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Connecting Country is holding a woodland bird workshop in Muckleford this Saturday. Tanya Loos is working with Geoff Park (Natural Newstead) to help people in this area:  -Learn more about local birds, and how to help them thrive - Meet with other conservation groups and landholders in the area - Brainstorm session: project ideas…

Bassett Creek is flooding over Golf Links Road and through the golf course. But to my astonishment this morning, it is also being blocked by a large cut log. This is presumably coming from up the creek where a landholder has piled up scrap wood to a height of at least 10 metres. If it’s…

Sunday 18th September, 10am at the Muckleford Community Centre. Join us on a short bus trip to have a peek at the public reserves tucked away in Muckleford. Then we will be nest box checking with Miles Geldard at the Walmer South Conservation Reserve. Orchids and other wildflowers are in bloom so this will be…

Here are two dates for your diaries: Muckleford Catchment Landcare “Public Reserves and Nest Box Checking Field trip” on 18th September, 10am at the community centre. We will do a short bus trip around the ‘secret’ public reserves in Muckleford, and end up at Walmer Conservation Reserve to check the nest boxes with expert, Miles…

Please join us for our AGM on Thursday 18th August, at 6pm at the Muckleford Community Centre, Walmer Muckleford Road, Muckleford. Guest speaker will be Ken Willard from Neangar Nursery in Eaglehawk. Ken will talk about the revegetation industry from a nursery owner’s perspective. Please come and renew your membership, or take out a new…

New Landcare member, Adam, is having a planting day on his property this Saturday and all Landcare members are welcome to attend and help pop in a few plants. Adam and his friends and family will be there all day (25th June) to put in 2,000 plants. You can drop in anywhere between 11am and…

We had some preliminary discussion about kangaroo numbers at our last meeting – here are a couple of articles to read on the issue. http://www.kangaroosatrisk.net/6-kangaroos—myths–legends.html https://theconversation.com/factcheck-are-kangaroos-at-risk-37757

Here is a summary from Chris Johnston about the changes to the state government’s planned burns, highlighting a more strategic approach at first glance. There are three areas targeted in the Muckleford Forest – click here to read the summary. Well done to Chris for participating in the community consultations and having her voice heard.…

Please note that the next Muckleford Landcare meeting will be Thursday 2nd June, starting at 6.30, Ray Bradfield Room in Castlemaine. We will be discussing the upcoming history project, reptile monitoring with the Steiner School and Connecting Country, and other community education events. We may have guest speakers.

Muckleford Landcare member, Deanna Neville, invites you to the launch of her book A Camera and a Creek, photos and reflections of the Muckleford Creek. The launch will be held at the Muckleford Community Centre, on the Muckleford-Walmer Road in Muckleford on Saturday 9th April at 2pm.