AGM and Recruitment Drive a Great Success

Last night Basalt to Bay held it's annual AGM/recruitment drive in Port Fairy. A nice crowd of 21 people turned out and from that we gained a few more volunteers for local Landcare groups.

It was a great night, with a fantastic meal from head chef, Dianne from the HUB in Port Fairy and presentations by Peter Forster from the Environmental Farmes Network and Inka Veltheim from the SW Brolga Research Project.

Folks enjoyed some serious networking and we all enjoyed the talk by Peter and Inka. We were all much the wiser about the benefits of gaining carbon credits from biodiversity planting and the benfits that landholders gain from improving local biodiversity and shelter for stock and crops. We also learned that the southern Brolga currently faces endangered status in Victoria and that key threats to it's ongoing survival include fox predation, disturbance from Wind Farms and clearing of habitat by landholders.

Thanks to the Department of Planning and Community Development and Glenelg Hopkins CMA for sponsoring the night.

AGM and Recruitment Drive

Basalt to Bay Landcare Network will be hosting it's annual AGM and recruitment drive on Thursday April 29th between 7-9 pm, at the Port Fairy Yacht Club on the banks of the Moyne River.

As part of our AGM we will be looking for new volunteer members to join our steering committe and our member groups.

To make the event more interesting we'll have 2 speakers for the evening. Peter Forster will be talking about carbon credits and The Environmental Farmers Network. We also hope to have Inka Veltheim - PHD student from the Univesity of Ballarat, talk about the South West Brolga Research Project.

Dinner will be supplied. Numbers are limited, so you'll need to get in fast. To register your interest contact me Richard Hudson on 0458 268 119 or email richardb2b@gmail.com .

Thanks to the Department of Planning and Community Development for sponsoring the evening and Glenelg Hopkins CMA for Landcare related materials.