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A collection of our 2019 Summer Reading Articles

Summer is the typical wind-down period for Landcare and Bushcare in south-eastern Australia. With the high temperatures, allure of second helpings to Christmas and New Year feasts and the conciding of school holidays, many Bushcare and Landcare groups take a blissful break from volunteering to relax and recharge. We took the opportunity of free time – and Facebook! – to share a range of throught provoking local, national and international articles and opinion pieces over on Facebook. The full collection of our Summer Reading Series is now available below. Keep an eye out for Group Improvement autumn series over on Facebook, and cross posted on our news section here at GSLN.org.

  • 9 January: ‘Momentum is growing’: reasons to be hopeful about the environment in 2019. The first summer reading article for 2019, and we’re kicking off 2019 on a positive note. Courtesy of The Guardian and Nature NSW.
  • 10 January: What the economy really needs more of: trees. Next in our summer reading series: why the economic really needs more trees. Courtesy of The Sydney Morning Herald and Nature NSW
  • 11 January: Popes Glen restored to its former glory. Summer reading heads into the mountains to revisit this incredible Blackheath site, managed by Popes Glen Bushcare. Courtesy of the Blue Mountains Gazette.
  • 12 January: 10 ideas for teaching kids about sustainable living. A special school holiday summer reading article for the younger (and young at heart!) members of our network. Courtesy of ABC News.
  • 15 January: Video: Yellowmundee Firesticks Project. Summer reading turns summer viewing for a Tuesday throwback to the Yellomundee Firesticks Pilot Project. This project brought Traditional Owners together at Yellomundee Reserve in north-western Sydney, using burning of country to control weeds and restore landscape health. Check out the film over on Vimeo, via the ‘Living Knowledge Place’ channel.
  • 16 January: Stories from the south – reclaiming industrial land for urban habitat creation in Melbourne. Summer reading goes south into Melbourne, as LLC Clare recalls a New Years Day visit to the Newport Lakes reserve.
  • 16 January: The Darling River is simply not supposed to dry out, even in drought. Academic analysis on the current Darling River crisis, part of our summer reading series courtesy of The Conversation.
  • 17 January: Collaborative bush care – The Gully gets together in Katoomba. Summer reading goes local with a Thursday #tbt to December 2018, with LLC Clare visiting Garguree Swampcare Katoomba and The Gully. Bushcare, community and a brilliant morning tea. Full article on our website below.
  • 17 January: Insect collapse: ‘We are destroying our life support systems’. Summer reading goes international, looking at insect population declines and ecosystem collapse in Peru, South America, courtesy of The Guardian.
  • 19 January:Life on the land with the Lama Lama rangers – a picture essay.Head to the tropical north with summer reading, and join the Lama Lama Rangers from Cape York in this photographic essay from The Guardian.
  • 20 January: What happens after you take injured wildlife to the vet?Wildlife rehabilitation, rescue and what happens once you drop off a furry friend to the vet. Sunday summer reading courtesy of The Conversation.
  • 23 January: Video:Healing with fire: Indigenous burning before and after the Tathra bushfire. Summer viewing heads to Tathra on the NSW far south coast. Indigenous cultural burning is both protecting and healing this landscape in the wake of the devastating 2018 fires.
  • 4 February: 1.5 Million Volunteers Plant 66 Million Trees in 12 Hours, Breaking Guinness World Record. Amazing international volunteering from India!
  • 5 February: Annual surveys of Australian attitudes to climate change. Ever wondered (or worried) about what the average Australian thinks about climate change? New research from CSIRO indicates Australians are recognising the science, and are changing their actions in response! Onya mate!
  • 8 February: Court rules out Hunter Valley coalmine on climate change grounds. Climate change is now impacting court-decided planning decisions. Could this be the shape of things to come in the Sydney planning landscape?
  • 12 February: Regenerative agriculture can make farmers stewards of the land again. Landcare is a key part of regenerative agriculture in restoring our soil, water, flora and fauna across agricultural and natural landscapes. A fascinating read courtesy of The Conversation.

The summer reading articles were chosen by our LLC Clare, from a variety of reputable, apolitical sources online including government, independent media and scientific sources. 

Written by Clare Vernon. 

Streamwatch

We’re incredibly excited to announce that Streamwatch is celebrating 30years of independent water quality data collection

Such a huge achievement for our dedicated volunteers

Streamwatch has found it’s new home here, at the Greater Sydney Landcare Network!

If you would like to register your interest in joining and supporting our amazing program click here 

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We’re getting close to our Creating Canopies tar We’re getting close to our Creating Canopies target of planting 100,000 trees in Greater Sydney by October this year. Are you a landholder who can help us get there?

The perks? A greener outlook for your community, habitat for wildlife, and our team of experts who will be there to support you from the first step. Register your interest today and watch your native plants grow tall.

Find out more: https://buff.ly/3Ptq1pl

@landcare_nsw has partnered with Greater Sydney Landcare Network to plant 100,000 trees as part of the Greening our City NSW Premier’s Priority to increase tree canopy and green cover across Greater Sydney. Supported by @NSWDPE

#creatingcanopiesingreatersydney #premierspriority #creatingcanopies  #greeningourcity #landcarensw
Yarning on country 🖤💛♥️ Knowing the pa Yarning on country
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Knowing the past working together for the future for  healthy country, healthy people 🌱 @landcare_nsw  @hawkesburynepeanlandcare @greatersydney_lls
Happy National Volunteer Week! One of our big pro Happy National Volunteer Week!

One of our big projects that wouldn’t be possible without our amazing volunteers, is Creating Canopies.

Our aim is to help cool our communities by planting 100,000 trees across Greater Sydney. Tree canopies also create habitat for wildlife, increase biodiversity, and invite people back into nature.

We celebrate you, our wonderful volunteers who lend your time, energy, laughter and a little elbow grease to get these plants in the ground. 

Check out how you can get involved and lend a hand: https://greatersydneylandcare.org/volunteer-for-creating.../

Landcare NSW has partnered with Greater Sydney Landcare Network to deliver the planting of 100,000 trees as part of the NSW Premier's Priority of increasing tree canopy and green cover across Greater Sydney. Supported by @nswdpe

#creatingcanopies #creatingcanopiesingreatersydney #landcarensw #greatersydneylandcarenetwork #greeningourcity #premierspriority #NationalVolunteerWeek
250 plants 🌱 13 species A River bank restorati 250 plants 🌱 13 species 
A River bank restoration project for the Regent Honeyeater and Swift Parrot 🦜 

Thank you to all involved who came out to camp this earth day and lend a helping hand 🏕💪🏻🌎

#caperteevalleylandcare #greatersydneylandcare 
#centraltablelandslls
A horse of gorse. We just had another cracker week A horse of gorse. We just had another cracker weekend away with an awesome crew down in the Southern Highlands!

On Saturday we smashed a lot of gorse, another horrible weed, under close supervision of the local horses and were treated to some delicious food @suttonforestinn. On Sunday we had a fantastic breakfast @theveggienook and explored Mt Gibraltar with Geoff Allen from the local Landcare Bushcare group and learnt about the local environment.

Stay tuned for more Get Your Hands Dirty events!
Thanks to all who joined and to @auspost 

#landcare #conservation #weeding #mtgibraltar
We had some special guests at our Creating Canopie We had some special guests at our Creating Canopies Christmas Party on the weekend! Thanks everyone for joining, we had a lovely day

Massive thanks to Tom Covell from @toms_hooked_on_nature for doing such an awesome nature exploration with us! It really helps to appreciate why we need to plant more trees and make more habitat
A real thorn in the side! Gleditsia is a really n A real thorn in the side!

Gleditsia is a really nasty and invasive weed and we treated over 100 of them in the Capertee Valley on Saturday with Central Tablelands Local Land Services and Capertee Valley Landcare.

It was a super team and a super effort! It's so important to remove weeds like Gleditsia to prevent it from spreading into the Wollemi Wilderness area and also to restore habitat for the critically endangered Regent Honeyeater. There's only a few hundred of them left.

After all our hard work, we went up the road and had some delicious treats at From the Paddock Farm Market

Massive thanks to everyone who joined! Stay tuned for more events like this...

@centraltablelandslls @cvlandcare @fromthepaddockmarket

#landcare #conservation #weeding #regenthoneyeater #caperteevalley
Greater Sydney Landcare Forum, Annual General Meet Greater Sydney Landcare Forum, Annual General Meeting &Xmas Party! All invited - Sunday 28th Nov, 2021 - online or in person

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/greater-sydney-landcare-forum-annual-general-meeting-xmas-party-tickets-204242844847
JUMP IN QUICK! We only have a few spots left for 2 JUMP IN QUICK! We only have a few spots left for 20-21 November! 

Join us for a post lockdown adventure into a remote area of the Blue Mountains. It'll be a fantastic weekend of learning about the bush, getting our hands dirty removing weeds to help protect it and exploring the world heritage area that's home to several species of critically endangered birds, all in the incredible setting of the Capertee Valley, the second biggest canyon in the world!

So if you've always been keen to make a difference but weren't sure where to start, or just want a weekend in the bush with some like-minded people for a great adventure, now's your chance to get involved!

Link to register is in the bio

@cvlandcare @centraltablelandslls 
#landcare #conservation #caperteevalley #bluemountains
What do the southern myotis bat, the striped marsh What do the southern myotis bat, the striped marsh frog, the banded godwit and the eastern longneck turtle all have in common? Well they're all very special and they live on the banks of the Parramatta River. Join Jasmine Payget from the Parramatta Riverkeeper Network for an inspiring talk tomorrow at 6pm about the history of the river, the plans to clean it up and make it swimmable for us too. She'll be talking about the important and inspiring work that the Parramatta Riverkeeper Network is doing to connect and empower local people and organisations to regenerate and protect the local environment.

Registration link in bio

📸 Our Living River

@ourlivingriver @cityofparramatta @landcare_nsw @nswdpie 

#parramatta #parramattariver

This event is funded under the Creating Canopies project. Landcare NSW has partnered with Greater Sydney Landcare Network to deliver the planting of 100,000 trees as part of the NSW Premier's Priority of increasing tree canopy and green cover across Greater Sydney.
Penrith City Council for the win! As part of our C Penrith City Council for the win! As part of our Creating Canopies project, they planted 350 trees along School House Creek a few weeks ago which will help to restore the banks and bushland of the creek, improve water quality and create habitat for animals. An awesome effort, big thanks for your work! 

If you're a public or private landholder, you can also apply to plant trees on your land so get in touch, trees@greatersydneylandcare.org

Landcare NSW has partnered with Greater Sydney Landcare Network to deliver the planting of 100,000 trees as part of the NSW Premiers Priority of increasing tree canopy and green cover across Greater Sydney.

@penrithcitycouncil @hawkesburynepeanlandcare 
@landcare_nsw 
@nswdpie
We're pretty excited about this Thursday night! In We're pretty excited about this Thursday night! Incredible ecologist Tom Covell will be taking us on an online nature discovery. He'll be talking to us about all the awesome critters that live in urban and peri-urban bushland in Sydney, stuff like microbats, gliders, lizards and frogs and so much more. Tom has so much knowledge and passion and is one of the best speakers around, he'll really get you hooked!

Link is in the bio

@toms_hooked_on_nature

#landcare #conservationphotography #sydneywildlife #bushland #australiananimals #frogs #bats #gliders #lizards 
📸Tom Covell
Creating Canopies in October Creating Canopies in October
Check out this incredible little treasure! The Pur Check out this incredible little treasure! The Purple Copper Butterfly is one of Australia's rarest and most beautiful butterflies. It exists under very specific conditions and lives only in the Central Tablelands region of NSW. It depends on a specific species of ant and a specific species of bush to survive! 

Find out more about their fascinating adaptations and relationships with Central Tablelands LLS this Sunday for a webinar

To register, check their website: www.lls.nsw.gov.au/regions/central-tablelands/events/ct-events/butterflies-and-biodiversity
Who's hanging out in your backyard? This incredibl Who's hanging out in your backyard? This incredible photo was taken by our Project Coordinator, Matt Keighery. The little powerful owl fledging was born metres away from his house.

Sadly, we're losing 13 to 15% of the powerful owl population in Sydney every year. There are very strong suspicions that rodenticide contributes to this. 

So please use owl-friendly methods of dealing with rodents proposed by Birdlife Australia, you can check their website for more info

https://birdlife.org.au/rodent-control

#greatersydneylandcare
#landcare #conservation
#powerfulowl #bird

@birdlifeoz
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Did you know that having at least 30% tree canopy Did you know that having at least 30% tree canopy cover in your neighbourhood can reduce the risk of developing psychological distress by 31%?! 

Join Associate Professor Xiaoqi Feng and Professor Thomas Astell-Burt in our next webinar to hear about the significant findings from their research about the mental health and wellbeing benefits of green spaces and particularly tree canopy cover. It'll make you want to plant some trees!

Registration link is in bio

#mentalhealth #greatersydneylandcare
#treeplanting
#landcare
@landcare_nsw
Creating Canopies in September Creating Canopies in September
Lock down sure has slowed life down a bit. Maybe n Lock down sure has slowed life down a bit. Maybe not as slow as this guy though. It's the humble Cumberland Plain Land Snail. 

They're actually endangered and they live in the Cumberland Plain Woodland which is the bushland in Western Sydney. This bushland is critically endangered with only about 5% remaining!

We've been working really hard to help restore and protect the Cumberland Plain. Check out the video from last night's webinar by our amazing Local Landcare Coordinator, Xuela Sledge to learn more

Big shout out to all who joined us last night! We're looking forward to the next webinar on Streamwatch next Thursday

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mjoCNif3Ya0

📷 Photo thanks to NPWS

#cumberlandplainwoodland #cumberlandplain #greatersydneylandcare #npws #conservation #westernsydney #snail #cumberlandplainlandsnail

@nswnationalparks @firesticks.alliance.network 
@conservationvolunteers @greatersydney_lls
Check out this night owl! The beautiful tawny frog Check out this night owl! The beautiful tawny frogmouth. It's actually not an owl but more closely related to the nightjars.

Have you seen one in your neighbourhood? This one was hanging out in a patch of Cumberland Plain bushland in Western Sydney

We've got a webinar on the Cumberland Plain bushland tomorrow, registration link is in bio. Its a great opportunity to learn more about the critically endangered ecosystem on our doorstep

#greatersydneylandcare
#tawnyfrogmouth
#cumberlandplain
#creatingcanopies
#westernsydney
#conservation
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Restoration in Western Sydney

 

Guide to conservation in western Sydney

Greater Sydney Landcare currently contributes to the restoration of the Cumberland Plain, with the Saving our Species Cumberland Plain Restoration Program and a Private Land Conservation Program for the south west (Campbelltown, Camden and Wollondilly LGAs).

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