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Weddin Landcare Celebrates Wattle Day
Weddin Landcare recently celebrated National Wattle Day, which is held on 1 September, by holding a Wattle Day Walk at Mikla Lewis and Wayne Lavers’ property “Rosemont” near Grenfell. “We had a really good roll-up of over 20 people for Wattle Day, with many new faces...
Things get wild at Weddin Landcare in lead up to Threatened Species Day
Things got a little wild last month, when Weddin Landcare visited all five local primary schools with local artist Kathleen McCue from Patina Gallery in Grenfell, to introduce the Wild At Art competition. Wild At Art is Australia’s biggest wildlife art competition for...
Weddin Landcare Strategic Plan 2023 -2027
The Weddin Landcare Strategic Plan was put together based on discussions and outcomes from the planning day held with the Weddin Landcare Steering Committee on Wednesday 26 July 2023. The planning day helped to define our vision, mission statement, goals and...
Ooma Creek Tributary Riparian Restoration Project
Weddin Landcare are working with three local landowners on our Ooma Creek Tributary Riparian Restoration project with the goal of providing protection and creation of valuable riparian habitat, reduce streambank erosion and help to improve water quality downstream in...
2023 Clean Up at The Company Dam
On Sunday 5 March 2023, a small team of volunteers participated in our Clean Up Event at The Company Dam. While there didn't seem like a lot of rubbish, we managed to collect 4 big bags of loose rubbish and a few larger items just from around the shore line. Great job...
Central West Region Community of Practice Meeting
On the 15-16 February 2023, Local Landcare Coordinator, Melanie Cooper and vice-chair of the Weddin Landcare Steering Committee, Clemence Matchett, attended the Central West Region Landcare community of practice event at Dubbo. The two-day event allowed them to meet...
Ooma Creek Tributary Riparian Restoration Project Funding
Weddin Landcare are pleased to announce that they have gained funding to undertake riparian restoration works on three tributaries of the Ooma Creek. Weddin Landcare will receive $50,000 to assist three landholders undertake the works which will involve woody weed...
Milestone for Keeping Cats Safe at Home Project
On 11 October 2022 the 100th cat for the Weddin Shire was successfully desexed as part of the Keeping Cats Safe at Home Project at Lachlan Valley Vet Clinic in Grenfell. The initiative is part of Weddin Shire Council's strategy to address the overpopulation and...
Weddin Landcare General Meeting and Planning Session
On Tuesday 26th July, Weddin Landcare will be holding a General meeting, followed by a planning session for 2022-2023 activities. Anyone is welcome to attend the General meeting. To attend the planning meeting you will need to be a member of Weddin Landcare but it’s...
Weddin Landcare AGM and General Meeting
Are you interested in getting involved in Landcare? Then come along to the Weddin Landcare AGM on Monday 28 March 2022! Weddin Landcare is a local, community driven, not-for-profit group that supports local farming businesses, individuals, schools and other members of...