Reinstating the forgotten woodlands
On a drizzly windy spring day, we found members of the Friends of the Forgotten Woodland on a roadside, planting banksia, sheoak and sweet bursaria plants. They were establishing a new seed orchard to...
27 Okt 202221min
The entirely unpalatable Italian Buckthorn
Italian Buckthorn - the woody weed with tasty red berries is beginning to encroach on our landscape. In this episode, Glenelg Hopkins CMA's Tania Parker is our in the field with expert Robin Adair and...
29 Jun 202213min
Tossing golf balls into grasslands with ARI
In this episode we are out in the grasslands tossing golf balls into quadrats with researchers from the Arthur Rylah Institute. Brad Farmilo loves talking grassland ecology, and he’s passionate about ...
18 Jan 202222min
Don Rowe - winning trophies for treeplanting
In this episode we meet Victorian Landcare Awards Australian Government Individual Landcarer Award winner Don Rowe, from Maroona. This award acknowledges the significant contribution made by an in...
26 Nov 202114min
Searching for the Bittern
In this Pondcast we are talking all about bitterns. We talk to project manager Jacinta – who explains the project behind finding the elusive Australasian Bitterns. These shy, long-necked birds who swa...
23 Nov 202115min
Discover Discovery Bay
Find out why the coastal area of south-west Victoria is so internationally important, not just for its geologically significant wetlands, but also for the role it plays as a round-the-world holiday de...
18 Aug 202115min
Restoring the grasslands
Native grasslands on roadsides are often driven past without a second thought, but a passionate group of people are taking an active role in restoring these endangered plant communities and having gre...
19 Apr 202123min
What's soil got to do with it?
Soil used to be seen as the enemy in natural resource management (NRM), and there was once a great divide between the farming community and those authorities who sought to improve the environment. But...
11 Mar 202114min
