Upper Goulburn Landcare Network Details
Facilitator: Chris Cobern
Description:
Connecting our rural and urban communities through education and collaboration leading to positive environmental and regenerative action outcomes is the vision statement of Upper Goulburn Landcare Network (UGLN).
To achieve the vision UGLN works alongside their Landcare and Community NRM groups with a strong focus on biodiversity management, monitoring and improvement, disaster recovery, pest plant and animal control and environmental education in schools. UGLN works collaboratively with Government agencies, schools across the region and landholders.
The Upper Goulburn Landcare Network at a glance in 2024/25
A motivated and connected community leads to positive change
The Upper Goulburn Landcare Network area were successful with three Victorian Landcare Grants from the State Government providing $46,900.00 for Engagement events, Revegetation, Pest animal control, Pest plant control, Fencing and Nest boxes. The UGLN network works across the catchment in collaboration with the Landcare groups. Yea River Catchment Landcare group was successful in a nest box grant included in this calculation.
Koala Conservation Project
Landholders and landcarers in the project area have a special connection with koalas and have been very excited about the opportunity to restore their habitat and connections. Koalas are an indicator species of landscape health. It is important to raise awareness about the survival issues that koalas face. The project helped to restore koala habitat in the area and create connectivity throughout the landscape for koalas and other wildlife to move safely.
Our koala observation database on KoalaMap has been successful and we have had 33 observations uploaded to the database by project participants. This has helped us get a better understanding of koala distribution in the project area and other information such as breeding activity, health issues, and roadkill observations and hotspots.
The project delivered important on-ground works of planting and connecting koala habitat on the properties of participants in our project area. UGLN restored koala habitat in the area and created connectivity throughout the landscape for koalas and other wildlife to move safely, including threatened species such as Brush-tailed Phascogales, Squirrel Gliders, Diamond Firetails and Brown Treecreepers.
UGLN plan to continue working in the original project area with expansion of the project to connect the Goulburn River with the Cathedral Ranges.