The first week of September each year is Landcare Week.
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This year, 2019 is a special as it is the 30th anniversary of Landcare since it was founded in July, 1989.
Central Tablelands Landcare Group includes the towns of Orange, Bathurst, Molong, Blayney and their surrounding localities.
We are committed to improving the local environment through assisting communities with natural resource management and sustainable farming practices.
Our members have consistently identified revegetation as a high priority.
Consequently, since 2012 we have been working with landholders to regenerate native vegetation in stock excluded areas.
As well as improving the biodiversity on these properties, this program raises community awareness of the need for revegetation, the need to form connections or linkages between old remnant vegetation and newly planted areas, and highlights the social benefits of being part of a Landcare network.
One of the greatest achievements of the Group is the establishment of our Community Plant Nursery situated at the Bathurst Ag. Research Station.
- Sally Kirby
Central Tablelands Landcare's most recent project Stepping Stones through our Endangered Grassy Woodlands has been funded by the NSW Government's Environmental Trust.
It has resulted in over 8000 native shrubs and trees revegetating 20 hectares of grassy white box woodland in our region.
We engaged 11 landholders in this project, and helped them to identify areas on their properties that could benefit from restoring vegetation.
One of the greatest achievements of the Group is the establishment of our Community Plant Nursery situated at the Bathurst Ag. Research Station.
Central Tablelands Landcare has been successful in winning Environmental Trust funding for two more exciting projects.
We have signed up 12 landholders for our Planned Woodlands project which will see 15 hectares of land returned to native vegetation and the Rocky Outcrops project which aims to engage 18 landholders in our region who are willing to protect and enhance important habitat for reptiles.
Landcare is about working with people to improve our social capital as well.
It is the social connections our project participants make, along with learning about habitat restoration and actually making a difference that is the biggest benefit.
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