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Free desexing program reaches 300 cats in Weddin

Free desexing program reaches 300 cats in Weddin

The Keeping Cats Safe at Home project, a joint initiative of RSPCA NSW, Weddin Shire Council and Weddin Landcare, assisted by the NSW Government through its Environmental Trust, has reached a new milestone. The four-year program has been hugely successful with the...

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Weddin Landcare Newsletter

Weddin Landcare Newsletter

There is so much going on in our region at the moment - it's exciting! Find out about our latest projects and some great events you could attend by clicking on the link to the newsletter below. We also include some resources to watch, read, and listen to. Along with...

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Weddin Landcare are ramping up with new round of funding

Weddin Landcare are ramping up with new round of funding

Weddin Landcare has increased its capacity to bring relevant and impactful events and projects to local landholders and community members with secured funding through the NSW Landcare Enabling Program for the next four years.  The Landcare Enabling program is a...

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Twenty-third Birding NSW Survey Around Grenfell

Twenty-third Birding NSW Survey Around Grenfell

By Mikla Lewis, compiled from the survey report by Elisabeth Karplus from Birding NSW. Birding NSW has been conducting its twice-yearly bird surveys in the Weddin Shire since 2011. Surveys are conducted on thirty sites on both public and private land around Grenfell,...

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New Incentive To Keep Cats Safe At Home

New Incentive To Keep Cats Safe At Home

Weddin Shire Council, together with Weddin Landcare and RSPCA NSW are excited to announce that they will be offering an additional incentive in 2024 under the Keeping Cats Safe at Home Project. From 15 January to 1 March 2024, eligible cat owners in the Weddin Shire...

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Vaughn’s Dam Reserve Masterplan Finalised

Vaughn’s Dam Reserve Masterplan Finalised

Following several more individual consultations with interested neighbours and community members, the Masterplan for Vaughn's Dam Reserve has now been finalised.  Sally Bourne has provided 1:500 and 1:1000 scale copies of the plan in both digital and hardcopy formats...

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Completion of Ooma Riparian Restoration Project

Completion of Ooma Riparian Restoration Project

Following one of the worst droughts in recent history came several years of heavier rain events, which caused significant erosion across the landscape and gouged the streambanks of Ooma Creek tributaries. To combat this issue Weddin Landcare assisted three landholders...

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