Canberra Institute of Technology visit - NSW

TMI’s Penny Cooper talking with conservation management students from CIT.

Conservation management students from the Canberra Institute of Technology joined the Mulloon Institute’s Nolani McColl and Penny Cooper for a visit to our Mulloon Creek Natural Farms in November 2022. The students, along with their teacher Blake, were excited to hear from farm manager - Matt Narracott, gaining perspectives on regenerative farming practices with grazing management and landscape rehydration at both the farm and catchment scale.

Taking a closer look at landscape rehydration interventions on Home Farm, students then travelled up a hill, affording a magnificent view of the broader catchment from a high point on the property. Students were able to distinguish landscape features and hear about the Mulloon Rehydration Initiative (MRI), a catchment scale project funded jointly by the Mulloon Institute and the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program and assisted through the NSW Government’s Environmental Trust.

The visit wrapped up at a neighbouring MRI participating property where, after a wet and boggy walk, the students could view one of the newest landscape rehydration installations in the Mulloon Creek. Here they gained perspective on the historic function of Mulloon Creek and the work that is being done to restore that natural function for improved environmental, economic and social outcomes.

MCNF’s Matt Narracott talking about the farm’s regenerative farming practices.