In late March 2021, another flood event occurred in the Mulloon catchment which amazingly means two ‘1-in-50-year’ flood events in little more than six months! So what did the stream gauges show us?
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Landholders from Turnip Creek near Benalla, Victoria and staff from Bush Heritage Australia visited the Mulloon Institute in March, to view landscape rehydration works (leaky weirs), functional catchment restoration and regenerative farming practices.
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There was great interest in the recent ‘Landscape Rehydration’ workshop held at the Old Wallaringa property near Dungog in NSW with 45 participants attending in testing and windy conditions.
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The Mulloon Law Committee are suggesting amendments to the Crown Lands Management Act, so that it proactively encourages and facilitates the rehabilitation and rehydration of Crown Land.
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In May, TMI’s Senior Landscape Planner Peter Hazell visited South Gippsland, Victoria to present workshops for Bass Coast Landcare and for Maffra and Districts Landcare.
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Pete Hazell and Laura Fisher have begun mapping out components for a Landscape Rehydration Curriculum as part of TMI’s five year ‘Landscape Rehydration Capacity Building’ project, funded by the NSW Environmental Trust.
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The Mulloon Institute has won a WA Community Stewardship Grant to plan and implement landscape rehydration works to restore landscape function on three properties in the agricultural areas of WA.
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We're excited to be working in Queensland again soon, this time with Terrain NRM on the Upper Herbert Sediment Reduction Project which is funded by a partnership between the Australian Government’s Reef Trust and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation.
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Up in Queensland, landscape planner Sam Skeat has been busy working with NQ Dry Tropics on various property visits, workshops, maintenance and design work.
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Chairman Gary Nairn AO has been attending various events, including the Parliamentary Friends of Landcare launch, the National Soil Advocate’s forum and a workshop with Resource Consulting Services.
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To adequately address the great need that exists in Australia for rehydrating and restoring degraded landscapes, the Mulloon Institute urgently needs help to train more staff in landscape planning and hydrology. Find out how you can help!
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Mulloon Consulting are working with the Harris Family (of Harris Farm Markets) on creating an example of low intensity regenerative farming at their Cox’s River Rest property in the Megalong Valley.
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Mulloon Consulting has prepared a report for the Ginninderry Development Group on applying the Mulloon Institute’s approach to riparian restoration, erosion management, habitat restoration and water management to parts of the Ginninderry Conservation Corridor, which is part of the Ginninderry development in West Belconnen, ACT.
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During March, Mulloon Consulting’s Cam Wilson and Bill McAlister inspected peat bogs in the Bago State Forest as part of a plan to upgrade tourism facilities through the Snowy Mountains Tourism Upgrade Program.
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News from our living laboratory on Mulloon Creek Natural Farms, with updates on our latest round of Ecological Outcome Verification and changes to Poultry Management.
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Students from the Canberra Institute of Technology – Conservation and Land Management course and from the Australian National University’s School of Art and Design have visited the Mulloon Institute recently to learn about the Mulloon Rehydration Initiative and landscape rehydration.
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As part of their Sustainable Lands Project, the Snowy Monaro Regional Council brought interested community members to the Mulloon Institute’s living laboratory at Mulloon Creek Natural Farms to learn about the Mulloon Rehydration Initiative, including landscape rehydration, sustainable land management, soils and soil health, erosion control and leaky weirs.
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A whopping ninety three Year 10 Geography students from Canberra Grammar School attended tours of the Mulloon Institute’s Home Farm and Duralla properties in May for a field investigation into the issues of environmental sustainability.
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Peter Hazell and Luke Peel presented at the 2021 Geography Teachers Association NSW & ACT Annual Conference held in Sydney during May, with a focus on water and soil.
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Did you know you can access live climate data from the two weather stations installed at Mulloon Creek Natural Farms? They are just part of the ongoing scientific monitoring for the Mulloon Rehydration Initiative, which is jointly funded through the Mulloon Institute and the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program.
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