Connecting Country has provided the info below about two upcoming events:
1. Biodiversity in the paddock: looking beyond the grass…
If you know where and how to look, you will discover that your paddock is home to a plethora of living creatures and plants.
At Connecting Country’s next Spring Workshop, Biodiversity in the Paddock, our team of expert ecologists will guide you through the landscape to identify what makes up ‘biodiversity’. On a stunning property in Maldon, landscape ecologist Geoff Park, moth expert Steve Williams, botanist Karl Just and moss and lichen expert Cassia Read will take us on a hands-on foray for the obvious to the often overlooked. We will examine the big picture and right down to the small and discuss how we can improve, and monitor, the health of our landscape.
When: Sunday 30 August 2015, 10am – 3.30pm
Where: Maldon (details provided upon registration). Transport available from Castlemaine.
Cost: $30 per person or $20 for Concession and Connecting Country members. Includes morning tea, lunch by C.A.K.E, session notes and handouts, and follow-up web-based resources.
Registration: Register now as limited places remain. Click here to download a registration form, or contact Jules or Krista at Connecting Country for further information on 5472 1594.
2. Conservation fencing: it’s what’s inside that counts!
Like many landholders in Mount Alexander, Beth and Rick Higgins have installed exclusion fencing to restore and regenerate biodiversity on their property, especially the understorey, herbs and grasses – the results of which are dramatic and inspiring. You can come and see for yourselves at Connecting Country’s third Spring Workshop, Conservation Fencing.
There are many reasons install exclusion fencing on your property. You may want to keep out herbivores (such as stock, rabbits or kangaroos) from a revegetation or restoration site, or prevent damage from people, or even keep out introduced predators to have a safe place for native fauna to flourish.
Ian Higgins from the North Central Catchment Management Authority, will be giving us an overview of exclusion fencing and its role in improving biodiversity and taking us on a ‘plot ramble’ to see what’s there and what’s not. He will also discuss ways to monitor success. Connecting Country’s incredibly skilled crew leader, Alex Schipperen, will then talk about the practicalities of installing fencing – including identifying what you are protecting, what are you protecting it from, and how best to do it?
When: Sunday 13 September 2015, 10am – 3.30pm
Where: Yandoit (details provided upon registration). Transport available from Castlemaine.
Cost: $30 per person or $20 for Concession and Connecting Country members. Includes morning tea, lunch by C.A.K.E, session notes and handouts, and follow-up web-based resources.
Registration: Register now as limited places remain. Click here to download a registration form, or contact Jules or Krista at Connecting Country for further information on 5472 1594.
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