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Glenelg Hopkins CMA

Locality: Hamilton, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 5571 2526

Address: Hamilton 3300 Hamilton, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.ghcma.vic.gov.au

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24.01.2022 The bandicoots released into the wild at Tiverton in Victoria's south-west - a momentous and long term project under the leadership of Nigel Sharpe from Tiverton Rothwell Partners, turning a farming property into a predator free Bandicoot reserve - weren't too sure whether getting out of the box was the best idea when they were released last night. We are pretty sure once they realised the amazing surrounds they were now living in, they were pretty happy Richard Hill (Chair o...f the Eastern Barred Bandicoot Recovery Team) encouraged them out. Glenelg Hopkins CMA is proud to be involved with this project, it has been a huge partnership with a great outcome for one of our most endangered native species. Tiverton Rothwell Partners Mount Rothwell Biodiversity Interpretation Centre Odonata Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Zoos Victoria The University of Melbourne Phillip Island Nature Parks National Landcare Program Sussan Ley MP Lily D'Ambrosio MP

24.01.2022 Looking for a job to fill in your summer? Join our Working for Victoria crew! Be outdoors, working in our wonderful catchment with some great people!... Get in quick ... Immediate start. Jobs contracted until February. For more information www.ghcma.vic.gov.au/about-us/work-with-us/

23.01.2022 A soggy home isn't what any of us would want, but this summer if you're around Warrnambool, Victoria you can visit the Warrnambool Art Gallery and check out some of the animals who do love a soggy home in our catchment! The gallery's Family Learning Centre has been transformed into a vibrant wetland where children can explore and play with wonderful oversized creatures, created by local artist Megan Nicolson. The Soggy Homes: The Wonder of Wetlands, exhibition Megan has crea...ted a White-footed Dunnart, large Growling Grass Frog, a Western Bright-Eyed Brown Butterfly (that is regionally extinct), the brightly-coloured Little Galaxias fish and other plants and animals for children to wander around in. She has paired her work with a soundscape made from recordings by the Nature Glenelg Trust The exhibition is on at the WAG until June 6 2021. A free activity book ‘Field Guide’ and a suite of programs and events support the exhibition. Justin Williams

21.01.2022 Shelter and seeds - what can’t a wattle tree do?

17.01.2022 Team work: 30 years ago a group of organisations and individuals came together to save the last remaining population of the Eastern Barred Bandicoot in Australia, which was living in the Hamilton town tip in south west Victoria. In today's video, see how their work is paying off.

16.01.2022 Does an Eastern Barred Bandicoot have a sweet tooth? You bet it does! Learn why the recovery team members need to spend some time in the kitchen before they begin trapping and monitoring operations each year.

14.01.2022 It's Working for Victoria Wednesday again where we meet one of our crew members employed by the CMA as part of the Victorian Government's Working for Victoria job's program. Meet Rob Foard (yes, Foard ...) Planting trees in a paddock is along way from the theatre scene, but when coronavirus shut down the performance industry, Rob Foard found himself without an income as Warrnambool’s performing arts venue, The Lighthouse Theatre, closed indefinitely.... Covid shut down the theatre and I needed to do something, its as simple as that, he said. Working outdoors might be a stretch from his usual occupation, but Rob is loving the change. I’m certainly finding some muscles I wasn’t sure were still there! he laughed. But its great to be outside and learning a new skill set a lot of what will be transferrable and its something different. It’s also giving me a job when, thanks to coronavirus I didn’t have one, and that is a good thing. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning

10.01.2022 How is this for an achievement - 50,000 trees! Glenelg Hopkins CMA has partnered with the Victorian State Government to help deliver the Working for Victoria employment initiative; an employment program designed to help people that have lost their jobs due to COVICD-19. Our CMA has employed 20 new crew members split into two crews of 10, with one based in Hamilton and the other in Warrnambool. ... This week was a significant milestone as our crew members have now planted 50,000 trees as part of a large tree planting program (riparian plantings, shelterbelt plantings and individual paddock trees) on farming properties and public land. Now the planting activity is complete both crews will start a woody weed control spraying and removal program on a combination of private, public and urban areas. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions Agriculture Victoria Jaala Pulford MP Lisa Neville MP

09.01.2022 In today's Bandicoot video - Remote cameras Learn how and what remote cameras are used for in the enclosed Bandicoot areas, some of the funny images they capture, and how nature can sometimes provide the best problem solving tools.

06.01.2022 Understanding what’s on the ground before cultural burns take place on the Victorian Volcanic Plains requires a team of people and a lot of keen eyes. Recently Glenelg Hopkins CMA team members and Traditional Owners met a private landholder on their property near Skipton to plan an autumn burn using Aboriginal cool burning techniques, and undertake a pre-burn flora survey. The landholders have been managing their extensive native grasslands using a combination of grazing a...nd mosaic burning for many years, and are excited to be learning about how the land would have been managed using fire pre-European settlement. It is hoped the cultural burn will result in a reduction of exotic weed species, increase native plant regeneration and overall fire hazard reduction. This activity is another example of the working partnerships that exist between the many organisations and individuals to achieve beneficial environmental, cultural and agricultural outcomes. This burn will be a partnership between the Country Fire Authority, Traditional Owners, private landholders and the Glenelg Hopkins CMA. This project is supported by the Glenelg Hopkins CMA with funding through the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program Australian Government Landcare Victoria Landcare Australia #workingtogether #partnerships #learning #grasslands #culturalburning #CMAsGetItDone

05.01.2022 What do you find when you're wandering around the Hamilton bandicoot reserve at night? On the tour when we recorded this video - Bandicoot babies! This is the final video in our 10-video series produced to help educate everyone about one of Australia's most endangered marsupials.... You can watch all the videos online at www.ghcma.vic.gov.au/projects/bandicoot/ The Eastern Barred Bandicoot recovery project is delivered by the Glenelg Hopkins CMA, the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, the Eastern Barred Bandicoot Recovery Group, and dozens and dozens of passionate volunteers.

05.01.2022 The predator proof fence around the Bandicoots living at the Hamilton reserve needs constant maintenance ... and its not because of human interference, its macropod interference! National Landcare Program Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning

03.01.2022 Volunteers are the most invaluable part of any community, and the Eastern Barred Bandicoot recovery project is no different. In today's video, meet some of those amazing people - some who have been involved since the beginning - and how you can be involved.

01.01.2022 Today we are learning about the Eastern Barred Bandicoot's predators. The reason why cats are so dangerous to this marsupial might not be for the reason you think ... National Landcare Program Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning