Tag Archives: Landcare SJ
Byford Enviro-Link has busy bee at the Byford Scout Hut
Byford Envirolink members joined Kristy from the Landcare Centre to remove tree guards from the most advanced plants at the Byford Scout Hall Public Open Space. They have all been neatly packaged for reuse this coming planting season. There is a great survival rate at this site, but even here you can see the […]
War on Feral Pigs in Serpentine Jarrahdale
By Kristy Gregory, Landcare SJ Project Management Officer . Landholders in Keysbrook have declared war on feral pigs over spring and summer, with a family group of 1 boar, 3 sows and 21 piglets successfully caught in November 2018. Since then, another group has been trapped, thanks to neighbours pooling their skills and knowledge, and […]
Food & Farm Fest
When is it ? Sunday 5th May – 10am to 4 pm Featuring a great lineup of speakers to help you learn more about growing your food for personal consumption or to provide to your local community. Josh Byrne, from ABC Gardening Australia Come and hear Josh Byrne at the SJ Food & Farm Fest […]
2 hours + 5 people =500 cotton bush plants removed. Declared weeds are everyone’s business.
That’s what it took to remove cotton bush at the corner of Mundijong and Kargotich roads and at the intersection of Mundijong and Lightbody roads. Staff from Landcare SJ and the Peel Harvey Biosecurity Group were quick to rally together to utilise a couple of unallocated hours in their busy work schedules. Whilst it is […]
Landcare SJ says au revoir to Chris Kennedy
Today, 18th December, is the last day of the project that Chris Kennedy has been coordinating, ‘Measuring NRM Success in SJ’, funded by the State NRM Program. Chris has completed the huge task that Sarah Way began back in May 2017 – to draw together the past 10 years of Landcare SJ project information into […]
Byford sculpture recognises Landcare SJ’s contribution to saving Black Cockatoos
Pictures of the installation of the black cockatoo sculpture. It is yet to be painted. The sculpture has been commissioned by the Byford Progress Association to recognise Landcare SJ’s contribution to saving this iconic threatened species by the development of our artificial nest boxes – the Cockatube ®. Sculptor, Lens Zuks with his latest addition […]