Media Releases

Busting Blackberries in Sensitive Areas

Friday 20 November

9.30am to 1.30pm

Osbornes Flat Hall, Osbornes Flat

Hosted by Kiewa Catchment Landcare Groups

Register at https://events.humanitix.com/bb_waterways

Join Dr Robin Adair, ecological consultant and vegetation manager, and Kiewa Catchment Landcare Groups for a practical half-day workshop on effective and sustainable blackberry management in sensitive areas.

With a focus on protecting natural ecosystems, Robin will share his expertise in managing invasive species in challenging environments. If you have a creek, wet area or patch of native vegetation on your property affected by blackberries, this workshop is for you.

Blackberries threaten our environment, agricultural production and cultural heritage, making them a challenge for the whole community. With the right knowledge and management techniques, however, they can be effectively controlled while minimising impacts on surrounding vegetation and waterways.

This FREE half-day workshop will cover best-practice approaches to managing blackberries in sensitive areas, including a practical demonstration of blackberry treatment along a waterway.

Everyone welcome. Morning tea and a light lunch provided. Bookings essential.

Before the First Spray - on-line and on-site workshops

On-line workshop - Tuesday 10 November - 4pm to 6pm

On-site workshop - Tuesday 17 November - 3pm to 6pm - Clearwater Reserve, Myrtleford

Register at https://events.humanitix.com/before-the-first-spray

Whether you're working with a contractor, managing works yourself, or coordinating with neighbours and other stakeholders, a clear plan is essential for achieving good outcomes. 

Join Kylie Roberston from EcoSkills and North East CMA for this practical two-part workshop series which will help land managers build the knowledge and skills needed to effectively manage and improve native bushland.

Shelterbelts for livestock & biodiversity

Session 2: Revamping/Repairing Existing Shelterbelts

Thursday, 19 November 2026 - 10am to 3pm (lunch provided)

Hosted by Benambra Dinner Plain Omeo Landcare

RSVP to Caroline Mildenhall, Landcare Facilitator

tambovalleyhighcountrylc@gmail.com

0418 961 600

This is the second in a four-part practical workshop series focusing on planning, restoring, establishing, and managing farm shelterbelts for biodiversity or livestock protection. Participating landholders who wish to establish or repair a shelterbelt as part of this program may also be supplied with tubestock and tree guards for their project.

Focus: Restoring older or underperforming sites, interplanting, and benefits of maintaining fencing.

Speaker: Sally Day, North East CMA

Field activity: Site inspection of struggling plantings to review key learnings and practical solutions.

Project participants: Design their sites. Select plants.

This project is supported by the Australian Government through funding from the Natural Heritage Trust under the Climate-Smart Agriculture Program. It is delivered with support from the North East CMA.

2026 Warby's survey morning

Sunday 8 November

8.30am to 12.30pm

Pine Gully Picnic Area, Wangandary Road, Wangandary

Register here

Join Swamps, Rivers & Ranges as members complete their annual bird surveys at sites across the Warby's and Killawarra.

After completing some surveys, there will be morning tea before exploration for some special species.

New and/or experienced bird watchers are all welcome.

Kiewa Carbon Bash - How to Measure Soil Biology

15 July 2022 - Kergunyah Hall, 25 Kergunyah Rd, Kergunyah.
Free & Catered Event - 10am to 2pm.
Register here

Kiewa Catchment Landcare Groups are excited to invite you all to our next installment of the Kiewa Carbon Bash. This is a free and catered event, welcome to all.

Please join agroecologist David Hardwick (Soil Land Food) and microbiologist Dr Chandra Iyer for this hands on workshop where we will explore measuring soil biology on your farm.

We will look at the different soil biology tests and look at the results from the DNA analysis of the demo farms that are part of the Kiewa Carbon Bash Project.

Please register via the registration tab or via the QR code.
Contact Project Officer Charles Daaboul at projects@kclg.org.au or on 0493 268 085.