April 2019

24 MEREDITH and DISTRICT NEWS
Landcare News
Is Rabbit Free Just a Dream?
Lex Stray
The Maude & District Landcare Group's rabbit
poisoning campaign has been completed for
2019. Thank you to all those who took part, or contacted
us for information. By working together, we
can chase the elusive dream of rabbit free farms - can
you imagine that?
This year we had 50 properties taking part, from
broad acre to small blocks. It would be more successful
if more neighbours could be encouraged to band
together, but this does not always seem to be possible.
The next task in the battle is to check for active burrows,
consider fumigation and, where possible, rip
and crush all burrows you can get a suitable machine
to. Any piles of rubbish where rabbits might set up
accommodation need to be burnt this winter, but
please, not before the end of the fire restrictions!
All those who have given us your email address will
be contacted before the start of the next campaign. If
you wish to be put on the list, please contact Lex
Stray, phone 5281 9293.
A big thank you to the Meredith Newsletter for your
help in spreading the information around the district,
without you the task would be much more difficult.
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News from the Bamganie-
Meredith Landcare Group
From Media Release
REVEGETATION TECHNIQUES
WORKSHOP
If you are quick you should just have time to
register for the Plant Identification and
Revegetation Techniques workshop on Saturday
6 April 2019. The workshop will be presented by
Stephen Murphy from Recreating the Country, see
https://www.recreatingthecountry.com.au/ The
workshop is free and a light lunch will be provided.
RSVPs are essential for catering purposes. Please
contact Nick McKinley at
nick@leighcatchmentgroup.org or phone 0455 147
398 to register.
FUTURE WORKSHOPS IN 2019
Planning is underway for the Carbon Farming
workshop to be held in June. More details about the
workshops will be available on our Facebook page
or in later editions of the Newsletter.
DID YOU KNOW?
Corangamite Catchment Management Authority has
launched the Natural Resource Management
Planning Portal http://
www.ccmaknowledgebase.vic.gov.au/nrmpp/ . This
is a web-based mapping tool developed in
collaboration with the Centre for eResearch and
Digital Innovation at Federation University
Australia and Landcare networks in the
Corangamite region to help the community locate
priorities for native vegetation, rivers, wetlands and
estuaries, and soils and agriculture at a property,
catchment or regional scale. For example you can
use this tool to identify soil landforms and geology,
groundwater depth and salinity, or the bioregional
conservation status of native vegetation on your
property. Amongst other things the tool can be used
to identify administrative boundaries, fire history,
and measure distances and area. Have a look and
explore.
Landcare represents thousands of people across
Victoria, working together to increase biodiversity
and promote the sustainable management of land.
Why not come and join us? We meet at 7:30pm at
the Meredith Community House on the 3rd
Thursday in the month.
Next meeting: Please note, there will be no
meeting in April due to Easter. The next meeting
will be 7:30pm on Thursday 16 May.
All welcome!