Important: Sweet Pittosporum Mulch Removal of Sweet Pittosporum has commenced in recent weeks at Marengo. SOLN would like to advise that anyone who had it mulched on-site, and users of the Community Garden adjacent the school, to NOT use the mulch for at least 6 months. The mulch requires sufficient time to heat up and [...]
The Victorian Marine Environment Needs Your Help! Kimberly Millers a Phd Student at Melbourne University is undertaking a study on the ability of volunteers to detect the invasive Northern Pacific Seastar, Asterias amurensis. The project involves volunteers surveying a 50m transect where plastic Northern Pacific Seastars have been previously concealed. No prior surveying experience is [...]
The Victorian Marine Environment Needs Your Help! Kimberly Millers a Phd Student at Melbourne University is undertaking a study on the ability of volunteers to detect the invasive Northern Pacific Seastar, Asterias amurensis. The project involves volunteers surveying a 50m transect where plastic Northern Pacific Seastars have been previously concealed. No prior surveying experience is [...]
Barham River Festival Following on from the huge success of 2009, the Barham River Festival for 2011 will be held on Sunday the 17th of April. The program this year will focus on the changing catchment with innovative agricultural programs to help you make a living from your land. Other workshops and information stands will [...]
New staff at SOLN SOLN has a new Team Leader. Quenton Gay comes to us after 4 years working in Western Australia for the Department of Water, South West Catchments and the Leschenault Catchment Council. Quenton is originally from Timboon and is the great grandson of Karamoana Healey, Victoria’s first female Park Ranger. Quenton brings [...]