Position Available – Community Engagement
Posted on 31 December, 2013 by Connecting Country
Connecting Country has a part-time 12-month position available for a suitable, enthusiastic and experienced person. The role primarily involves coordinating Connecting Country’s Community Engagement program for 2014. Many of you will have previously attended talks or field days from this program run by Connecting Country over the past 4 years.
Further details about the role, including the position description, key selection criteria and hours of work are available by clicking here.
Applications must be submitted by 1pm on Monday 20th January 2014.
Please pass this on to anyone who you think might be interested.
Mount Alexander Region Landcare E-news – December Edition
Posted on 20 December, 2013 by Connecting Country
The December edition of the Mount Alexander Landcare E-news is available. Click on the banner below to download the newsletter.
The Landcare E-news is short monthly update on Landcare-related news, information and events for the Mount Alexander Shire and surrounds. Previous editions of E-news are available from the Landcare page of the Connecting Country website (click here).
The newsletter is sent out by Connecting Country’s Local Landcare Facilitator, Max Schlachter. If you would like to be put on the recipient list, send Max an email: max@connectingcountry.org.au.
Weekly Summaries Now Available
Posted on 18 December, 2013 by Connecting Country
Hello Connecting Country blog subscribers,
Following the suggestions of some of our subscribers, there is now an option to receive a weekly summary email of the Connecting Country posts rather than receive them individually on the day that they are posted. The weekly summary will be sent out on Saturday morning at about 8am. The daily emails are now sent at 7am (rather than midnight, as was done previously).
For those that struggle to keep up with their email inbox, the weekly summary of Connecting Country’s posts may help make it more manageable. The downside to receiving the weekly update is that you may miss out on hearing about events or other opportunities until it’s too late to attend or register.
New blog subscribers, will receive an option to receive daily posts or weekly summaries when they are signing up.
For existing blog subscribers, you can change your subscription in the following manner:
- Click on ‘update subscription preferences’ at the bottom of a post email from Connecting Country (either an old or new email will work)
- Click the box which says that you’d like to receive weekly emails only.
New Newsletter on the Mosaic Burning Project
Posted on 17 December, 2013 by Connecting Country
The Box-Ironbark Experimental Mosaic Burning Project has published its 6th newsletter (click here). This issue includes information on their research methodology and the plant composition of their study plots. Future issues will contain detailed results of pre- and post-fire comparisons.
New edition of ‘chat’
Posted on 16 December, 2013 by Connecting Country
The November 2013 edition of the North Central CMA publication, ‘chat’, is now available. (Click here to download.) This month’s edition includes information on the South African Weed Orchid which is prevalent in our Shire this year, some terrific ‘snaps of the month’, and news about upcoming events, courses and resources.
Land Restoration Film in Progress
Posted on 4 December, 2013 by Connecting Country
The Ballarat Region Treegrowers (BRT) was formed in 1998 by a small group of farm forestry enthusiasts, and has since been promoting the benefits of integrating trees into the rural landscape for commercial and environmental benefits for landowners and the broader community. They are a local branch of Australian Forest Growers. The BRT has set up its own ‘biorich plantation’ based on the principles of integrating conservation and economic production (click here for more info).
The group is in the process of making a documentary film which will promote the return of native vegetation in rural areas through landholder-driven activities such as Landcare, agroforestry, biolinks and ‘sustainable’ farm management plans. They are interested in including Connecting Country as part of the doco, and we have been in discussions with them about this.
You can learn more about the film here. The site includes a video ‘promo’ featuring prominent environmental educator Rob Gell. They are also seeking donations to extend the length and quality of the film.
Find out about Mosaic Burning
Posted on 2 December, 2013 by Connecting Country
Deakin and LaTrobe Universities with support from DEPI and Parks Victoria are currently conducting a Box-Ironbark Mosaic Burning Project. In their fifth newsletter they describe the work being conducted to document forest structure and how it may change as a result of planned burns. The area focused on is the Heathcote-Rushworth Forest. For people interested issues related to planned burns this project and its documentation could be a valuable resource. Subscription details are included in the newsletter. Some comments on the project from a local perspective are featured in the Friends of the Box-Ironbark Forests website.