Muckleford Landcare is having a planting day for our Bassett Creek Project on Saturday 15th September, starting at 10am. Hot lunch is provided. Enter via the Muckleford Bush Reserve on the Muckleford School Road. We’d love to see as many members as possible.
Please bring mattock for banging in stakes, gloves to protect your hands, as well wearing all the appropriate gear, bringing your own water etc etc. Phone or email Beth with any queries on 0431219980.
Muckleford Landcare’s Bird and Frog App Workshop is this Sunday, 15th July 2018, at 1.30pm, in Maldon.
You will need to come along with a smart device or tablet with the following apps downloaded: Birdata, and Frog ID (another good app is the Vic Field Guide from Museum Victoria). The workshop will cover how to use the apps and how to upload data to national databases.
All welcome, you can RSVP by emailing the Secretary, Beth Mellick, or sending a text to 0431219980 and we’ll send you the address.
You may have lots of apps on your smart phone or or tablet, but do you know how to use them? Do you know how to submit information or records to national databases and help with citizen science? Then come along to the Bird and Frog App Workshop.
15th July 2018, at 1.30pm
Thanks to Muckleford Landcare member Eleanor who is running the workshop and for Eleanor and Albi for hosting the event at their place. It is best to car share to their property, so I will give you the address when you RSVP. There is no cost and a small afternoon tea will be provided.
You will need to come along with a smart device or tablet with the following apps downloaded: Birdata, and Frog ID. Another good app is the Vic Field Guide from Museum Victoria.
All welcome, you can RSVP by emailing the Secretary, Beth Mellick, or sending a text to 0431219980.
The Muckleford Catchment Landcare Group has an executive committee which meets 4 times a year. Here are the minutes from our recent May meeting – MCLG Minutes May 2018
The Loddon Prison crew have treated the weeds all the way from Golf Links Road up the creek into the new project area (map attached). Bassett Creek Map
During the weed spraying, the prisoners also removed old tyres from the creek. Landholders then dragged them through their properties and left on the side of the road for us to collect and dispose of.
Would you like a seed orchard on your property? Seed orchards could provide our Landcare group with seed stock and supply our members with plants for habitat enhancement. I can apply for funding to set up a seed orchard but do need some-one to volunteer a few acres of land for the purpose. In return, you would have a lovely forested area on your land attracting birds and other fauna. Please contact Beth if you are interested.
Expressions of interest are being sought by Muckleford Catchment Landcare Group for anyone who wants to remove their external barbed wire fences.
Barbed wire fencing is dangerous for native fauna. Although we don’t have funding to replace the barbed wire with more wildlife friendly fencing, we can help you take down your old fences, especially for those landholders who don’t have stock.
Please click here to contact the Muckleford Catchment Secretary, Beth Mellick, to leave your details.
Here are the minutes from the Committee’s recent meeting. As mentioned in the minutes, on Sunday, Dave, Chris, Nev and Beth did a walk on Bassett Creek to ground-truth our upcoming project. We will now start talking to landholders about restoration activities on the Stage 2 section of the creek, as supported by the North Central CMA. Stay tuned for more news on this project, as well as the timetable for our upcoming community education events. MCLG minutes Feb 2018
Here are the revised minutes from our recent AGM. The minutes had to be amended in order to meet the bank’s requirements for removing and adding signatories. These amendments you will see in Item 8. Muckleford Catchment Landcare AGM 2017 Minutes
Below are the minutes from last night’s AGM. Thank you to everyone who came and congratulations to our Committee:
President: Neville Cooper
Vice President: David Griffiths
Secretary: Beth Mellick
Treasurer: Eleanor Wright
Ordinary Members: Albert Wright, Chris Mackenzie, Paul Hampton, Emma Richardson, Richard Mann
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