Green Army team to target Wingecarribee River weeds

August 12, 2015Posted in: Environment

The Wingecarribee region will benefit from a local Green Army project in the coming month with Council partnering with Campbell Page to deliver a project targeting environmental weeds along the banks of the Wingecarribee River. As part of the Upper Wingecarribee River Rehabilitation Project, Green Army participants will focus their attention on rehabilitating 1.3 kilometres...

Landcare volunteers recognised for achievements

July 15, 2015Posted in: Environment

Moss Vale Landcare is in the running for the 2015 NSW Landcare Community Group Award after being nominated by Wingecarribee Shire Council in recognition of its 15 years of volunteer effort and achievement. The Landcare Awards are a key means of promoting the Landcare ethos, which encompasses the work of Landcare, Bushcare, Rivercare, Coastcare, Dunecare...

SCA provides $3,400 grant for Whites Creek revegetation

August 17, 2012Posted in: Environment

Council’s efforts to rehabilitate the section of Whites Creek downstream of Cosgrove Park in Moss Vale have gained $3,400 funding support from the Sydney Catchment Authority (SCA). The rehabilitation project is an extension of the revegetation work through Cosgrove Park that has been undertaken by the Moss Vale Landcare Group with support from Wingecarribee Shire...

Girl power re-vegetates riverbank

December 9, 2011Posted in: Environment

‘Girl Power’ was very much in evidence last week down on the riverbank at Berrima as students from Frensham showed they could do a power of good for the environment. In their first two days the Frensham students and their teachers planted 1,500 native plants, re-vegetating one-third of a hectare of riverbank. The mix of...