Celebrating a decade of VLGs
Back in 2022 we realised it had been 10 years of the CMA helping deliver Victorian Landcare Grants. It's taken us a couple of years to crunch the numbers, especially pulling together how much the landcarers...
CMA Landcare Legends Podcast series
For decades landholders and community members have been investing in Landcare in our catchment. Far from the planting a few trees here and there, the Landcare Legends we found for this series have...
The Pondcast Episode 13 – Burning back the Buckthorn
In this episode of The Pondcast, Tania is back out on the Tyrendarra flora reserve with Robin Adair controlling Italian Buckthorn. This introduced exotic plant is playing havoc in the reserve, and...
The Pondcast: Reinstating the forgotten woodlands
On a drizzly windy spring day we found members of the Friends of the Forgotten Woodland on a roadside, planting banksia, sheoak and sweet bursaria plants. They were establishing a new seed orchard...
The entirely unpalatable Italian Buckthorn
In this episode of The Pondcast, Glenelg Hopkins CMA's Tania Parker is out in the field at the Tyrendarra Flora Reserve talking Italian Buckthorn. This introduced woody wood with attractive red berries...
Episode 10: Tossing golfballs in grasslands with ARI
In this episode we are out in the grasslands tossing golf balls into quadrats with researchers from the Arthur Rylah Institute. Brad Farmilo loves talking grassland ecology, and he’s passionate about...
Episode 9: Don Rowe – winning trophies for tree planting
Meet Victorian Landcare Awards Australian Government Individual Landcarer Award winner Don Rowe, from Maroona. This award acknowledges the significant contribution made by an individual...
Episode 8: Searching for the Bittern
In this Pondcast we are talking all about bitterns. We talk to project manager Jacinta – who explains the project behind finding the elusive Australasian Bitterns. These shy, long-necked birds who...
Episode 7: Discover Discovery Bay
Discover why the coastal area of south-west Victoria is so internationally important, not just for its geologically significant wetlands, but also the role it plays a round-the-world holiday destination for a group of birds from Siberia.
Episode 6: Restoring the native grasslands
In this episode, meet farmer David Franklin and researcher John Del Pratt as they discuss how they have worked for over 30 years to improve the grasslands of south-west Victoria.
