Mornington Peninsula Landcare Network in Red Hill South, Victoria | Community organisation

Mornington Peninsula Landcare Network

Locality: Red Hill South, Victoria

Phone: +61 408 213 079

Address: PO Box 270 3937 Red Hill South, VIC, Australia

Website: https://mplandcare.org.au

Likes: 762

Add/Update information

Reviews

Tags

• Community organisation

25.01.2022 The MPLN have been working with Greens Bush Association and MP Shire to investigate how we might be able to get a trial happening in key roadkill hotspots near Greens Bush.

23.01.2022 #ConservationInVictoria Have you considered registering your conservation project with this initiative by The Society for Conservation Biology (Greater Melbour...ne Chapter)? You can register your conservation project here: https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLSd3-RJEsCXs9lAu66/viewform https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Shortlist/index.html

22.01.2022 Looking for some ideas for some home activites with the kids? Go to: https://juniorlandcare.org.au/learningcentre/

21.01.2022 This is a wonderful video about how we can permanently protect biodiversity on the Mornington Peninsula for future generations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-uoP6XyPu0&t=130s

20.01.2022 Biomix is hosting a Soil Health for Paddocks webinar 4pm - 5pm this Friday 8th May. Check out their website and register if interested.

20.01.2022 For anyone considering installing solar panels...

19.01.2022 Some good virus news...

18.01.2022 26 February 2020. Red Hill South. In the first photo here is a site infested with Sweet pittosporum (Pittosporum undulatum). Note the lack of understorey diversity. In the 2nd photo the neighbouring property is a LMPL biolink property that has been weeded as part of the project over the past 3 years. Shows what can be achieved in a short space of time. #lmpl #mplandcare #mornpenlandcare #landcarevictoria... #landcareaustralia #biolinks See more

17.01.2022 26 February 2020. Main Ridge LMPL biolink property. 1. Spiranthes australis orchid. Rare and beautiful. 2-3. Swamp pennywort (Centella cordifolia). Thrives in moist shady conditions. #lmpl #mplandcare #mornpenlandcare... #landcarevictoria #landcareaustralia #biolinks See more

17.01.2022 On today! There’s still time to register...

16.01.2022 Information about Landcare on the Mornington Peninsula is now included in the MP Shires Common Ground info series. Check it out! https://www.mornpen.vic.gov.au//Busi/Agricultural-Matters

15.01.2022 26 February 2020, Main Ridge. A biolink property visited during a tour of Linking the Mornington Peninsula (LMPL) and Greens Bush to Arthurs Seat (GBTAS) properties. 2.68 ha has been set aside for revegetation on this property and another 2.6 ha is planned. #lmpl #mplandcare #mornpenlandcare #landcarevictoria ... #landcareaustralia #lovethepen See more

15.01.2022 Looking for nature volunteering opportunities? Check our this useful interactive mapping (follow link then youll need to scroll for the map)

14.01.2022 Thank you to Sustainable Table for generously funding our Victorias most Un-Wanted Pests brochuring highlighting agricultural insects Victorian farmers need to look out for. Check out the other great projects theyve funded below!

13.01.2022 Victoria State Governments Environment and Planning Committee is currently inviting submissions from individuals and organisation to inform their inquiry into ecosystem decline in Victoria. Great opportunity to have a say. https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/epc-lc/article/4453

12.01.2022 INATURALIST!! Greetings conservationists. Presumably (hopefully) youve all heard of iNaturalist - the global biodiversity database bringing citizen science to... the fingers tips of iPhone (and desktop) users everywhere. Its the official partner to the Atlas of Living Australia but waaaay easier to log observations in. Even more hopefully the ambitious among us are already out there snapping photos of all things flora, fauna and fungi and are uploading them to iNaturalist. Ok... now that weve weeded out who the hardcore community conservationists are... there is a final request (bear with me I know its a long post). I have recently set up a project in iNaturalist. Projects basically piggy back on your regular observation to gather a little extra specific information to meet a set objective. In this case the project youd have to join is called: Australias Untold Roadtoll - Recording Roadkill. My aim is to begin collating records of all roadkill from around Australia in the hopes we can use it to approach relevant road authorities and shires with hot spots of wildlife fatalities on their roads. Then, based on species being recorded, we can suggest to transport planners appropriate designs of road ecology infrastructure (installing wildlife culverts, retrofitting existing culverts, installing overpassed for arboreals, installing or retrofitting fauna deflection fence etc), to start mitigating the risk to wildlife. So by clicking on the project button in your observation, your wildlife data not only helps record Australias biodiversity but takes it a step further in informing actual on-ground work improvements Now, dialling it alllll the way back. If you havent yet hopped on the iNaturalist bandwagon - heres a quick link to the free app. Its just sitting there waiting for you : iNaturalist by iNaturalist, LLC https://apps.apple.com/au/app/inaturalist/id421397028

11.01.2022 Now is the time for a backyard safari!! You can join iNaturalist and log your species sightings! https://www.mornpen.vic.gov.au//Now-is-the-perfect-time-fo

11.01.2022 Over the last few weeks our six Agricultural and Environmental Works Crews have hit the ground and are now ready to begin work on properties engaged through the... expression of interest process. The 44 strong crew has spent the last few weeks completing important safety training and supporting Parks Victoria with work on their sites. From now until April 2021 they will be delivering a range of environmental and agricultural services across public and private land. The PPWCMA’s works crews are a six month project to assist farmers, organisations and community groups to deliver their agricultural and environmental projects while providing employment to Victorians. The project is funded by the Victorian Government’s Working for Victoria initiative. We are still accepting expression of interest from landholders and you can learn more at www.ppwcma.vic.gov.au/work-crews-hit-the-ground-running/ #WorkingforVictoria #CMAsGetItDone PPWCMA loves Landcare

10.01.2022 Beautiful Sheepwash Creek waterfalls are within MP Landcares biolink plan and are surrounded by hectares of indigenous bushland.

09.01.2022 Concerned to hear the Australian government stops listing threats to species: https://www.theguardian.com//australian-government-stops-l

08.01.2022 Excited, nervous!! About to start my first Koala Tree Planting Online Workshop with Linda Sparrow. The purpose of these is to show other conservation groups wha...t specific needs koalas have and how to set up their own tree planting project. It doesnt sound like a big deal, but it is to me! If just one other group starts planting trees for Koalas out of this, we will be thrilled. Many thanks to Linda Sparrow of Bangalow Koalas for giving up her time for this too.

08.01.2022 Australias most important piece of legislation for protecting our environment, the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, is under review. Submissions close today (Friday 17th April). Theres a great, quick guide of how to make a submission below. Lets all take a stand for our precious environment!

08.01.2022 26 February 2020, Red Hill South. In the foreground Nicola Ward, board member of the Natural Resources Conservation League (NRCL) the organisation that funds LMPL. Beside her Virginia Carter, LMPL bushland restoration specialist. #lmpl #mplandcare #mornpenlandcare... #landcarevictoria #landcareaustralia #biolinks See more

07.01.2022 We would love your help if you are able to volunteer some time during the week to plant indigenous trees and shrubs in Main Ridge. Project coordinator Chantal K...elly will be on site between 10am and 4pm every Monday and Thursday throughout June. To book a preferred date please email [email protected] Please note, in the interest of health and safety..... 1. To participate volunteers must bring their own protective work/gardening gloves (these will need to be worn at all times to help prevent any risk of spread of communicable disease through the sharing of tools etc. 2. Please bring your own water bottle and snacks/lunch as we are not permitted to share food at this time. 3. Although working outside we are still required to practice social distancing and keep at least 1.5m from each other. Volunteers not residing in the one household will be spread around the planting site to help ensure adequate distancing 4. Due to the current social distancing policy developed by the Mornington Peninsula Landcare Network in response to the Covid-19 outbreak, volunteer attendance will be limited to only eight people at a time. 5. As usual, please wear weather appropriate protective clothing including closed toe sturdy footwear, hat and sunscreen. The Greens Bush to Arthurs Seat Biolink is delivered by the Mornington Peninsula Landcare Network and the Port Phillip and Westernport Catchment Management Authority through funding provided by the state governments Our Catchments Our Communities and Victorian Landcare Grant initiatives.

06.01.2022 This looks great!!!

05.01.2022 Now in its third year, Ripe for Change is offering up to $10,000 to projects encouraging innovation, regeneration, education and mobilisation within our local f...ood system. Amidst the uncertainty that COVID-19 presents to us locally and as a global community, we hope our grants program will inject life and money into programs that really need it at this time. Our thoughts are with everyone, particularly all our colleagues and friends who are rapidly working to re-design how to connect with communities and provide local food, albeit at a distance. Click the link below to learn more about our grants program and to share it with like-minded people who may wish to apply for funding. Projects must be primarily based in or working with producers in the Casey, Cardinia or Mornington Peninsula regions of Victoria. Applications close Friday 24 April 2020, 12pm (midday) www.ripeforchange.org.au

05.01.2022 Free KOALA TREES!!!

04.01.2022 Plan Bee? See below!

04.01.2022 Wildlife Victoria has a great series of fact sheets, including how to check the pouches of marsupial roadkill and this great one below about how to protect owls! Check it out: https://www.wildlifevictoria.org.au//26.-Victorian-owls.pdf

03.01.2022 Balcombe & Moorooduc Landcare Group Invites you to a Railway information talk and woody weed working bee Mornington Railway. Come and join our Landcare members and hear from a volunteer and member of the Mornington Railway Reserve Group about the significant vegetation within the easement. This is a great opportunity to meet your fellow Landcare neighbours, learn about the reserve's history and help the reserve through some weed control after the talk. Sunday 29th November ...2020 at 10am-2pm. Meet at end of Diamond Court, Mornington (parking along Diamond Ct and Exford Dr) Wear comfy clothes and closed toe sturdy shoes and roll up your sleeves. We invite you to stay after the working bee for light refreshments. This event is free to members of Balcombe & Moorooduc Landcare and interested locals. RSVP to Tony O’Connor: [email protected], 0404 951 500

03.01.2022 Residents in Mt Eliza and across the peninsula are submitting their objections against the proposal that a development take place on an important wetland area. See @KunyungSaysNo for more info. Due 15th May.

02.01.2022 Please share with anyone you know who works on initiatives that help our oceans!

02.01.2022 Something we can do whilst self-isolating is... Share our Landcare success stories! Check out this video for some tips.. And please share them with us! [email protected] https://landcareaustralia.org.au//learn-how-to-film-your-l

01.01.2022 Absolutely brilliant solution!