One Mile Creek, Porepunkah Update
If only it was just a case of planting them and leaving them… Yvonne, Scott and I planted another 30 trees on the downstream end of this site, and a […]
National Tree Day, Freeburgh
This August, a brilliant community day in the sunshine for our National Tree Day planting at Freeburgh. Almost 500 trees planted along the Ovens River with our 100% biodegrable tall tree guards […]
Ovens River, Porepunkah Tree Planting
Many thanks to all those who volunteered to help with planting and guard maintenance at Porepunkah on Sunday. No frost, blue sky and warm sunshine was the reward and a […]
Tree Planting with Hancock Valley Plantations P/L (HVP)
Landcare’s Graham Gales, Joe Kenwright (pictured far right below) and Martyn Paterson joined a team from HVP and the Biik Land Management team, part of the Taungurung Land and Waters […]
Autumn 2025 Update (attached)
Follow this link to find out what the Landcare Group has been up to over Autumn.
Hair Tie Hunt a Success
Following the discovery of another platypus trapped by a hair tie in Bright, a big thank you to all the parents and children who took part in our rubbish collections […]
CITIZEN SCIENCE: UOVLG Camera Monitoring
Environmental monitoring helps us understand patterns and changes in the environment and wildlife over time. Monitoring can be focused on specific questions where we may want to know more about […]
UOVLG Committee Update
The UOVLG has had a strong start to the year following a well attended AGM at the Bright Brewery in late-2024. In addition to an informative talk by Nikki Munro […]
HVP Bright & Wandiligong Stewardship projects
Last year UOVLG expressed concern about the situation in several parts of our valley where gullies, watercourses and tributary streams were cleared of vegetation leading to a lack of connectivity […]
Ovens-Buckland Rivers Revegetation Update
Report from Martyn Paterson, Vice President UOVLG. Productive last working bee of the year at the Porepunkah confluence site. Over 100 native trees – mostly 3m or more – released from […]