The Geary's Gap/Wamboin Landcare Group welcomes new members to its meetings, which are held at 7.30 p.m. on the second Monday of each month in the Community Hall on Birriwa Road (off Macs Reef Road). These and other activities are listed in the Landcare activities calendar.
The Group has also produced some guidelines to help residents to prevent land degredation and restore habitat for the future.
The Geary’s Gap/Wamboin Landcare group had its AGM on Monday 13 October and the following people were elected for 2008/2009:
Convener - Roger Good 62369048
Co-Convener – Geoff Butler 62369158
Secretary – Chris Fowler 62369189 (chrisft@spitfire.com.au)
Treasurer – Kathy Handel 62383596
Committee members – Kathy Cook; Kris Nash; Brian Higgison; Graeme Harris; Jacqui O’Leary; Bruce Woodland.
Major activities of the Group are the conservation and linking of remnant native vegetation, revegetation of cleared public land, advice to landholders and other knowledge sharing activities.
The Group supports the principle that an important part of landcare is to maintain existing remnant native vegetation and to promote vegetation links that lead to viable size ecological areas.
Landcare includes strongly supporting enforcement of Council's Tree Preservation Ordinance and the principles of the NSW Native Vegetation Conservation Act as well as other measures to conserve and restore to health landscapes, soil and water.
The Geary's Gap/Wamboin Landcare Group has published a booklet entitled "Look after your natural assets: landcare for the bush block and small farm acreage". The booklet was published with the assistance of the Natural Heritage Trust and has been distributed to all households in the district. Additional copies are available from the Yarrowlumla Shire Council, Queanbeyan, at Bungendore Post Office and at Landcare meetings.
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Threatened Species Website
The Yass Area Network of Landcare Groups advises that there are currently 131 species, 3 populations and 4 ecological communities listed as endangered or vulnerable in the Murrumbidgee Catchment Management Authority region.
To find out which species are found in your region visit
sprofile/cma_home.aspx?name=Murrumbidgee to explore regional lists.
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