CoPP Mentoring Program underway in Inverell

Mulloon’s Erin Healy with local participants.

The Mulloon team were recently in the Inverell region visiting land managers' properties as part of the Mentoring Program in the Communities of Practice Project. Funded by the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund, the Mentoring Program is a guided learning journey open to Bootcamp graduates eager to integrate landscape rehydration interventions on their property. 

In collaboration with GWYMAC Landcare, Mulloon Landscape Planners Erin Healy and Annabel Manning visited several properties across four days to oversee a range of project ideas that complement the participants’ current enterprise and future plans. During visits the Mulloon team toured a range of locations identifying potential sites for landscape rehydration infrastructure.  

It was fantastic to see participants transferring the knowledge and skills gained in the Bootcamp being applied. The team were inspired by the vision behind their project ideas and enthusiasm in analysing landscapes and designing intervention strategies.

Another highlight of course, was meeting all the farmers’ dogs, from kelpie pups to seasoned working dogs and even grumpy dachshunds. 

The next phase of the program will see participants begin designing their landscape rehydration interventions with online guidance from the Mulloon team. These designs will incorporate natural materials and equipment available on their farms to create low-risk, natural structures to help restore the movement, storage and cycling of water on their properties.   

This project received funding from the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund.
Mulloon Institute’s Learning Programs have been developed with the assistance of the NSW Government’s Environmental Trust.