gippslandscapes podcast

This week, Gerard speaks with President of the Fish Creek Landcare Group, Robin Stevens and Committee member, Carolyn Fryer about the groups evolution and the work it has been doing to Put the Fish Back into Fish Creek. The group was a recent recipient of a Victorian Landcare Grant to continue its work in the community. This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

This week, Gerard speaks with Peter Jacobs from the Victorian Deer Control Community Network and Jillian Stanton chair of the South Gippsland Landcare network and President of Tarwin Landcare Group and a beef producer at Cape Liptrap, about the issue and growing issue of feral deer. Links mentioned in this episode: Victorian Deer Control Community Network: https://vdccn.org.au/ South Gippsland Landcare Network Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/southgippslandlandcarenetwork South Gippsland Landcare Network website https://www.sgln.net.au/ The Feral Deer forum mentioned in the pod is being held on Sunday March 26 at Meeniyan. Go to the SG Landcare Network's Event page to find out more. This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

This week, Gerard gets around the kitchen table with Rosemary and Fergus Irving to chat about a 40 year revegetation program on their own farm as well as the work of the Woodside Landcare Group over the last 25 years. The group was recently succesful in receiving a Victorian Landcare Grant to assist with developing koala habitat and a wildlife corridor on the Irving farm. Links mentioned in this episode: WGCMA media release about the Victorian Landcare Grants https://www.wgcma.vic.gov.au/news/latest-news/supporting-landcare-volunteers-across-west-gippsland This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

This week, Gerard chats with the wonderful committee from the Heyfield Wetlands: Wendy Rhodes, Mike Kube and Barry Donahoe about the 20 year project and the simply amazing result to construct a wetlands on an old racecourse. This is a wonderful project an dthe three guests share the story of the community coming together to construct the wetlands, which were recently acknowledged at the River Basin Management Awards (a bit like the Logies for natural Resource Management!) This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

This week, Gerard speaks with Anita Charles, President of the Callignee Landcare Group. They walk a site near Flynns Creeek and sicuss the group, its membership, the work it is doing and the challenges and rewards of establishing a Landcare group during a global pandemic. The best way of keeping in touch with what’s happing in your local landcare community is to find your local catchment management authority website and have a fish around there – so if you’re in the West Gippy CMA patch, go to wgcma.vic.gov.au and then click on the getting involved link on left hand side… This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

This week, Gerard chats with Duncan Fraser, a long time worker and volunteer in helping improve his local environment around Maffra but also the wider Gippsland area. This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

This week dairy farmer Sandra Jefford tells Gerard how she is farming in an era of changing climate? What are the challenges and what are the opportunities that are being faced. Also Sandra describes how she and her husband decided to fence off a wetland on the Avon and the impact it has had on bird life and other native animals. Sandra and Wilco are planning a farm walk in February so stay tuned to the pod or the WGCMA socials to keep up to date. Topics discussed: Farming Climate change Wildlife Links mentioned in this episode: https://www.wgcma.vic.gov.au/ This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

This week, Sally O'Neill chats with Phillip Island local and Landcare Legend, Anne Davie OAM. Anne has given a lifetimes work to both Landcare as well as countless community initiatives. In this interview Anne chats about how farming practice has changed over 60 years, the importance of community and the exciting chapters that are ahead for farming and Landcare This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm