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“What does successful landscape restoration look like?” was the question posed on a recent Landscape Restoration Bus Tour run by Connecting Country. Participants in the tour were given a rare opportunity to ‘jump the fence’ into well-established landscape restoration projects … Continue reading →

On the weekend of the May 18-19, BirdLife Australia are coordinating the first of this year’s bi-annual mainland surveys for Swift Parrots and Regent Honeyeaters.  These occur across south-eastern mainland Australia.  This year marks the 19th consecutive year for these range-wide … Continue reading →

It is with great pride that Connecting Country introduces its inaugural Work Crew.  Over the past few weeks, this team of five willing workers – Alex (crew leader), Daniele, Jack, Jules and Teresa – have set to work fencing, planting, … Continue reading →

The May Castlemaine Field Naturalist Club guest speaker will be Matt Sheehan who will talk on “Reflections on the importance of invasive species research, policy development and action for the protection of native ecosystems”. Matt currently runs a business in … Continue reading →

The fifth edition of the North Central CMA’s Innovative Farming newsletter is now available. This edition includes: An interview with Joel Salatin (Time Magazine recently labelled him ‘the world’s most innovative farmer’) Upcoming events for the Farming for Australian Conditions … Continue reading →

The Faculty of Veterinary Science at The University of Melbourne has been working on a Wildlife Health Surveillance project since July 2008. The aim of the project is to better understand baseline wildlife health and patterns of disease, detect changed … Continue reading →

Trust for Nature held a nest box installation workshop on Sunday, 21 April on a private property neighbouring Pilchers Bridge Nature Conservation Reserve (NCR), south-east of Bendigo. The workshop is part of a larger project being run by the Trust, … Continue reading →

Beginning at 10am on 26 May, Trust for Nature are hosting a Biodiversity field morning at Pigeon Hill, near Maldon.  Landowner Jeanne Daly will talk about her conservation work over the last 20 years on her convenated property on ‘Pigeon Hill’ and … Continue reading →