Granite Borders Landcare Committee (GBLC) is a cross border, cross catchment umbrella group representing Landcare groups sharing a common interest in the region. Covering: Southern Downs Regional Council (QLD) Tenterfield Shire Council (NSW) Glen Innes Severn Shire Council (NSW) Supported by: Queensland Murray-Darling Committee (QLD) Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority (NSW) Border Rivers - Gwydir Catchment Management Authority (NSW)

Landcare Groups

Landcare groups form in local areas to work together on natural resource management issues and projects relevant to their area. Landcare Groups tackle many different issues in many various ways, it is not just about tree planting or Lovegrass. Groups benefit from being part of a network like the Granite Borders Landcare Committee (GBLC), through the exchange of information and ideas across a wide area. If you want to be involved in Landcare you can:-

Join an existing Landcare Group: There are 27 Landcare Groups in the Granite Borders, so there is a good chance that there is already a Landcare group in your area. A list of local groups and what they are doing is opposite.

Form a new Landcare Group: If there is no Landcare Group in your area, or you want to deal with a specific issue you can start a new Landcare Group. Landcare is what you want to make it; some groups have regular meetings, some just get together for working bees & field days; some elect an executive, others just have a main contact person; some groups apply for Government funding for projects, some groups are for information exchange. There are no set rules for the operation of Landcare groups, it is just what ever suits the group best.

Landcare Group Projects

 

• Acacia Plateau Erosion control earthworks
• Revegetation Woody weed control 
• Beardy River Riparian weed control 
• Black Swamp Matrush control 
• Coolatai Grass control 
• Acid Soil Action project 
• Border Landcare Organic Group (BLOG) 
  • Organic farming 
  • Farm tours & field trips 
  • Sharing information & ideas 
• Deepwater Co-ordinated fox control 
• Revegetation Streambank & other erosion 
• Deepwater Town Revegetation of Deepwater River 
• Removal of exotic weeds 
• Drumsleed Sub-catchment planning 
• Fladbury Revegetation 
• Salinity Co-ordinated fox control 
• Killarney Legume Organic Organic & biodynamic farming 
  • Sharing information & ideas 
• Koreelah Lantana control 
• Native vegetation management 
• Woody weed control 
• Legume River & catchment planning 
• Privet removal along waterways 
• Liston Co-ordinated baiting
•  The Liston Plough Acid Soil Action trials 
• Mallow Sub-catchment planning 
• Maryland Dung beetles 
• SGS demonstration 
• Mingoola Cats Claw Creeper control 
• Streambank erosion 
• Native pine management 
• Pikedale Sub-catchment planning 
• Pikes Creek Woody weed control Sub-catchment planning 
• Rivertree Pasture species trials 
• Agro forestry 
• Stanthorpe Vegetation survey 
• Vegetation plan 
• Stanthorpe Bushcare Riparian restoration 
• Weed removal 
• Steinbrook Progress Assoc. 
• Restoration of Steinbrook Hall 
• Riparian zone revegetation 
• Sundown Valley Revegetation 
• Blue Heliotrope control 
• Tenterfield Utilising African Lovegrass Revegetation 
• Native legume project 
• Tenterfield Town Tenterfield Creek Weed removal & revegetation 
• Timbarra / Rocky River Cats Claw Creeper mapping 
• Cats Claw Creeper control 
• Wilsons Downfall Fertiliser demonstrations 
• Leguminous fodder shrubs 
• Woodside Road Vegetation management 
• Revegetation 
• Feral pig control 

 

Other programs Landcare is involved with:

 

• Sub-Catchment Planning 
  • Helps neighbours assess their resources, analyse options and develop strategies. Sub-catchment planning considers social, economic and environmental issues. 
• Waterwatch Education program for schools and groups to monitor water quality in their local creeks and rivers. 
• Land for Wildlife 
  • A volunteer program that aims to encourage private landholders to provide native habitat for wildlife on parts of their properties. 
• Northern Tablelands Dung Beetle Express 
  • A project which aims to increase the abundance and diversity of dung beetles across the Northern Tablelands region, through the introduction of dung beetle colonies and increased awareness as to the benefits of dung beetles. 
• Co-ordinated Fox Baiting 
  • A program of co-ordinated group fox baiting twice a year, in Autumn and Winter / Spring, in partnership with New England Livestock Health & Pest Authority. 

For further information please contact:

Granite Borders Landcare Committee
PO Box 400 (Martin Street)
TENTERFIELD NSW 2372

Mark Thomas
Community Support Officer
Ph. 02 6736 3500 
Fax. 02 6736 3500
Mob. 0404 892 696
Email.

Mandy Craig
Project Manager
Ph. 02 6736 3500
Fax. 02 6736 3500
Mob. 0438 894 556
Email.