Yass Area Network of Landcare Groups

Yass Landcare's Paddock Tree Parade

07 June 2021

Yass Landcare Group's environment weekend activity was a Tree Parade paddock walk. The event was well attended by local Landcare members and other residents from the region. This event displayed the results of the South East Local Land Services funded paddock tree project which has received overwhelming interest from Yass Valley residents and Landcare members during 2020 and 2021.

Yass High students plant trees on World Environment Day

07 June 2021

Fitting for World Environment Day, on Friday 4th June, 25 grade 9 Geography students from Yass High got their hands dirty and helped a local landholder plant some 270 trees and shrubs. This was organised under Bowning-Bookham Landcare's Let's Try It project. The students learnt about the many benefits of planting native plants, including helping to draw down carbon from the atmosphere, providing habitat for native animals, providing shelter for stock, dealing with salinity, making the landscape more beautiful, and even providing extra income through the sale of foliage to florists!

The Let's Try It Project is funded and supported by NSW Government, South East Local Land Services, Yass Valley Council, and Yass Area Network of Landcare Groups.

Another Climate Ready trial planting

31 May 2021

With all hands on deck, holes were dug and 84 trees and shrubs were planted, watered and protected with tree guards in no time flat!

This planting on Sunday 30th May was one of the last supporting trial sites for YAN's Climate Ready Revegetation Project. The trial has been designed to test whether there is any difference in the survival of plants grown from locally sourced seed compared with plants grown from seed from other areas (including areas with climates similar to what is projected for the Yass region under climate change).

You can find out more about the project here.

Nursery visit from Upper Shoalhaven Landcare

10 May 2021

Last Friday, 7th May 2021, YAN hosted a productive and enjoyable visit from several members of the Upper Shoalhaven Landcare committee. Upper Shoalhaven Landcare is considering opening their own native nursery and growing Climate Ready species for their region, so are keen to see how other Landcare groups are going about it. Following a chat at the Yass Landcare nursery, we visited one the YAN nurseries on private land. Besides talking about the ins and outs of nursery infrastructure and growing methods etc, it was great to learn about another Landcare group and what they are up to more generally.