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Shepparton Mooroopna Urban Landcare Group

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25.01.2022 What an amazing achievement by The Council, the contractors and Jonathan who put hours into organising all of the plantings Looking forward to hopefully being able to help you plant to reach the target for next year!

25.01.2022 Now is the time to enjoy the Billabong Walk, after good rains and inflows from the Broken River it is looking fantastic. It reminds you of how the areas around... our rivers looked after a good rainfall season. Being an ephemeral billabong, it has been dry over the past few years, which gave the Weed Warriors an opportunity to work on it with their Breathing Life into the Bushland project. Can't wait to see what emerges after the waters recede. Allison Trethowan - Riverconnect Shepparton Mooroopna Urban Landcare Group BirdLife Murray Goulburn Visit Shepparton DELWP Hume Goulburn Broken CMA The Breathing Life into the Bushland Project was funded by the Victorian State Government

24.01.2022 The Australian Bird Count is almost here!

23.01.2022 Recently planted in the Food Garden, Sclerolaena napiformis, or Turnip Copperburr is a really endangered plant, and is listed on both the Environment Protection... Biodiversity Conservation Act and the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act. The government has a species recovery plan for it, and the Turnip Copperburr plants that we just planted at the Gardens as part of our Care for the Rare collection are part of a much bigger project that has been running for many years. Seed has been collected over years from as many wild locations as possible, and our new plants are the result of all this hard work. We are so very lucky to be a part of this project and thanks to Landscape design architect Mel Stagg ( https://staggdla.com/ ) for giving her time to oversee the planting with the onsite staff from Greater Shepparton City Council. Mel has been involved with this project for a while now through her work at the Euroa Arboretum Inc and the Goulburn Broken Indigenous Seedbank mapping Turnip Copperburr populations in the Goulburn Broken region, and collecting seed from these wild populations. The staff at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria who supplied the Copperburr plants for the Australian Botanic Gardens Shepparton, have asked her to map out the layout for them, so the plant genetics can be tracked as part of their research. Goulburn Broken CMA RiverConnect - Greater Shepparton Shepparton Mooroopna Urban Landcare Group Bganz Australian Native Plants Society - Australia Australian Plants Society Victoria #australianassociationoffriendsofbotanicgardens

22.01.2022 Hollowed logs make the greatest homes for our native wildlife; both in old growth trees and in fallen logs on the ground!

21.01.2022 September is Biodiversity Month Bio = life Diversity = variety Almost every aspect of our lives depend on biodiversity, but do you know exactly how?... Over the coming months we'll share with you just how important biodiversity is and what you can do to help - Zoos Victoria: Critically Endangered Leadbeater's Possum

21.01.2022 The Friends of the Botanic Gardens Shepparton are holding their AGM on Wednesday 18th of November at 5pm Please see the below post for details

20.01.2022 Landcare Week Day 6: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle You may have started to notice some new labels on products you buy from the supermarket This is part of a new system released by PlanetArk in 2018 called the 'Australasian Recycling Label' ... Basically, it serves to simplify recycling information to help you understand which bin parts of your packaging can go into. Check it out for yourself https://www.youtube.com/watch

19.01.2022 Landcare Week Day 5: What you can do at home There are many things you can do for the environment all from your own home Plant indigenous natives to bring birdlife and bees into your garden... Compost your food waste or use the Council provided compostable purple bags and put them in your green lid bin Be waterwise in the house and in the garden Confused about what indigenous native plants are?? ---- Click the link below to read about the difference from one of our Landcare members https://staggdla.com/blog

18.01.2022 Landcare Week Day 3: Learn about the land you live on Traditional Owners have been Caring for Country for over 60,000 years. Here where Shepparton and Mooroopna lie is Traditional Yorta Yorta Nation Lands.... Traditional Lands cover over 20,000 square kilometers 8 different clan groups of which all speak the Yorta Yorta Language The Broad-shelled Turtle (Chelodina expansa) is a totemic protector species and food source for the Yorta Yorta people Learn more at https://yynac.com.au/

16.01.2022 *UPDATE: Submissions now accepted until Sunday 23rd August!* Is there a big tree on your property that’s special to you? Send a photo of it to us and it may f...eature in the 2021 Sustainable Farms Calendar! How to enter: Be located within our project area see map here: www.sustainablefarms.org.au/research Select a fabulous tree in your local landscape (the photo quality is not as important as the tree itself and its story - we can come and take a photo) Submissions will be judged on their story, meaning to the farmer and biodiversity values of the tree Submit your image, location and story via email ([email protected]). (A photo taken on your phone is fine.) Prizes include: Your tree being photographed and featured in our calendar A printed copy of your photo to hang proudly at home : Tamara Harris, Sustainable Farms Engagement Officer, Cowra NSW

14.01.2022 The announcement you have all been waiting for - Working Bees, Propagation and Weed Warriors are all recommencing, starting with our Sunday working bee this Sun...day at 9am. We have a COVID Safe plan approved by Council that we will run through at the start of each session to keep everyone safe and healthy whilst being active and productive. The major result of the COVID plan is that there will be no morning teas (i.e. shared foods) so please bring your own water bottles and if you wish to have a cuppa after bring your own cup coffee tea etc. There will still be a chance to catch up on what has been happening and results of interaction with Council staff as well as our own exchanges re what we have been doing. The other item is shared equipment. If you could bring your own gloves and maybe secateurs and the larger items i.e. shovels rakes etc. we will wipe with disinfectant wipes. Don't worry if you do not have any we can dunk our tools which are to be used in a bucket of water and disinfectant. As these activities are all outside spacing allowance is not a problem we just need to remember 1.5metres and masks. Propagation will start back on the 4th Wednesday and dates for Weed Warriors will be advised as soon as they have been confirmed. Look forward to seeing everyone again. RiverConnect - Greater Shepparton Shepparton Mooroopna Urban Landcare Group BirdLife Murray Goulburn @

14.01.2022 The Australian Botanic Gardens, Shepparton received a delivery of several hundred rare plants as part of the Care for the Rare program, which protects some of t...he state’s rarest and threatened plants. For more info, head to bit.ly/GSBotanicGardens Friends of the Australian Botanic Gardens Shepparton

13.01.2022 Definitely feeling like a numbnut gumnut but also got-a-crush bottlebrush because we’re falling more in love with our native areas everyday What’s your pandemic petal this spring?

13.01.2022 Im stoked to be a Chief Counter for BirdLife Australia and you can be a counter too. The Aussie Backyard Bird Count 2020 is just around the corner. Its the best... way any of us can get involved with some citizen science and help add valuable data nationwide about our amazing birds and their distribution.The whole family can be involved and all it takes is 20 mins sometime between the 19th -25th October. You can join me by registering here ; https://aussiebirdcount.org.au/?Costa You can do your count in your backyard, at the local park, at nan and pops place, wherever you like. If you dont have the app you can always fill out the forms on the website but the main ingredient you need is 20 minutes to sit or stand and observe what birds are around that location. There is a live launch of the event of Monday 19th and Ill let you now about that on the day. Heres links to the Birdlife Australia Website and Aussie Backyard BirdCount Website, also the Facebook Instagram and Twitter pages for all the info you need to know and lots of great facts. Ill be doing a few counts over the week and will go live on one of them and we can talk about our bird counting experiences. Let the family know, the grand kids, nieces, nephews, neighbours and have some fun supporting our birdlife and recording our biodiversity. After the year that has been this data is even more valuable to see just how our birdlife has faired given the bushfires and ongoing drought. Heres the links : https://www.birdlife.org.au https://aussiebirdcount.org.au https://www.facebook.com/BirdLifeAustralia/ https://www.instagram.com/birdlifeoz/?hl=en https://twitter.com/BirdlifeOz BirdLife Australia BirdLife Western Australia Birdlife Southern NSW BirdLife Southern Queensland BirdLife Northern Queensland BirdLife Tasmania BirdLife International BirdLife South East SA Cumberland Bird Observers Club-NSW, Australia Illawarra Bird Observers Club - NSW Australia Birds Queensland North West Bird Club Tasmania Inc. Bird Observers Club of Australia Bird Clubs in Australia List of birds of Kangaroo Island, South Australia NT Bird Specialists, Australian Birding & Bird Photo Tours Australian Parrots and Birds Australian Bird and Poultry club Australian Twitchers

12.01.2022 UPCOMING CUSTOMER INFORMATION WEBINARS A conversation with the Victorian Environmental Water Holder and local Catchment Management Authorities on Water fo...r the Environment (Fri 27 Nov with Goulburn Broken CMA OR Fri 4 Dec with North Central CMA) Join us for an informative session on Water for the Environment. The Victorian Environmental Water Holder will be providing answers to the top 10 most asked questions on what environmental water is, why it is available, and its benefits. Time: 12 noon (1.5 hours) Groundwater and Streams Water Resource Update (Fri 11 Dec) GMW staff will provide an update to groundwater and stream customers on the latest water resource outlook. The session will also include a short Diversions customer service update. Time: 12 noon (1 hour) For more information and to register your interest, please visit https://fal.cn/3bsVf

12.01.2022 Our President and Secretary, Jill and Collier were interviewed earlier today by WIN TV reporter Renee Arndt on the exciting new project - Care for the Rare that... is happening at the Gardens. You can catch them on WIN TV News tonight. RiverConnect - Greater Shepparton Greater Shepparton City Council Bganz Shepparton Mooroopna Urban Landcare Group BirdLife Murray Goulburn WIN News Shepparton See more

10.01.2022 Landcare Week Day 4: Belated National Tree Day planting Yesterday afternoon a few of our members headed out to plant 80 natives out at Reedy Swamp For those that have never been out to Reedy Swamp Reserve, we 100% recommend it. It's rather full of water at the moment and the birds are just loving it! ... We were even lucky enough to see a happy family of black swans including 6 cygnets If you would like some help IDing some of the species you see at Reedy, you could refer to this helpful field guide by ClimateWatch https://www.climatewatch.org.au//Shepparton-ReedySwamp-CW- - Alison Manson (SMULG Social Media Manager)

10.01.2022 Landcare Week Day 2: Keep up to date on all things Landcare at https://landcareaustralia.org.au/ Get involved in a Landcare group Sign up to the newsletter... Make a donation Access resources and information Follow the journey of 100,000+ volunteers See more

10.01.2022 In 10 days it's World Cleanup Day with millions of people in 170 countries taking action for a better world! You can make a difference too, by taking a bag (an...d gloves!) while exercising along the river and picking up any rubbish you see. Or, clean up on the river while you're out fishing! Thank you to the wonderful people who already help the community by cleaning up our bushland areas while they're out enjoying nature Shepparton Canoe Club Veolia Australia & New Zealand River Cleanup Shepparton Mooroopna Urban Landcare Group

09.01.2022 Check out this One FM interview featuring one of our Landcare Members Mel Stagg

08.01.2022 What clever birds!

08.01.2022 Check out these entries for the 4th annual Threatened Species Bake Off! Click on the album at the top to see all the amazing creations for this year

07.01.2022 It’s National Wombat Day and here are plenty of reasons to celebrate these amazing marsupials! Do you know that Wombats have backward facing pouches? This is... to make sure mum doesn’t accidentally get her joey covered in dirt while she’s digging her burrows! Wombats are the only species known to have square shaped poo - there are a few reasons as to why scientists believe this is the case. The Australian marsupial can pass up to 100 deposits of poo a night and they use the piles to mark their territory. The shape helps to stop it from rolling away! Despite having round anuses like other mammals, wombats do not produce round pellets, tubular coils or messy piles. Researchers have found that the varied elasticity of the intestines help to sculpt the poop into cubes! There are three species of wombats found only in Australia. All three are regrettably either close to threatened or critically endangered - the Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat is one of the world's most endangered animals. Our Park is home to two species of these "bulldozers of the bush". There’s Sniff our Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat enjoying a good itch in this video plus Maggie and Noddy our Bare-nosed Wombats. Happy Wombat Day!

06.01.2022 A huge congratulations to all of the nominees and recipients of the Greater Shepparton Volunteer Recognition Awards 2020. Thank you Allison Trethowan - Riverconnect for the acknowledgement of our Landcare group and many others who also volunteer to help our local environment. We love what we do and are always looking for new volunteers who are just as passionate as us... BirdLife Murray Goulburn Goulburn Valley Environment Group Shepparton Canoe Club Shepparton Camera Club Friends of the Australian Botanic Gardens Shepparton

05.01.2022 Wrapping up Landcare Week: Shepparton Mooroopna Urban Landcare Group's greatest achievement The Boulevard Bush Reserve is a picturesque 13.64ha River Red Gum woodland with a path, seating and interpretative signage Previous assessments have shown 6 conservation-significant animals species were found, including the Squirrel Glider which is listed as Endangered in Victoria... We are so proud of this area and look forward to continually caring for this reserve for all to enjoy in years to come

05.01.2022 Tomorrow is World Mental Health Day and whilst it might seem hard to focus on mental health and wellbeing at this time, prioritising this is more important than... ever. Making a mental health promise is a great way to remind yourself to look after your wellbeing. What will your #MentalHealthPromise be for #WMHD2020? Head over to https://lookafteryourmentalhealthaustralia.org.au/make-a-/ to select a promise or maybe you have one of your own to share! See more

03.01.2022 How often would you say you take a step back and observe? Why not go for a walk somewhere local and take some time to reflect in nature. Reflection gives your mind a chance to pause and gain insight into your thoughts. You never know what you might discover

02.01.2022 Landcare Week Day 7: The Bob Hawke Landcare Award Named in honour of the late former Prime Minister, the Hon. Bob Hawke AC who played a significant role in growing Landcare into the national movement it is today Awarded to an individual committed to Landcare who inspires others to take action on their own property or through a Landcare group... Nominations close 31 August 2020 More details https://bobhawkelandcareaward.com.au/

02.01.2022 Look at that colour!

02.01.2022 A simple fungal bioherbicide capsule could kill giant invasive trees that are choking river systems A great concept for trees that are far too big to be otherwise removed

02.01.2022 Happy National Wattle Day!