Are you interested in birds and or our local environment? Ever considered joining the Local Field Naturalist Club?
There are several opportunities this month to get involved.
The club is meeting on Thursday, July 6 at 7:30 pm in the meeting rooms adjacent to the Presbyterian Scouts Hall, Tyre Street Portland. The guest speaker program …Read more »
Join us for a chat with staff from the Department of Environment and Climate Action on Phytophthora. Wednesdays information session will cover:
Phytophthora – what is it? Maps - Where is it? What volunteers in SW Vic need to know? Strategies for preventing the spread. Interest in site visit to Mt Clay to view infested …Read more »
The Victorian Gorse Taskforce are interested in aiding groups of landholders who have an interest in controlling gorse.
The VGT is calling for grant applications for their 2023-24 Small Community Grants Program.
The VGT are interested in aiding groups of landholders that are supported by a Victorian Community Group organisation (eg Landcare or Friends of …Read more »
Bush Regeneration training aims to upskill individuals in activities such as weed identification and control techniques. Invasive plants, or weeds as we more commonly know them are threatening bushlands all over Australia including ours in Portland, weeds have a negative impact on both flora and fauna.
If you are interested in learning how to …Read more »
Do you like getting out on the coast and have an interest in volunteering?
Have 2.5 hours a week to donate?
If so, you may like to join the Great South West Walk Landcare Volunteer team. Together they will be implementing some important restoration activities to help combat the prevailing wind and rain that …Read more »
SEA Landcare is proud to be hosting an exciting seminar on Native Grass Rehabilitation with Dr. Ian Chivers. Dr Chivers has been involved in research and native grass management for over 20 years.
Australian native grasses are adapted to soils that have been subject to millions of years of weathering and erosion and so …Read more »
Waterway Protection and Restoration funding now available for Fitzroy River and Darlot Creek.
Glenelg Hopkins CMA has funding available for landholders to undertake waterway protection and restoration activities on the Fitzroy River and Darlot Creek in the Budj Bim cultural landscape.
Activities may include
Waterway fencing
Woody Weed Management
Off -stream stock water access
By Kristy Brewer
Did you know that with the variability in seasons we always plant in winter? We order our trees, grasses and shrubs 8-12 months ahead of the planting season and we collect seed for our projects the year before we plant. We do this because planting local seed means stronger trees and these …Read more »
By Kristy Brewer
Italian Buckthorn might have a pretty berries but it's also a terrible weed!
SEA Landcare hosted a community weed information session in early April with Dr. Robin Adair from Australis Biological to discuss the management of this highly invasive species.
The day was described by attendee's as highly informative and a …Read more »
By Kristy Brewer
South-west Victoria is host to an exciting migratory shorebird research project this season. Thanks to South-west Environment Alliance Inc. and a range of partner organisations and researchers, the Important Bird Area of Discovery Bay will be a focus location for a Sanderling (Calidris alba) capture, release and tracking …Read more »
The Southwest Environment Alliance in partnership with the Glenelg Shire Council have developed 10 weed flyers. The flyers were developed to support landholder weed identification skills. The weeds selected were based on the weeds most commonly asked about at group meetings.
Many of the environmental groups that engage regularly with the SEA have individual …Read more »
SEA is happy to announce that the new guide; Native or weed? Plants that can be confused in the Portland district is ready for distribution.
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