Workshop 4: How does our landscape respond after fire?

Friday 15 March, 8:30 AM to 1.30 PM at MidCoast Council’s Kore Kore Creek Site.

Mid Coast 2 Tops Landcare (mid coast NSW) are partnering with MidCoast Council, the Rural Fire Service and University of Western Sydney to trial this new program to assist rural communities to reduce bushfire risk on their property while protecting biodiversity.

The Landscape and Fire Engagement Series is a program tailored to the Stroud and Bungwahl communities around fire preparedness and management education including how the environment needs and responds to fire.

Future topics for upcoming events include: burn training and wildfire preparedness for your home; different types of burns and general fire management planning.

These workshops are appropriate for rural landholders within Stroud and Bungwahl, and surrounding areas, landholders with a minimum of 2 hectares, properties with native/ remnant vegetation, landholders looking to work with their neighbours and conservation-minded landholders.

If you have any questions or would like to discuss the project further, contact Olivia Eglin at olivia@midcoast2topslandcare.org or 0437 883 995.

Here is the link to sign up and find out about further workshops. 

Research explores health and wellbeing benefits of landholders in private land conservation

A new study led by the Queensland University of Technology, supported by the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust and partially funded by the Australian Wildlife Society and the Society for Conservation Biology, aims to learn more about the health and wellbeing benefits of private land conservation, with landholders from across NSW, participating in the study.

Find out more at www.bct.nsw.gov.au .

Landholders interested in participating in the research are invited register on the BCT website or to contact Erica at erica.nolasco@hdr.qut.edu.au or 0493 816 167 to share the impact of managing a conservation area on their health and wellbeing.

Interested in joining an AABR Mapping Forum?

AABR Vic is planning a forum or series of forums on the theme of mapping as a tool in biodiversity management.

We would like to hear from anyone who has a good news story to share on the use of mapping software on a project or contract. In particular we are interested to hear where maps have been used successfully as a communication tool between volunteers or contractors and the land manager.

If you would like to contribute please contact Rob Scott on robscott@naturelinks.com.au.