Congratulations to the successful recipients of Victorian Landcare Grants. The variety of work shows that our Landcare community is tackling environmental challenges from a number of different angles.
SGLN was successful with its applications, so well done to our staff. One VLG will enable us to continue supporting farmers in exploring the benefits of multispecies pastures. The second VLG will assist groups in the western sector by building strength through ‘Love the Tarwin’ activities. Our third successful VLG project will enhance endangered vegetation communities in the Strzelecki Ranges Bioregion. It will also facilitate four Landcare member planting days and build community engagement and participation through three community events aimed at empowering Landcarers in the region.
Speaking of ‘Love the Tarwin’, on the same day the VLGs were announced, I was asked to speak on the West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority’s podcast, Gippslandscapes, about the Tarwin Project.
Jenny O’Sullivan and I were excited to be able to say that four of the successful VLGs relate to the Tarwin Catchment. As well as SGLN’s project, Tarwin Landcare Group is revegetating an escarpment above the river plain, and Fish Creek and Arawata Landcare Groups are both doing work that will enhance tributaries that flow into the Tarwin River.
If, like me, you love the Tarwin, listen out for the podcast which should drop in time for National Landcare Week. I recommend you following Gippslandscapes anyway, as it’s full of inspiring stories that are right on our Landcare doorstep.
Kind regards,
Jillian Staton
Chair
