Landcare - communities working together to protect and repair our environment
LPLM serves as an umbrella group for a network of active local Landcare groups - Gunnedah Urban, Nobby’s Rock, Noggabri, Boggabri, McBurnies Crossing, Nandewar, Mt Parry, Hut Gully, Tamworth Urban, Bubbogullion 100, Attunga Creek, Gunnible, Willowtree and District, and Orange Grove and the Blackville Community Group.
Current Landcare Projects
PlaceStories: Landcare tales in Cyberspace
The internet is a means of not only saving, but celebrating the inspiring tales of community efforts by groups and individuals. PlaceStories is an internet-based computer program that enables communities to create mini-documentaries about their “place”, form groups and networks, and share ideas and inspiration. Local community members have used PlaceStories to create tales about environmental projects in the region, including the formation of the Tamworth Urban Landcare group and a history of the work by Gunnedah Urban Landcare Group. This is a great way to get some recognition for your group to put itself back on the map and perhaps inspire others elsewhere in Australia. For more information about PlaceStories, or to be involved in a workshop, contact Rachel Hill at LPLM: 6741 8316
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Donating Wollemi Pines
LPLM has donated iconic Wollemi Pine saplings to local Landcare groups to plant in their local communities. Many have been planted at local schools where they bring great joy and pride to the school community.
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Carrol School students admire their Wollemi Pine
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Gunnedah South Primary School Captains
help their caretaker plant their Wollemi Pine
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Presentation to GS Kidd School students
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Controlling invasive native scrub
A substantial grant from Woolworths Drought Action Day has funded a project exploring ways of controlling invasive native scrub. Any plant growing in the wrong places and distributions can be a problem; even native plants. The project is working towards returning to open grassy woodland which is more productive and stable.
Lobbying for Landcare
Despite the overwhelming success of this grassroots conservation program, it no longer receives government funding and relies on corporate and individual donations, and the ongoing commitment of farmers and local Landcare groups to complete its critical land restoration and management work.
LPLM is working actively towards better representation of Landcare and its valuable work to governments Australia-wide to ensure this highly successful, community-based program can continue achieving real outcomes and solutions for our farming communities and our shared environment into the future.
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Maintaining strong community networks is vital for the future viability of rural communities.
April 27, 2009, By: Rachel Hill, Landcare Coordinator, LPLM
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