UNE Landcare in the news
It’s been a fairly exciting week in the lead up to the launch of the 10,000 Trees campaign. I am blown away by the interest from the community and am so excited to see what the day holds in store for us on Sunday.
We have been lucky enough to get an article on the front page of the UNE site (a big thank you to Jim Scanlan), and yesterday I was interviewed by ABC New England North West. Our media release was included in the Armidale Independent as well.
There is plenty of rain predicted over the next few days – fingers crossed it soaks the site and clears up before Sunday! I can’t wait to see you all there.
Natural regeneration!
The acacias are multiplying!
Some of the current plantings have been at the Dumaresq Ck site for over 5 years. After all of the rain this summer, and a bit of TLC to get the competitive edge on weeds, they are looking absolutely glorious.
Whilst doing some maintenance work on the plantings this weekend, Mic spotted some very exciting stuff. The acacias have set seed, and frogs are loving the creeklands.
Clubs affiliation
We need to make UNE Landcare an affiliated club with UNE. This will help with promotion, facilities, networking, resourcing and support at UNE from the Services UNE.
To make it happen, we need:
at least 5 people
to establish a management committee
to prepare a constitution
to hold a meeting (inaugural AGM)
to submit an application for affiliation
Some of this already exists from the old UNE Landcare group thankfully, because the governance stuff is not fun.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
UNE Landcare will be running a stall at ‘Lifesaver Day’ in O-Week. Anyone interested in volunteering for a short (whatever suits) shift on the stall would be very welcome.
There might even be beautiful organic cotton, sweatshop free UNE Landcare t-shirts for those wishing to join up for the year ($10 for a shirt).
2012
2011 saw UNE Landcare back in action on campus. After a five year lull, work has resumed to regenerate the bush and riparian lands at UNE.
Some highlights:
630 new seedlings planted along Dumaresq Ck
over 5 ha of bush regeneration
two plant identification work shops
one really big truck getting bogged
None of this would have been possible without the support of UNE Facilities Management Services and the HiCUB Project, and of course, the volunteers.
2012 is set to be bigger and better, with the launch of the second stage of regeneration works in Dumaresq Ck. Working with UNE FMS and the Armidale Urban Rivercare Group we are going to move east from the Goat Track Bridge, cleaning up tonnes of woody weeds and planting a mix of local natives guaranteed to bring some wildlife back to the creek.
We need your help though, because the more people we have, the faster this work gets done and the sooner we all get to enjoy our efforts.
Contact ellen@snelcc.org.au to get involved today.
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