Broken Catchment Landcare Network - Gecko CLaN
The Broken Catchment Landcare Network - trading as the Gecko CLaN (Catchment Landcare Network) - works as an umbrella network operating within the areas of the 23 Landcare Groups of the Broken Catchment and Goulburn Catchments in North East Victoria. They take the role of employer for the two landcare facilitators servicing the groups and has representationfrom all 23 Landcare groups. Meetings are held bi - monthly with the executive meeting between those meetings also.
The network has a strong focus on community engagement and support and has a keen focus on sustainable farming practices and biodiversity projects. At present the network is running three projects funded by three separate funders.
1. Pasture Cropping - funded by Caring for our country (CFOC) Australian Government
2. Chilean Needle Grass - Mapping and community education in the Goulburn Broken Catchment.
3.Native Grass Resiliance - in conjunctiuon with the Birchip Cropping Group under the Grain & Graze 2 Project
4. Blackberry eradication and education.
5. Community education and engagement in Agro-ecological principles.
Our Projects:
Pasture Cropping Project
This project has build on the overwhelming interest demonstrated by farmers who attended the “Doing it differently” forum, and more recently the Advanced Pasture Cropping courses in 2008/09. This project is covering many Landcare group areas and Catchment management areas. The project will assess pasture cropping principles across a range of local environments, and the persistence of perennial grasses in a winter dominant rainfall climate. Demonstration sites have been established at: Chesney Vale, Bungeet, Benalla, Meadow Creek and Markwood.
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Food for Soils Project - Alternative Fertilisers trial
The food for soils Project is a set trials measuring the effectivness of different alternative fertilisers commercially available to producers. This project is a joint project initiated by the Strathbogie/Tablelands Landcare group and with the Gecko Clan which will run for three years beginning in early 2010.
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Native Grass Resilience Project
This is a small project managed by the Gecko CLaN within the Northern Victorian Grain and Graze 2 Program. The program overall seeks to increase water use efficiency in mixed crop/livestock systems while concurrently improving whole farm profitability, sustainability and groundcover. The program in Northern Victoria is administered by the Birchip Cropping Group.
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Riparian Restoration Project
Through this project we are actively working with Landholders to reduce the effect of erosion on our creeks and gullies. Sites have been selected through an EOI process where eroded areas will be fenced off and returned to native vegetation. These actions will have multiple benefits with bank stabilisation, establishment of native vegetation creating biolinks and habitat, water filtration and water retention.
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Granite Creek's Rabbit Control, Baiting & Ripping Project 2012
The Granite Creek's rabbit control project is open to all landholders of the Landcare groups withing the Granite Creeks area, these include Creightion's Creek, Goorum Valley, Balmattum Shean's Creek, Longwood East and Strathbogie Tablelands.
A subsidised ACUP course will be available for those who need to complete or update their Chemical Users Permit.
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Granite Creek's Inkweed Project
Granite Creek's will aim to educate landholders to identify and manage this emerging weed in the area. Mapping and education field days will occur in Spring 2012
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Balmattum/Shean's Creek Briar and emerging weed project
The Balmattum/ Shean's Creek Landcare Group will carry out Briar eradication, mapping and education throughout it's region aiming at education for emerging weeds. Field days will be held in late spring 2012.
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Chilean Needle Grass
The Gecko CLaN has been building on work initiated by the Sheep Pen Creek Land Management Group to map the spread of Chilean Needle Grass in the Goulburn Broken Catchment especially since the floods of the last couple of years. Infested areas will be targeted with education and support with identification and management.
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