Dr Chris Bourke MLA, Member for Ginninderra, today presented Landcare awards to the ACT community celebrating our local environment.

The Landcare Awards showcase and recognise the efforts of members of the community involved in natural resource management. 

"The ACT Landcare Awards and ACT Landcare Week provide recognition for the exceptional work carried out by the many hundreds of Landcare workers and volunteers in the Territory," Dr Bourke said.

Landcare Week activities over September – ACT and region

The following is a list of Landcare Week activities in the ACT in September 2011. Where information is available – contact details for each group has been provided. In some cases it has not been possible to provide these details. Typically with most Landcare activities you should wear a hat and warm, sturdy clothes and shoes and bring water and a snack. Equipment is provided if it is a working bee. 

Have you ever wondered how we can live an enjoyable, healthy and fulfilling lifestyle in cities and suburbs?

Want to explore how we can live wisely within our natural environment?

Intention: To agree and action the community hub/city farm we want to see in Canberra.

Guided Spring Wildflower Community Walk
- Farrer Ridge Nature Park

Meet at top of Muresk Street Farrer at 10am.
Bring cameras, binoculars, hat, & wear walking shoes.

More information: Phil Selmes, Parks Stromlo depot: 6205 7384

All welcome.

For more information about the group, see the Farrer Ridge Parkcare Group web page.

Venue: Environment Centre, Lennox & Lawson Cr (by the National Museum)

Spring has brought us out of hibernation, and with it a fun and sustainable event to get you swapping instead of shopping...

Spring is the time of year when layers of clothing required start to dwindle, biking becomes a rekindled passion and vegetable gardens are revived...

Barney's Gully

Erosion control in a sensitive environment.

• Observing your land for challenges and opportunities
• Discussion of potential remedies to observed challenges
• Low risk/low cost/low maintenance techniques to reduce erosion, rehydrate flood plains, improve water quality, fertility and biodiversity

National Threatened Species Day (NTSD) is held on 7 September each year - commemorating the death of the last Tasmanian tiger at Hobart Zoo in 1936.

Events are held nationally throughout September - Biodiversity Month.

Australia's landscapes and species have been severely impacted by over 200 years of habitat loss and fragmentation. The impacts of land development, introduced plants and animals, grazing, salinity, changed fire regimes, pollution, and a changing climate all place additional pressure on our threatened species and their shrinking habitats.

The Landcare Awards are open to farmers, Landcare and Parkcare groups, businesses, schools, youth groups or individuals who are involved in helping manage, improve and protect the environment.

Award Categories and Criteria 

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Next Gen Farmers grants offer support to stage events that improve the leadership and representative capacity of young people entering or involved in primary industries, particularly in the context of the challenges and opportunities in these industries as a result of a changing climate.

Grants of up to $50,000 (GST exclusive) are available.