David Petrovic, a dedicated environmental advocate, has been awarded the 2025 AlburyCity Environmental Citizen of the Year for his extensive contributions to the local environment. A member of the Woolshed Thurgoona Landcare Group (WTLG) since 2008, David has been instrumental in biodiversity conservation, education, and community engagement. David’s efforts include organizing planting days and nest […]
The Woolshed Thurgoona Landcare Group have been lucky enough to secure funding to run the Native Plant Give Away for five consecutive years. Over this time we have managed to distribute out over 18,000 plants to the local community with over 13,500 taken up by our plant give away and close to a further 5,000 […]
This year has been extremely difficult for everyone with the Covid-19 pandemic completely changing our way of life and bringing sorrow and hardship to everyone across the globe. For our group it has brought uncertainty on how we are going deliver some projects, with many planned community activities cancelled for the foreseeable future. Aprils meeting was cancelled, […]
Planting day at Hawksview We thank all those who participated in the tree planting revegetation works at “Hawksveiw’, Lake Hume Village on Sunday 25th August. It was a beautiful sunny day and the group managed to plant around 300 plants. The establishment of these plants will improve connectivity for our local species, connecting the remnant forests […]
This year the plant giveaway was funded by Murray Local Land Services. The group had a total of 3,400 plants given away, with 194 completed plant orders amassing to 1,933 plants taken up by residents in initial giveaway timeframe. The remaining 1,467 plants were donated to local schools and used in community plantings. Trinity Anglican […]
A native nightlife stakeout was held on Saturday 24 September at 9 Mile Reserve Table Top. Over 100 people registered their interest in attending however there was a cut-off with numbers having to be kept to 50. The ages attending ranged from 2 to over 62 years with people coming from across the whole […]
December 1 group members were treated to presentations about water from two renowned local experts.Professor Max Finlayson, wetland ecologist and Director of the Institute for Land, Water and Society at Charles Sturt University, discussed the variability of water in southern Australian landscapes. He noted the agricultural importance of storing and using water, but also some […]
Purpose: Increased habitat for Squirrel Gliders and woodland birds (as identified in the BioBlitz). Funding: This activity was supported with funding from the Commonwealth’s Caring for our Country Community Action Grant. Albury City Council provided lunch and 1.8 metre Hume and Hovell cloned tree. Activities: Planting native trees, shrubs and grasses. Barbed wire removed on […]
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Almost 300 local residents including five schools got involved in the inaugural Thurgoona Bioblitz 2012, a two day community wildlife event held on 18th & 19th May. The event was co-ordinated by the Slopes2Summit (S2S) partnership and the Woolshed Thurgoona Landcare Group. The event was a huge success, involving 36 separate surveys resulting in over […]
