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Enhancing Rocky Outcrops
Rocky OutcropsRocky outcrops are ‘island-like’ natural exposures of bedrock that are found in many different farming landscapes. Large rocky outcrops, especially exposures of granite but also sandstone, limestone and basalt are important for conserving the specialised plants and animals that use this habitat, harnessing water, contributing to soil nutrients and providing livestock with shelter from the wind and sun....
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Enhancing farm dams: webinar recording now available
via ZoomAustraliaThursday, 4 June 2020 - 12:30pm to 2:00pmThis event has now concluded but you can watch the recording below.
Join Sustainable Farms ecologists Dr Mason Crane and Eleanor Lang, and Local Land Services District Vet Eve Hall, to discuss enhancing farm dams for multiple benefits.
The webinar will cover:
- The relationship between water quality and stock health and productivity.
- Results of the recent pilot study undertaken by ...
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Endangered Ecological Communities in the Central West: webinar recording available now
via ZoomAustraliaFriday, 26 June 2020 - 1:00pm to 2:30pmThis event has now concluded but you can watch the recording below.
Join Central West Local Land Service and Sustainable Farms ecologist Daniel Florance from The Australian National University to run through the values of Endangered Ecological Communitites (EECs) and ways to manage and enhance these valuable plant communities. Many of the EECs in the Central West region can be found...
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Discover the birds that love our farms : webinar recording now available
via ZoomAustraliaFriday, 4 September 2020 - 12:00pm to 1:00pmThis event has now concluded but you can watch the recording below.
Join ANU Sustainable Farms ecologist Dave Smith and Ben Humphries from Birdlife Australia to learn more about birds on farms.
- Find out more about how Sustainable Farms & Birdlife Australia monitor birds on farms and in backyards, and why monitoring is important
- Discover the tips & tricks the ...
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Designing and enhancing shelterbelts: webinar recording now available
via ZoomAustraliaFriday, 19 June 2020 - 12:30pm to 2:00pmThis event has now concluded but you can watch the recording below.
Join Sustainable Farms ecologists Dr Mason Crane and and Colleen O’Malley from The Australian National University for a webinar to discuss:
- Sustainable Farms research into shelterbelt design & enhancement
- Benefits of shelterbelts for woodland birds and how to enhance bird diversity
- The role shelterbelts can play in supporting beneficial ...
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Demonstration Farms
Demonstration farm locationsDemonstration farms have been selected to showcase excellent natural asset management.
sustainablefarms-testfarms-map.jpgSustainable Farms launched with four Demonstration Farms in 2018.
If you would like to nominate your farm to become one of our Demonstration Farms, or in would like to work with Sustainable Farms to make improvements to natural assets on...
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Contact
Sustainable Farms ANU Campus Michelle Young, Director02 61251494
sustainablefarms@anu.edu.au
Cowra office Daniel Florance, Research and Extension Officer0400 682 789
daniel.florance@anu.edu.au
Wodonga office Dave Smith, Research and Extension Officer0428 094 316
David.1.Smith@anu.edu.au
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Breakfast with the Birds (Yerong Creek)
Yerong Creek NSWAustraliaMonday, 29 October 2018 - 7:00am to 10:30amJoin us to celebrate National Bird Week and to learn about what farms can do to conserve woodland birds. Sustainable Farms ecologist Dr. Mason Crane will guide an early morning bird walk to look for birds, listen for different calls and identify them. The group will learn about:
• what birds you might find on your farm
• how to increase...
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