results !!!
I'm currently in the process of organizing planting days for the Western District Tree Muster Project. It looks like we'll have some 26 on ground projects, which will involve some 6-7 school groups, 3 community groups and 2 corporate group volunteers invloved in planting some 100,000 trees (about 15,000 seedlings and the remainder through direct seeding).
We're also exploring some new ways to get our Kickstart Your Reserve Initiative off the ground (see Feb blog entry). We hope that this will evolve into a large part of what we do. We'll be having a Kickstart Your Reserve coach tour in September to help generate interest in the initiative - more details closer to the date. We just missed out on a submission to DSE for a Capacity Building Coordinator to oversee the project and faciliatte 10 on ground projects. There were 14 submissions and we came in 3rd but with plenty of encouragement to make the project happen. we're also in the process of looking for funding to help revegetate the first stage of the Warnambool-Port fairy Rail Trail. I'll keep you posted if we are successfull.
The stategic plan and website are about 2 weeks off being complete. We will also have our Annual Report Card availible on the website for download.
The website will also have availible for download, a shelter belt brochure and a Basalt to Bay brochure aimed at farmers.
In terms of Revamping Landcare capacity building events, we have 2 direct seeding field days coming up in August and also in August we'll be assiting Heytsbury Landcare Network to deliver a Dung Beetle workshop in Koroit with John Feehan (International Dung Beetle Expert).
Although personally I'm not a fan of the man made climate change model, I think we really need to look carefully at how we can change the way we live. Paul Gilding had some interesting things to say about this subject on Background Briefing recently :
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/
And lastly, the results of Caring For Our Country funding applications should be out shortly. It will be interesting to see if some of the larger projects in our region have been successfull in getting up - particuarly the Outback to Ocean project and Kanawinka project.
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