Posts in Central Victoria
Large Old Trees Webinar

Hear about ways to protect and restore these elders of our lands. At this webinar, we'll together look at:
Why are Large Old Trees so important? What are the dire threats they face? How can we together urgently help them?

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Climate Proofing Our Forests From The Ground Up - Webinar

Discover at this webinar how the Spring Plains Watershed Repair Pilot Project paves the way for a new approach to building climate resilience and restoring biodiversity in Goldfields landscapes at scale and speed, and how Biolinks Alliance is looking to share and help adapt it for use in other landscapes across the region.

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Ecological Thinning at Spring Plains Watershed Repair Pilot Project

Dr Chris Pocknee talks about the specialised approach of ecological thinning, one of the innovative interventions used at our Watershed Repair Pilot Project at Spring Plains Nature Conservation Reserve (NCR) on Taungurung country. This technique is used in dense regrowth Box Ironbark forest to accelerate forest maturation and restore biodiversity.

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Glideways in Central Victoria - Webinar

The plight of gliders, from the cat-sized Greater Glider to the miniscule Feathertail Glider, capture the hearts and minds of many people across our region. Don't miss the chance to learn more about these adorable creatures (many of which are threatened) and the initiatives to protect them in this webinar, Glideways in Central Victoria.

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Remnant Habitat workshop - presented as part of the 2021 Leaky Landscapes symposium

This workshop showcases ecological restoration projects designed to repair the hydrological function, soil health and associated biodiversity of damaged ‘natural’ bushland that has been highly altered by past land uses. Under discussion will be practical approaches for restoration, learnings from trials and how trials can be scaled-up for greater impact at landscape scales.

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"Linking the Landscape - The Cobaw Biolink" by Newham Landcare

Newham Landcare has produced this 5 minute video which promotes the important role of the Cobaw Biolink in enhancing the connections between Mount Macedon and the Cobaw Range on both private and public land. This video aims to engage landholders and residents and make them aware that their contribution, no matter how big or small, is environmentally vital. Protecting existing high quality native vegetation and creating connectivity in the biolink will help native plants and animals adapt to climate change. Spotlight surveys on habitat-rich roadsides round Newham found more animals present in the Cobaw Biolink than during similar surveys on Mount Macedon.

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Rivers of Gold by Professor Susan Lawrence

One legacy of the gold mining era was the massive amounts of tailings (sludge) that swept across many floodplains and was a big issue for farmers in Victoria. The original braided floodplains and chains of ponds, and the pastures and crops on this most fertile land, were replaced by infertile sludge that filled in the valleys then rapidly eroded into incised creeks with water tables well below the surface.

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