[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Landcare NSW’s People Led Prevention project empowers communities across regional NSW in developing disaster resilience and preparedness skills.
In Autumn 2024, Murrumbidgee Landcare delivered a series of workshops on managing bushfires, floods and disaster preparedness whilst maintaining ecosystem integrity. The following local resources have been developed on Fire ecology, flood resilience and groundcover management to enable good biodiversity outcomes and buffer your property against natural events. All have a nature led solution theme.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=””]
Resilience of our landscape
Resilience is the ability of a natural area and its unique assemblages to bounce back from various events and pressures. For plant and animal communities this means they need to be self sustaining enough to recover fully from disturbances. This requires healthy and large areas to maintain enough natural integrity to be able to do this.
To work out firstly what type of vegetation (homes) you have for all sorts of life on your property you can use the Trees near me app or other local guides.
Trees near me and other online mapping programs enable you to plan for different vegetation zones on your property. You can manage distinct areas such as River Red Gum flats and waterways differently to White box remnants on fertile low ground to Grey Box Yellow box rises for example and understand what a healthy version of these areas looks like, how healthy it is, what habitat features are present and important and therefore how resilient they are.
Landcare, Local Land Services, local ecologists and field naturalists are all great sources of support on your learning journey.
In the Murrumbidgee region, a heavily farmed and modified landscape, a lot of improvement can be made to the health of natural areas through groundcover management, carefully knocking back vast areas of spring grass weeds and enabling native ground cover to flourish. Maintaining gully and creek bank vegetation to protect it from erosion and flood events. Reducing highly flammable weeds and encouraging summer green native grasses and herbs, all hold a lot of cost effective and practical ways to reduce risks and let nature do the work for you.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text css=””]
Resources Packages
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Bushfire – Biodiversity and fire preparedness in local landscapes
Creating safer environments through nature-based solutions workshops delivered around Tumut and Junee.
- Fire powerpoint presentation (includes links to further information sources)
- Hotspots Fire Project
- RFS processes for hazard reduction burning
- How often should this vegetation type be burnt?
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Flooding – Flood preparedness and bank stabilisation
On ground workshop delivered in Narrandera.
- Resource – outline (includes links to further information sources)
- Department of Primary Industries – Floods and storms
- Australian River Restoration Centre – Stock And Waterways – A practical guide to help New South Wales farmers manage stock and waterways for productivity and environmental benefits.
- SES FloodSafe fact sheet – An All Clear after an Evacuation Order
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Creating resilient groundcover layers
Workshops around Wagga Wagga, Coolamon and Junee
- Features of a resilient landscape in a local Box Gum Woodland
- Community led healthy woodlands
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Other MLI resources
Videos and snippets we produce
State wide resources
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Events and Workshops
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Creating Safer Environments Through Fire Planning
1st of May 2024
Two free workshops were held at the Old Junee Hall and a nearby Travelling Stock Reserve. With 7 expert speakers presenting, the 29 attendees heard from a range of topics, from fire safety services and fire-safe landscaping to animal welfare during
and after a fire. People left feeling more confident and prepared, knowing that a whole-property fire plan and fire-resistant strategies weren’t just abstract ideas but real, actionable steps they could take.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Case study link: Creating Safer Environments through Fire Planning in Old Junee” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Flandcare.nsw.gov.au%2Fgroups%2Fmurrumbidgee-landcare-inc%2Fcreating-safer-environments-through-fire-planning-in-old-junee%2F”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Educational Cultural Burn
3rd of May and 2nd of June 2024
Tumut Wetlands Gilmore Creek
Wiradjuri Cultural Burns Team in partnership with Murrumbidgee Landcare Inc, RFS and Snowy Valleys Council, held an educational Cultural Burn at the Tumut wetlands. The events major aims were to educate and empower high school students about Cultural burning and build a connection to Country and First Nations Ecological Practice.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Case study link: Passing on the Flame of Cultural Knowledge through Intergenerational Education” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Flandcare.nsw.gov.au%2Fgroups%2Fmurrumbidgee-landcare-inc%2Fpassing-on-the-flame-of-cultural-knowledge-through-intergenerational-education%2F”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text css=””]Creating a Safer Environment Through Nature-Based Solutions
10th of May 2024
Snowy Valleys Resilience Hub, Tumut Wetlands
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17th of May 2024
Our on-ground workshop near Narrandera looked at collaborative land management practices to improve the overall resilience of the local environment and community. Participants heard presentations from NSW State Emergency Service, Riverina Local Land Services, Charles Sturt University and Soil Conservation Service.
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28th of May 2024
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