Past Projects
Native Grass Smart farms Project
As part of this project, Corowa District Landcare investigated and trialled the cultivation of local native grass seed with partners and experts in the field, looking at cultivating seed for the revegetation market, pastures market and for use as an edible grain.
Junior Landcare
Our Junior Landcare Program ran a series of outdoor workshops for kids, including playgroup, preschool and primary schools. The workshops covered a range of topics including pollinators, healthy soils and plants, wetlands, threatened species and food miles.
Sheep Producer Workshops
Our sheep producer group involved multiple workshops around sheep health, pasture management, data collection and analysis, lamb mortality, and drought decision making.
Freshwater Turtles in the Corowa Region
This project promoted awareness of the three turtle species that inhabit the Corowa region and methods of protection for their conservation.
paper laneways project
This project engaged local landholders to restore and rehabilitate the ‘Paper Laneways’ (disused Crown lanes) that adjoin their farms. Sites were selected based on their ability to enhance the connectivity to existing, significant revegetation and remnant vegetation sites, and their biodiversity values.
grassy woodlands project
The Grassy Woodlands Project aimed to improve condition, extent and connectivity of Grassy Woodland patches in our region. The project has supported landholders to protect and enhance remnant native vegetation, to revegetate new areas on their properties or enhance shelterbelts.
regenerative cropping
In 2022 to 2023, Corowa District Landcare received funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program Smart Farms Small Grants to undertake a project on improving soil health through regenerative cropping. The project improved the soil health literacy of local farmers and empowered them to make decisions that benefit the landscape, their bottom line and our community.
dung beetles
With a seasonal gap in dung beetle activity identified by scientists, this project aimed to continue to enhance community understanding of the value of dung beetles for sustainable and productive agriculture.