We are thrilled to have Lauren van Dyke managing the dieback project and she is doing a fantastic job! She’s been busy submitting grant applications and planning tree planting at various locations across the affected area. To read Lauren’s latest update on the Dieback Project – click here…
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Did you know that August is a great time to see Platypus in the Cooma Monaro Region? Platypus can be found throughout the Murrumbidgee and Numeralla Rivers and even in the Cooma Creek! Cooma Waterwatch are doing Platypus Monitoring Surveys throughout August and you can be part of it and find out more about this marvellous monotreme!!! stran When: 8am Sat 15 Aug – Scottsdale Reserve 8am Sun 23 Aug – Cooma Pumping Station 8am Sat 29 Aug – Cooma Creek 8am Sun 30 Aug – Cooma Pumping Station 8am Sat 5 Sept – Cooma Creek 8am Sun 6 Sept – Numeralla River 8am Sun 13 Sept – Numeralla River For details & to book a spot contact Cooma Waterwatch on 0429 778633 or email antia@coomawaterwatch.org.au.
Field Days – Bredbo, Cooma & Dalgety River paddocks can be the most productive area of your farm for grazing hay or cropping, and they are also important for biodiversity and for filtering runoff into rivers & creeks. How these areas are managed can help ensure you get the most out of your river paddock for production, biodiversity and water quality. We will cover: Maximising ground cover Managing nutrients Effective floodplain cropping Smart weed management Promoting healthy riparian zones Supporting bidiversity Maximising livestock health Preventing soil erosion Held on: Monday 23rd February – Cooma area Tuesday 24th February – Bredbo area Saturday 28th February – Dalgety area From 10am-1pm followed by a BBQ lunch. Field day directions will be provided upon RSVP. RSVP to South East LLS on 6452 1455 or email luke.pope@lls.nsw.gov.au. The river paddock field day (1)
Late last year we had another school visit with the Stage One kids at Cooma North Primary School. It was a great success – with the kids learning all about river health & platypuses. Bill our platypus was a big hit and the kids enjoyed sharing stories of their own encounters with platypuses. slovenska-lekaren.com We look forward to our next school visit… coming soon!
We’re very excited that our gorgeous 2015 calender is now completed! . It was a tough choice but it looks fabulous and well done to all the kids who feature.
Every year Upper Snowy Landcare produces a calender which includes a selection of fabulous artworks by our local school kids. Schools from Nimmitabel to Adaminaby and from Cooma to Jindabyne and everywhere in between are encouraged to get their kids to create artworks inspired by our local natural resource management issues. We’d like you to help us come up with this years theme! It’s going to be river related, as we’ve been talking to some of our local kids about the importance of healthy rivers. It’s a great opportunity to get the kids thinking about what they can do to ensure our rivers, streams and lakes are healthy environments and what animals might benefit from living in healthy waterways. The Committee encourages students to explore a range of different techniques including paintings, coloured drawings and crayon works, as well as collages, washes and prints. Our themes the last few years have been: “Down […]
Anna from Upper Snowy Landcare and Antia from Waterwatch visited Berridale Public School on Thursday 19th June and had a fantastic day with the kids. They walked down the Myack Creek and we got them to be “Bug Detectives” looking for the bugs that were in their creek and comparing them with the bugs we had bought along from the Badja river near Numeralla. The kids were able to figure out which was the more healthy habitat and talk about what makes a healthy river and what we can do to help. brasil-libido.com We then introduced them to “Bill” our platypus and they heard all about Platypuses, their habitat, how they live and how important it is for platypuses to have healthy rivers to live in. The day was a big success! Thanks to Berridale Public and all their kids for coming along and to Antia Brademann for helping out.
Another successful school visit today (Tue 17 June) at Adaminaby Public School. We had such a great time and the kids were fantastic! They were bug detectives down at the creek – finding wriggling bugs is such fun. We found lots of bugs and the diversity of species allowed the kids to make the judgement that their local creek is very healthy. Thanks again to Antia from Waterwatch who helped the kids and also bought along her platypus. We wanted a name for him and thanks to Zane and the kids at Adaminaby for coming up with his new name – Bill the Platypus! brasil-libido.com/ What a great day – it’s so good talking to the kids about rivers, trees, biodiversity and healthy environments. Thanks for having us Adaminaby!
Effective Communication the key for Farming Families What a huge success our communication and succession workshops were during May 2014! We had over 60 people attend – showing how important these issues are for farming families. The workshops focused on the importance of good communication in any business – farming, family or otherwise. We learnt how important it is to establish effective communication so that there can be a balance between family and work. One of the key messages was how important to understand expectations– both our own expectations and those of others. It’s also vital that these expectations get communicated to each other – much conflict comes when there is a breakdown in this step. If we don’t know what other people EXPECT of us, it’s very hard to make sure we don’t let them down. However there are some expectations that we are not even aware of – […]
We made some fantastic video stories about the winner of our Champions of the Catchment Awards. To watch them on youtube: Chris Millington: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Lj3ysClj6k farmbrazil.com.br Phil Daley: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=SEIz_wXkjBk Stuart Reid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nudfprjd04Y&feature=youtube_gdata
“Sunset over the Farmer’s luscious green paddocks”, Amber Threadgate from Cooma Public drew our October picture for this years USLC Calender. This years theme is “When the Rains Came”. Every year our popular calender features pictures drawn by school children from across the region. The calender is a great way to connect our kids with Landcare and with the environment… The theme for the 2013calendar is “When the Rains Came” This theme is an opportunity for students to explore: (a) The changes to the landscape since the breaking of the drought (b) What it has meant to have sufficient rain after all those years of drought for farmers, gardeners, playgrounds, Kosciuszko National Park, the bush, rivers etc in the Upper Snowy (c) The changes the students have personally felt The Committee encourages students to explore a range of different techniques as well as the usual paintings, coloured drawings and crayon […]