Category: Projects

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…

A little group of Landcare volunteers came out on the National Tree Day weekend to remove the tree guards from Mark’s property on Creaseys Road. This was the planting we did two years as part of the Chinaman’s Creek Project. Thanks to Landcare member, Helena, for letting us store the plant guards at her place.

Dave, Nev and Beth did some evaluation on the work of the Landmate crew, who took out some weeds along Bassett Creek as part of our NCCMA Bassett Creek Restoration Project – Stage 1. They did a pretty damn good job, covering about 1km.  

Here are some photos of a planting that was done on the Chinaman Creek project just two years ago. Dave and Beth and Nev and Theo went out on Sunday to remove some tree guards and were all amazed at the forest before us. We will have another session to remove the guards in about…

Join us to remove guards from our last planting – this Sunday 25th June 2017, 10am. We will be at 69 Creaseys Road if you want to get out and about on a chilly morning with Landcare, or if you planted on that day in the Chinaman’s Creek project and want to see how the…

We will be working with Connecting Country and the Steiner School to plant some Bulokes this Friday. We’d love more Landcare members to join us at 8.45 until 1pm, lunch is provided, down at the Steiner School. Buloke Planting Day Information

Muckleford Landcare Events 2017 Bassett Creek Restoration Project May (date to be confirmed with prison crew)  Steiner School Buloke Planting with Connecting Country Friday 9th June 8.45am -1pm Meet at Steiner School (lunch provided) Dams to Wetlands Workshop Sunday 23rd July 9.30am -12 noon Meet at the Muckleford Community Centre (morning tea provided) Landscape Restoration…

We had a terrific native grass id workshop with Paul Foreman, as part of our community education program funded by the NCCMA. Look out next year for a workshop on seed collecting and propagating. Here are the resources that Paul provided: wallaby-grass-nccma-simplified-pictorial-key_poster_nov15 spear-grass-nccma-simplified-pictorial-key_poster_nov15

Join Muckleford Landcare on Sunday 4th December, 10am – 12 midday, for a native grass and plant identification walk with expert local ecologist, Paul Foreman. Paul will take us on a ramble through the bush, stopping to show people how to identify native and exotic grasses, as well as other flora species. Meet on the…