Yearly Archive: 2022

Guiding small scale property owners to become land stewards: CCMA

This project will engage smaller landholders in catchment management and empower them to adopt environmental best practices through tailored land management workshops. The Small Blocks Big Dreams project is being delivered in partnership with local Landcare networks, providing local support and expert knowledge. The project will target smaller properties with intensive land uses, specifically: artisan/small producers, lifestyle/bush block owners... Read more

VSTWP to setup at Seymour Farming expo: 1-3 April 2022

The VSTWP are excited to announce that we will have a table at the popular Seymour Farming Expo from 1-3 April 2022. Held in the heart of Victoria at Kings Park Seymour, the Expo features approximately 400 exhibitors and attracts 20,000 visitors across three days. We will have a stall in the indoor pavilion that will... Read more

Community Grants for Serrated Tussock 2022: Now Open

The Victorian Serrated Tussock Working Party (VSTWP) is providing community groups and organisations with the opportunity to apply for grants to manage serrated tussock. The grants aim to support community groups and organisations build their capacity to achieve long term voluntary management of serrated tussock.= Grants of up to $5,000 (GST excluded) are available to... Read more

Drones get onto tussock in the Western Grasslands Reserve

This article was published in the Wyndham Starweekly and can be read by clicking here. (Supplied/Wyndham City Facebook). Wyndham council is using drones to spray weeds in rough terrain under a trail being carried out at the Western Grassland Reserve. A council spokesperson said that the state government was establishing a 15,000-hectare grassland reserve, outside... Read more