VICTORIAN LANDCARE FACILITATOR PROGRAM – APPLICATIONS OPEN
5 February 2021
Bushland Knob Reserve, Stratford looking North West. Applications for funding are now open for Landcare and environmental volunteering groups and networks that want to employ a Landcare facilitator...
Private landholders to help protect endangered Grassy Eucalypt Woodlands
9 September 2020
The Corangamite Catchment Management Authority is calling for expressions of interest from private landholders with Grassy Eucalypt Woodlands of the Victorian Volcanic Plains who want to protect and enhance...
Grants boost Corangamite Landcare projects
20 September 2019
Corangamite Landcare groups have been boosted by the announcement of over $230,000 worth of funding for local projects through the Victorian Landcare Grants Program. Last week, Minister for Energy,...
Locals recognised at Victorian Landcare Awards
6 September 2019
Nominees from Landcare groups across the Corangamite region were recognised at the 2019 Victorian Landcare Awards at Government House. The awards are held every two years to acknowledge the success...
Board tour of the upper Barwon catchment
26 July 2019
On Thursday, 25 July 2019 the Corangamite CMA Board toured two revegetation sites in the upper Barwon catchment with staff from the CMA, Barwon Water and the Upper Barwon Landcare Network. Dewing Creek...
Women on Farms workshops for rural women
16 January 2019
If you look around at agricultural field days, you’ll be most likely met by a sea of men and very few women. This is despite the fact that 50 per cent of the population is female and women often...
Corangamite Rural Women’s Network
5 November 2018
The Corangamite Rural Women’s Network is an informal group of local women from the Corangamite region who volunteer to be involved in the planning and delivery of activities to enhance community...
Saving water with compost and wine
29 October 2018
The Corangamite CMA is working with Bannockburn Vineyards to apply compost under vine in a 5 Acre Shiraz block and 50% of a 3 Acre Sauvignon Blanc block in mid Spring 2018. Soil moisture probes/sensors...
Women in regenerative farming
22 October 2018
Discussing the visual soil assessment technique with Nerissa Lovric from Agriculture Victoria World Rural Women's Day was established by the United Nations to recognise the critical role and contribution...
Funding boost for Corangamite Landcare groups
16 August 2018
Over $183,000 in Landcare grants will help protect environments and engage with communities across the Corangamite Region. The State Government has announced almost $2 million in funding across the...