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 local wildlife, a particular species, find out
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 (Trust for Nature) about local birdlife and
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 between native forests and the Ovens River.
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 corflute tree guards and swathes of caper
Albury Waste Management Centre Visit
Report from Martyn Paterson, Vice President UOVLG, November 2024. We had a very focussed tour of the facilities for our group, which included members from Sustainable Upper Ovens, Bright Plasticwise, U3A, UOVLG and newly elected Alpine Shire
Alpine School Students Helping Out
On Monday 11 November, students from the Alpine School spent the day volunteering at a local revegetation site on the Ovens River/Great Valley Trail at Mills View, Smoko. They removed corflute plastic tree guards from well-established trees,
Wandiligong Primary School Working Bee
Report from Martyn Paterson, Vice President UOVLG. If you go down to the woods today you’re in for a big surprise. The wonderful faries from Wandi Primary School have planted another 50 indigenous trees, bushes and grasses
Blackberry Control Workshop
The Blackberry Control Workshop held yesterday was a great success. Organisers were pleased with the turnout and with the quality of the presentations. Simon Feillafe, Landcare Facilitator, provided excellent insight into chemical and mechanical Blackberry control methods. Simon
Update: Ovens-Buckland Rivers Revegetation Site
Yesterday, Landcare volunteers made the most of a sunny morning planting 60 trees on the banks of the Ovens River, near its junction with the Buckland River, at Porepunkah. Very enthusiastic volunteers fought their way through a
Schools’ National Tree Planting Day Along Morses Creek, Wandiligong and Bright
Last month, Martyn Paterson, UOVLG Vice President, joined staff and students from Wandiligong Primary School, Bright P-12 College and the Alpine Shire to plant native trees, shrubs and native grasses along Morses Creek. In celebration of National
National Tree Planting Day
What a wonderful day beside the Ovens River at Porepunkah last Sunday. A great group of 30 enthusiastic volunteers marked National Tree Planting Day by planting 400 trees and shrubs along the banks of the Ovens River,
Planting Commences at One Mile Creek
At last some decent rain, so the Landcare Group made a start on planting 600 indigenous trees and shrubs on th Ovens River, near One Mile Creek at Porepunkah. Last Sunday, 150 plants went into the ground.
Omeo Gum Update
In May 2021, on a field trip to the Upper Buckland valley, UOVLG members collected seed from the rare and threatened Omeo Gum (Eucalyptus neglecta). Around 1000 seedlings were successfully propagated and planted into nine small pens