The Blacktown and District Environment Group are holding a FREE Forum on the Flora and Fauna of the Cumberland Plain, current issues and what can be done. Free plant ID will also be available on the day as well as the opportunity to speak to experts. Light lunch, morning/afternoon tea provided. Please register with Wayne for […]
All Bushcare and Landcare volunteers are welcome to attend. The network is here to discuss aspects that effect the program as a whole. The latest discussions include: Bushcare Conference planning, projects, LEP, Recreation licencing and many more. Light dinner provided so please RSVP for catering purposes.
This meeting is for all people interested in the works happening in the catchment. These meetings are a way of finding out what works are occurring and where the partners in the projects are up to.
Join volunteers to replace habitat for the endangered Regent Honeyeater and other declining woodland species. Over 100,000 trees and shrubs have already been planted throughout the valley in this long-running project. Planting is done on the Saturday (and Sunday if necessary) but people are also needed on the Friday to help lay out the plants. […]
Speakers include Margaret Baker on the geology of the Blue Mountains. There will be workshops on issues of common concern to bushcare volunteers. For more information, or to get involved, contact the convenor of the Bushcare Network, Paul Vale.
Support the work of the Fitzgeralds Creek Catchment Group. Work in section of Cripple Creek below the Blaxland Waste Management Facility. We will be targeting large privet and green cestrum. Please book in by the end of August.
We now have enough participants for this remote. This remote we will continue the fantastic work in Katoomba Creek by wading and climbing through another section of Katoomba Creek, searching out weeds. It will involve off-track walking and wading in the creek. Experience required and numbers limited. This is a joint NPWS/BMCC event. Please book in early, at least by […]
This combined activity with NPWS will be working on a recent invasion of weeds on the western side of the swamp system in north Wentworth Falls. Help rid the swamp of Erica, Himalayan Honeysuckle, Agapanthus and even Kangaroo Paw! Lunch and morning tea donated by Hominy. Book with Lyndal by Thursday 1st May.
This free workshop will recognise and share the expertise among Bushcare and Landcare volunteers with case studies of long term restoration projects across the Greater Sydney region. The key note speaker is Paul Gibson-Roy, Chief Restoration Ecologist from Greening Australia NSW. This workshop is open to all volunteers, bush regenerators and agency staff. Registration is […]