Landcare NSW

🪶 🐨 🏠 🌳 Habitat Hollows & Hollowhog! Hunter Region Landcare Network is working in partnership with the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust (BCT) to raise awareness and support for private land conservation efforts across the region. 🤝 The  Private Land Conservation Matters Program brings together experts, landholders, and community members to share knowledge and practical tools that strengthen biodiversity outcomes on private land. 🙌 In this feature, conservation biologist and inventor Matt Stephens explores how to create native fauna habitat using the Hollowhog system - a technique designed to fast-track the formation of tree hollows that are essential for many Australian wildlife species. This field day, Hollowhog vs Nestboxes, was held on Dharawal Country at Brunkerville last year as part of the program’s ongoing commitment to practical conservation education. 🚨🎥 https://ow.ly/xG9j50Wwv9L To download an information sheet: 👉 https://lnkd.in/garxmv3g Visit the Landcare NSW website for additional resources on enhancing biodiversity: 👉 https://lnkd.in/dQddAB9j Landcare NSW and the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust are working together to raise awareness, and support private land conservation efforts across the state. Hunter Region Landcare Network Biodiversity Conservation Trust

📣 Scotch Broom Eradicated at Aussie Ark Sanctuary! 🌱 Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius), one of the most invasive and destructive weeds in the Barrington Tops, has officially been eradicated from the Aussie Ark Sanctuary. 🌼 Introduced as an ornamental garden plant in the early 1900s, Scotch Broom spread aggressively across the region, where it smothered native vegetation, destroyed wildlife habitat, and fuelled extreme bushfire risk. In 2016, Aussie Ark, in partnership with Scone Landcare and the Department of Primary Industries, released English broom gall mites (Aceria genistae) as part of an ambitious biological control program. These tiny insects have proven to be an effective, natural solution, and today, Scotch Broom has vanished from the sanctuary. 🙌 Managing Director of Aussie Ark, Tim Faulkner, calls it an “ecological miracle”, crediting the mites with helping restore balance to the landscape. Scone Landcare's Ruth Hardy says: "Scone Landcare recognised the invasive weed Scotch Broom had overrun native vegetation in the Barrington Tops sanctuary...By working with Aussie Ark and the Department of Primary Industries, our volunteers were able to translocate gall mite stems to the facility, with monitoring and control efforts making a lasting difference." From Jodie Lovell, NSW Landcare Enabling Program Manager at Landcare NSW: “This is an outstanding example of what can be achieved when passionate organisations like Aussie Ark work hand-in-hand with local Landcare groups. The eradication of Scotch Broom from such a significant sanctuary is not just a local win - it’s a model of success that could be replicated across the state." "Landcare NSW is proud of Scone Landcare to have played an important role in this long-term, science-backed effort to restore native landscapes.” 👉 To learn more about this wonderful project: https://ow.ly/ytuI50WvOQt P.S. Aussie Ark has a surplus of mites - please email admin(at)aussieark.org.au for further details. @aussie-ark1 @nswdpird

📣 An invitation to join the biennial Hunter Landcare Muster! Meet Landcarers from across the region and hear about their dedication to conserve natural ecosystems and strengthen sustainable agriculture in the Hunter.   🗓️ Saturday, 13th September 📍 Earthcare Park Landcare, Tenambit, NSW 2323
 ⏰ 9.00am - 4.00pm   👉 Tickets:  https://lnkd.in/di3WMZES   Our celebration will showcase the incredible transformations Landcare groups are achieving and the significant impact these volunteers and landowners bring to the resilience of their communities and the local places they love.    💚 By attending you are investing your valuable time and attention in those working at a grass-roots level towards a sustainable future for people and place. Thank you!   Our 2025 Hunter Landcare Muster is supported by the NSW Landcare Enabling Program and Hunter Local Land Services Strategic Weeds Program.     Hunter Region Landcare Network would like to Acknowledge this event is taking place on Wanaruah Country and pay respects to Wanaruah Elders past, present and emerging.   This initiative made possible by the NSW Landcare Enabling Program, a collaboration between Local Land Services and Landcare NSW supported by the NSW Government.  Hunter Region Landcare Network

📣 There's still time to submit your film for the very first Landcare Short Film Festival at the upcoming 2025 National Landcare Conference! 🎥 Submissions close August 1, 2025, so if you have an inspiring short film that showcases the people and projects making a difference across NSW we would love to see it! To submit your film: 👉 https://lnkd.in/g57R-_h6 Tickets for the Landcare Short Film Festival are on sale now: 👉 https://lnkd.in/gXrmtQ29 #LandcareFilmFest #LandcareAustralia #NationalLandcareConference Landcare Australia

💚 2025 Healthy Cities Landcare Grants Now Open! Landcare Australia and Bupa have partnered to deliver the Healthy Cities Landcare Grants, as part of Bupa’s Healthy Cities Challenge. This funding will support environmental community groups and organisations to establish native plants (trees, shrubs and groundcovers) across Australia in urban and peri-urban landscapes to enhance biodiversity and positive health outcomes.  Grant applications should be for a minimum of $5,000 to a maximum of $25,000 (ex-GST). Applications close Friday, 29 August 2025. Further details 👉 https://ow.ly/p1xk50Wt1Oy Landcare Australia Bupa

Landcare Week’s almost here (August 4-10)! We’re teaming up with Landcare Australia to celebrate all things Landcare! We’re excited to hear lots of Landcare stories and how it inspires others to make a difference for the environment! Landcare Week is an annual campaign celebrated during the first week of August that acknowledges the Australians who are actively restoring, enhancing and protecting the natural environment in their community. It is also an opportunity to showcase the diversity of Landcare people and projects, and promote the environmental, community and wellbeing benefits of getting involved in Landcare. From people involved in conservation land management, sustainable agriculture, Cultural land management, women in Landcare, and the next-gen of Landcare leaders, the Landcare Week campaign will acknowledge the thousands of volunteers who take action to care for the environment in their local community throughout the year. During and leading up to Landcare Week, we’ll be showcasing Landcare people and projects, and encouraging people to get involved with their local community group or start a group. Let’s use this Landcare Week to strengthen our support for each other and inspire more people to get involved in caring for the land. Keep reading to discover amazing Landcare stories from NSW, and share your own in the comments. #landcare #landcareweek #BeInspired #BeEmpowered #BeALandcarer2025 #landcareisforeveryone #LIFE

🐦🦎 Untidiness is the complexity that wildlife needs! Open spaces are scary for wildlife! What looks messy to us actually creates homes for small animals and supports biodiversity. To learn more: 🎥 Short video 👉 https://lnkd.in/dKQNQ36T 📄 Information sheet 👉 https://lnkd.in/dkzUSbGA 🔗 Resources 👉 https://lnkd.in/dQddAB9j Landcare NSW and the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust are working together to raise awareness and support private land conservation efforts across the state. ‪Biodiversity Conservation Trust

📣 Tell Us What Matters To Landcarers - Closing Friday, 18 July!! In the lead-up to Landcare Week and in celebration of Landcare Is For Everyone, we are inviting you to take part in a national survey for landcarers. This survey is being conducted by Landcare Australia, together with the National Landcare Network and the Landcare State and Territory Organisations. 🔍 The survey insights will help us identify the challenges, opportunities, and what is required to support landcare activities across Australia. We would like to know more about what motivates people to volunteer with landcare and how it makes them feel. The short survey will be instrumental in our work to encourage more people to get involved in landcare activities. 🌱 The survey is open to all landcare volunteers, landcare groups, community-led environmental groups, Traditional Owners and First Nations organisations, and those who support landcarers with their sustainable agriculture, landscape restoration, and environmental conservation activities. This data and its insights will help our work in delivering support to the landcare community. 📝 TAKE THE SURVEY: https://lnkd.in/gTh5yPFm #landcaresurvey #landcareweek2025 #landcareisforeveryone #L.I.F.E. Landcare Australia

📣 2025 Central Tablelands Regional Landcare Muster This landmark event brings together Landcare volunteers, land managers, partner organisations, and community members from across the region to share knowledge, strengthen networks, and explore new ideas for action. 🗓️ Wed, 30 July ⏰ 10am - 4pm AEST 📍 Australian National Field Days Multi-Function Centre Celebrate, connect, and be inspired. Information and register here: 👉 https://lnkd.in/gv9gtxBC This initiative made possible by the NSW Landcare Enabling Program, a collaboration between Local Land Services and Landcare NSW supported by the NSW Government.  Central Tablelands Regional Landcare Network

Landcare NSW acknowledges the deep and enduring connection that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have to Country, and recognises their rich cultures, knowledge systems, and custodianship of land, sea, and sky across Australia. For tens of thousands of years, First Nations peoples have cared for this land - observing keenly, listening deeply, and walking gently. Their knowledge and connection to Country is profound, and continues to guide many in how we care for the environment today. We recognise we have much to learn and that meaningful environmental stewardship requires us to walk alongside First Nations peoples in our shared responsibility to care for Country and community. #NAIDOCWeek2025 #FirstNations #TheNextGeneration #Landcare #CaringForCountry #NAIDOC2025 #NAIDOCWeek #StrengthVisionLegacy