Refreshing the Upper Billabong
Refreshing the Upper Billabong is part of the Refreshing Rivers project, a collaboration between government, industry, research and community organisations, led by Murray Local Land Services. This project has been assisted by the New South Wales Government through its Environmental Trust. Refreshing Rivers has its own websitehttp://www.refreshingrivers.org.au to find out more Share your waterway flora […]
Soil Quality
Soil Quality and Health in Pasture Systems ‘Soil quality and health in pasture systems’ was a two year project funded by the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program. In this project, Holbrook Landcare Network developed benchmark and extension information on quality and health for our local soils. The aim was to increase the knowledge of managers […]
Acid Soils Program
The landscape of the Holbrook region broadly consists of undulating hills of Ordovician metasedimentary rocks and Silurian granites in the east, and flat to gently undulating alluvial floodplains of the Billabong Creek and its tributaries in the west. Major soil types are Kurosols (strongly acid duplex soils), Chromosols (duplex soils), Kandosols (structureless soils) and Dermosols […]
Testing Tropical Pastures in Southern NSW
Testing Tropical Pastures in Southern NSW Holbrook Landcare Network is currently in its first year of an MLA funded Producer Demonstration Site (PDS) known as ‘Testing Tropicals in the NSW southern slopes’. The project was established in response to increasing summer rainfall in the region and aims to demonstrate the role of tropical pastures species in southern NSW […]
Dung Beetles
Dung Beetles for Improved Soil Health Thanks to the National Landcare Program Smart Farms Small Grants Program, Holbrook Landcare Network has partnered with Charles Sturt University’s Dung Beetle Ecosystem Engineers (DBEE) project to increase dung beetle diversity and abundance for improved soil health, with aims to distribute a new dung beetle species in the region […]
Southern NSW Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub
Southern NSW Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub Holbrook Landcare Network is proud to be one of nine regional partners of the Southern NSW Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub. The Southern NSW Innovation Hub is one of eight hubs being established by the Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment across Australia to combat drought […]
HLN Soil Testing Service
Soil Testing Program Limited offer – Free soil tests! HLN are offering a limited number of FREE soil tests to members (no caveats or strings attached!).Thanks to funding through our Resilient Pastures Project, funded by the Future Drought Fund, a soil testing package is available for farmers wanting to boost pasture production through healthy soils. […]
Working Together
Holbrook Landcare Network acknowledges that our community is established on First Nations Peoples’ land and recognise that their cultural values and knowledge are critical to improving land, water, biodiversity and community connections. The Working Together project funded by Murray Local Land Services and the New South Wales Government Landcare NSW Program is building relationships between Holbrook Landcare […]
Charitable Status
Holbrook Landcare Network is a not-for-profit organisation and leading community network in Southern NSW. We engage with, and deliver, projects that align with our organisational goals and charitable purpose for the benefit of landholders and the wider community. We are proud to be a registered charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) since […]
Adaptive Farming Systems
As we know, agriculture is a dynamic, diverse and ever evolving industry. It’s also one of Australia’s most exposed industries to risks posed by climate change, changing expectations from consumers and large fluctuations in input and commodity prices, which all impact on its current and long term financial and ecological viability. Climate variability and unpredictable […]