Parkes Landcare News

Nov 25 2010

Money from Community Action Grants, Parkes and Districts Landcare set to impress

Nina Hooper Looking at Landcare 26th November 2010

Hello Landcarers.
Looking at that date makes me cringe – can’t believe that we are nearly at the end of 2010, where did the time go? Hope that all of you on headers are going well and that there are minimal breakdowns! Parkes and Districts Landcare had some great news this week with successful funding applications in two projects under the Caring for Our Country Community Action Grants – the CAGs. Read Full Story

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Nov 25 2010

Native birds on increase thanks to farmers doing regeneration works.

By environment reporter Sarah Clarke; Updated Tue Nov 23, 2010 11:35am AEDT Read Full Story

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Nov 22 2010

White Bend field Walk- Lachlandcare meeting Cowra- Joining P&DLC- Tidy town Winners- Thanks to sponsors

Bill Archer Transcript Radio Broadcast
Valley FM 97.9 Tuesday 12.30 -1.00pm 2PK 1404 Thurs 12.30-1.00pm
23 November 2010

White Bend Field Walk
White Bend is a remnant vegetation preservation site located in Forbes and is a section of the Wiradjeri Aboriginal Reserve site and a travelling stock reserve The site contains vegetation typical of the woodland communities found in the Forbes area before European settlement and which are now threatened in the Mid Lachlan region. This field walk was this morning and was organised by the Lachlan CMA and Forbes Urban Landcare group. Mikla Lewis of the Lachlan CMA was to walk guide and treated the nine participants to very informative look at the native trees, shrubs and sub shrubs, grasses and Forbs-herbaceous groundcovers. In all there must have been over fifty plants identified. Read Full Story