Over a weekend in early May 2022, the Mulloon Institute and Back to Country held a workshop as part of ‘The Mulloon Institute – Back to Country Co-Educational Project’ to share knowledge of landscape rehydration and cultural awareness between the organisations.
Read MoreThe Mulloon Institute’s Research Coordinator Luke Peel and Graduate Landscape Planners Erin Healy and Paris Capell recently met with members from WOTR, the Borevitz Lab and GIZ for a tour of Mulloon Creek.
Read MoreDr Paul Cooper from the Australian National University has now completed analysing the aquatic macroinvertebrates survey data collected in 2019-20, after Covid restrictions delayed earlier identification efforts in the lab.
Read MoreTMI’s science team has been compiling historical hydrological data for the DataStream system with major partner HydroTerra and working with Ventia on cross section surveys for the stream gauges installed as part of the Mulloon Rehydration Initiative.
Read MoreOver 50 students and staff from the University of Canberra visited Mulloon recently, for education and training on identifying soils and geomorphology, including Honours student Celine Anderson who used portable ground penetrating radar to detect the subsurface structure of soil.
Read MoreOur wonderful citizen scientist artists are creating mini-landscape paintings on hexagonal tiles to visualise the compelling story of ecological change and landscape rehydration.
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Read MoreHere are some fantastic photos from Old Cameron Downs Station in Batchelor, NT where the Mulloon Institute visited in 2021 to do on-ground works in collaboration with Territory NRM as part of a workshop on erosion control.
Read MoreMulloon Consulting has been super busy over the summer with several scoping reports for catchment scale projects, initial site inspections for properties and a farm plan for a client near Mittagong NSW.
Read MoreThis series of before and after photos depicts three of 15 leaky weir sites at ‘Palerang’ – one of the properties taking part in the Mulloon Rehydration Initiative.
Read MoreRepresentatives from the Future Drought Fund recently visited Mulloon to learn about the Mulloon Rehydration Initiative and our broader landscape rehydration work around Australia.
Read MoreThe Mulloon Institute’s CEO Carolyn Hall joined 300 guests for a wet Maia Grazing field day at Wilmot Cattle Co’s Hernani property for a day of great speakers with a focus building natural capital.
Read MoreOur first peer reviewed paper has just been published! Plus, we have several student papers to share too.
Peel, L., Hazell, P., Bernardi, T., Dovers, S., Freudenberger, D., Hall, C., Hazell, D., Jehne, W., Moore, L., Nairn, G., ‘The Mulloon Rehydration Initiative: The project’s establishment and monitoring framework’, Ecological Management & Restoration, Volume 23, Issue 1, 25-42, 2022
Read MoreIn mid February 2022, a team of ten young Indigenous men from the Worldview Foundation visited the Mulloon Institute’s ‘Duralla’ property to learn about and participate in landscape function restoration as part of the Mulloon Rehydration Initiative.
Read MoreDespite loads of unseasonable rain and setbacks, exciting things have also been taking place with readying the farms to once again host guests and events from 2022. After a lengthy pause during the pandemic, we are very excited to be opening the Home Farm up again for events of all shapes and sizes. For more details please visit the MCNF website’s events page.
Read MoreDespite the unseasonably wet summer restricting fieldwork, much has been achieved in conducting instrument maintenance and data downloads. And evidence is revealing that local Mulloon wildlife are keen to get their teeth stuck into learning about Mulloon’s hydrology!
Read MoreThe process of selecting the final three properties to take part in the ‘Landscape Rehydration Trial & Demonstration in the WA Wheatbelt’ project is underway, and TMI staff are preparing to present at the REstore. REshape. REnew event in March 2022.
Read MorePenny Cooper from Marulan, NSW joined us during pre-COVID times to complete the work experience requirements of her Bachelor of Ecological Agricultural Systems with the Charles Sturt University.
Read MoreSpare a thought for so many in Australia who have been struggling to literally keep their heads above water, particularly in Queensland and New South Wales. The recovery will be slow and difficult, and for some they may never regain what they had.
Read MoreModel maker Gary McGuigan’s latest project is an interactive model of the Mulloon Catchment, illustrating landscape rehydration strategies which have transformed the landscape.
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