The Yass Area Network of Landcare Groups (YAN)
Landcare is a national community-based movement driven by volunteers around Australia who are working to improve their local environment.
Landcare activities are diverse, and include things such as: creating more productive and sustainable farms, improving water quality, addressing erosion and salinity problems, improving biodiversity and soil health, addressing the loss of Australian wildlife, and adapting to the effects of climate change through the native plants grown across our Landcare plant nurseries.
Within the Yass area there are five active Landcare groups. All maintain an active program and welcome new members.
From the Blog
Pulling on the Waders: Waterbug Survey Reveals a Healthy Snapshot of the Yass River
Across the Yass Valley, a dedicated group of volunteers regularly gather to test water quality at key sites—keeping a close eye on the health of our local waterways. These citizen science efforts
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Planting Connections at Billabong: Volunteers Bring Habitat Vision to Life
A determined and cheerful group of volunteers braved a chilly, damp morning in Binalong to get hundreds of native plants in the ground as part of the Bowning Bookham Landcare Group’s
Sutton Village Reserve Mini Working Bee
7 people braved the morning fog and cold at the Reserve behind the school for the second mini working bee to remove weeds and clean up debris that has blown in from the surrounding
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