On Saturday 12th September the Yass Landcare Community Nursery saw its biggest turnout of volunteers this year to assist in the sowing of native seed for our fire affected partners at Bemboka.

Seed sown included Kurrajongs, Acacia implexa, Acacia falciformis, Callistemon sieberi, Lomandra longifolia plus a range of seed provided from the Bega Seed Savers group. This sowing has been made possible with funding from a Landcare Australia Michael King grant.

YAN won a Threatened Ecological Community grant from the SE Local Land Services Yass office in 2019. The Yass Gorge is the focus of this grant. To date, woody weeds have been removed near the weir wall and on 4th September 2020 (roughly coinciding with Threatened Species Day on 7th Sept) a planting of River Red Gums and Carex a grass like sedge was undertaken. On 4 November a bird and flora walk to be lead by Nicki Taws of Greening Australia will be held. We hope that all locals enjoy walking and visiting the various sections of Yass Gorge.

Alison Elvin led an excellent workshop on plant identification and seed collection at the Yass Community Centre in July. The workshop was funded by the Communities Environment Program and was part of YAN's Climate Ready Project. You can watch a short overview of the workshop at the link below.

Bowning-Bookham Landcare National Tree Day planting took place at the Bowning Cemetery.
Acacia mearnsii, Acacia dealbata, Acacia melanoxylon, Allocasuarina verticillata and Brachychiton populnea were planted. This planting was funded through the Community Environment Program.