor Awards [38] - Close 23 Jul

Threatened species children's art competition [39] - Closes 3 Aug

Australian Bird Photographer of the Year [40] - Closes 6 Aug

ALA School Biodiversity Image Competition [41] - 11 to 19 Aug

Saving our Species - Contestable grants [42] - Closes 13 Aug

John Ralph Essay Competition 2018: Society should determine the right to farm [43]  Closes 3 Sep

Spirit of Grains - Competition for kids [44] - Closes 17 Sep

Indigenous Advancement Strategy Community Led Grants [45] - Ongoing

Hay Inc Rural Education Program [46]

GROW (Generating Really Outstanding Women) - Wagga [47]

Yass River Linkages phase 2 - Funding opportunity [48]

Farm decision making and climate change: Opportunity to participate [49]

 

 

Newsletters

Landcare NSW Bulletin [50] - July 2018

The Murrumbidgee Naturalist [51] - July 2018

Decision Point [52] - July 2018