Blackwater events cause mass fish deaths across the Murray-Darling BasinThe Leader
21st Dec 2022 Murray River fisherman of 30 years Matt Heslop is weary of seeing dead fish along the banks.
"To see photos of it is sad, but when you actually see it in the flesh |
The ‘silent killer’ of flooding: Murray River fish in dire straits as water quality dropsThe Guardian Australia
14th Dec 2022 Scientists fear an ecological disaster is playing out in parts of the river because of 'alarmingly' low dissolved oxygen levels...
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A Night with Robert HermannKoondrook Barham Bridge Newspaper
23rd Apr 2023 Markets and trends were the hot topics for Mecardo founder Robert Hermann as he addressed the audience at the Moulamein Club on Monday night.
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A Solutions Focused Approach
Koondrook Barham Bridge Newspaper
16th Mar 2023 Locals will have an opportunity to hear from Robert Herrmann at an event hosted by Western Murray Land Improvement Group.
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Yabby Festival
Koondrook Barham Bridge Newspape
2nd Mar 2023 The World Wetland Day Yabby Festival was a huge success on Sunday, February 26 as Western Murray Land Improvement Group (WMLIG) took...
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Come Yabby Fishing and Learn About Our Wetlands
Koondrook Barham Bridge Newspaper
9th Feb 2023 Being able to catch yabbies is a long-held tradition, but future opportunities to do so rely on keeping our wetlands and waterways healthy.
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Breathing New Life Into the Barham LakesKoondrook Barham Bridge Newspaper
26th Jan 2023 A combined community project will begin soon to restore and enhance the habitat of the Barham lakes complex, which in time, we aim for public recreation uses.
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Community Leads Fish Protection
Koondrook Barham Bridge Newspaper
8th Dec 2022 As the weather warms up and dissolved oxygen in the local rivers and creeks remain dangerously low, the community is leading the fish protection response.
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Community and agencies rally to push vital fish saving solutionsKoondrook Barham Bridge Newspaper
10th Nov 2022 It’s terrible seeing dead fish, stressed Murray crays and the ongoing impacts of devastating flood water on properties and incomes...
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Local Approach Leads the WayKoondrook Barham Bridge Newspaper
29th Sept 2022 The recent NSW Legislative Council Committee investigating the long-term sustainability and future of the timber and forest products industry has...
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Have Your Say On Reconnecting River Country Program (RRCP)Koondrook Barham Bridge Newspaper
8th Sept 2022 An important opportunity to have your say on the inundation modelling provided by the Reconnecting River Country Program (RRCP) is currently open for feedback.
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Interest In Hemp Grows
Koondrook Barham Bridge Newspaper
25th Aug 2022 Western Murray Land Improvement Group’s hemp information session had 20 attendees take part in the day that discussed the recent trials at Tullakool...
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Reconnecting River Country ProgramKoondrook Barham Bridge Newspaper
25th Aug 2022 A plan to have community at the forefront of co-design was the feature of Western Murray Land Improvement Group’s (WMLIG) Reconnecting River Country Program (RRCP) Wakool presentation.
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Hemp Session
Koondrook Barham Bridge Newspaper
18th Aug 2022 Forget the munchies, this session is all business!
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FMD - Be Informed, Be ProactiveKoondrook Barham Bridge Newspaper
3rd Aug 2022 Central Murray Best Wool Best Lamb, in conjunction with Western Murray Land Improvement Group, is holding a Foot-and-mouth disease information session...
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Planning is key to Running a Successful Sheep BusinessKoondrook Barham Bridge Newspaper
30th Jun 2022 “Unless you have a plan written down, you haven’t got a plan,” was reinforced by Rick Ellis, coordinator of the Central Murray BestWool BestLamb group...
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Farmers take back control with digital firstKoondrook Barham Bridge Newspaper
23rd Jun 2022 Farmer-owned environmental goods and services broker Regen Farmers Mutual is set to launch their digital platform this week...
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Sheepish to Adapt?Koondrook Barham Bridge Newspaper
5th May 2022 Technology is providing opportunities to improve farming systems and gather vast amounts of data...
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Hemp Insights Field Day 2Koondrook Barham Bridge Newspaper
21st Apr 2022 As part of Western Murray Land Improvement Group's (WMLIG) AgTrends series, a second opportunity was provided to visit our industrial hemp trial site...
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Reboot Your SoilsKoondrook Barham Bridge Newspaper
14th Apr 2022 Despite all our achievements, we owe our existence to a six-inch layer of topsoil and the fact it rains.” A quote often attributed to...
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Picnic at The PollackKoondrook Barham Bridge Newspaper
17th Mar 2022 Enjoy a Picnic at the Pollack to celebrate 50 years of RAMSAR, the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance...
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Hemp Trials: Fibre & Seed, man
Koondrook Barham Bridge Newspaper
17th Feb 2022 For a second, I thought I had stumbled into the mellow haze of Woodstock, but this pungent aroma had no buzz or medicinal properties. It was all about fibre and the seed.
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AgTrends UpdateKoondrook Barham Bridge Newspaper
19th Jan 2022 Due to the current COVID-19 climate, our AgTrends ’22 Forum to be held at ‘Jeraly’ in Moulamein on February 16, 2022, has been restructured to be able to deliver smaller...
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Indispensable WorkmatesKoondrook Barham Bridge Newspaper
13th Jan 2022 “I just do it to pay the dogs back for what they have given me in a lifetime,” said Ian O’Connell, legendary dog trainer as he sat atop the sheep yard fence at John Lolicato’s Tullakool property Whymoul...
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Pollack Wetlands Indigenous Food Fibre DayKoondrook Barham Bridge Newspaper
23rd Dec 2021 As part of the UN’s Decade on Nutrition, Western Murray Land Improvement Group (WMLIG) with Forestry Corporation, hosted a field trip to the Pollack Wetlands
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Wakool Innovation Fund WinnersKoondrook Barham Bridge Newspaper
23rd Dec 2021 The $25,000 Wakool Innovation Fund winners have been announced.
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Loud & Clear!Koondrook Barham Bridge Newspaper
28th Oct 2021 With just two days’ notice, community volunteers at the heart of the Koondrook Perricoota co-design welcomed a shiny entourage of politicians, bureaucrats and media...
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Water Trading Info Session HeldKoondrook Barham Bridge Newspaper
7th Oct 2021 The Wakool Club hosted a water trading information session on Wednesday, September 29, 2021, facilitated by Western Murray Land Improvement Group.
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Healthy cash injection for Pollack projectDeniliquin Pastoral Times
4th Sept 2021 Western Murray Land Improvement Group’s application for $50,000 to undertake 47ha of further revegetation work in the Koondrook-Perricoota Forest has been successful...
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Hundreds of trees planted by studentsDeniliquin Pastoral Times
20th Aug 2021 Primary school students from eight local schools at Wakool, Barham, Tooleybuc and Moulamein planted more than 400 seeds and seedlings to contribute to the National Tree Day tally for 2021...
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Little Forest Co-designed Watering to Commence
Koondrook Barham Bridge Newspaper
7th Oct 2021 The planned watering of Little Forest, a 300ha river red gum forest situated on the northern bank of the Murray River off East Barham Road
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Local initiatives secure funding from Murray IrrigationKoondrook Barham Bridge Newspaper
30th Sept 2021 A School Tree Planting Day project, purchase of a CPR manikin and Women of Water are amongst the worthy causes rewarded funding...
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$50,000 Funding for Further Pollack RevegetationKoondrook Barham Bridge Newspaper
2nd Sept 2021 Western Murray Land Improvement Group (WMLIG) have been successful in its application for $50,000 to undertake 47ha of further revegetation work...
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Pollack Watering Showing Signs of SuccessKoondrook Barham Bridge Newspaper
19th Aug 2021 The first of three environmental water deliveries planned for areas within Koondrook-Perricoota Forest F21-22 commenced on August 7...
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Sheep Workshops on the MarkKoondrook Barham Bridge Newspaper
24th Jun 2021 Last Wednesday a group of 40 local sheep producers attended a Lamb Marking Best Practice workshop organised by Western Murray Land Improvement Group (WMLIG) and Central Murray...
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Waste Works a TreatKoondrook Barham Bridge Newspaper
29th Apr 2021 Kate Redfearn was at a fork in the road last year. Six years earlier, she had purchased 12 Good Eggs, a free-range egg farm located just...
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Murray Connect Trivia Night Raises $1800 for LHMTKoondrook Barham Bridge Newspaper
1st Apr 2021 Last Thursday, more than 90 community members came together to support Murray Connect’s first fundraiser trivia night “Gettin’ Trivvy With It” to raise funds for the Barham Local Health Medical Trust...
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Borderless science hub for Murray-Darling Basin hangs in limboCountry News
5th Mar 2021 What do the VFF, Greater Shepparton City Council, University of Melbourne, Elders, the Queensland Government and the Almond Board of Australia all have in common?
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Sharing a Vision
Koondrook Barham Bridge Newspaper
4th Mar 2021 Friday, February 26, community members met at cluBarham to take part in a Koondrook–Perricoota (KP) Visioning Workshop facilitated by Western Murray Land Improvement Group (WMLIG).
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Leap with Beef
The Guardian
19th Feb 2021 Hayley and Matt Pattison have taken the leap into marketing their own beef, and they're not looking back.
With their young children, Troy, Levi, and Zali, they farm Poll Herefords and Angus Angus Hereford cross at their Burraboi Property, about 50km north-east of Barham. |
Community Asset Worth RecoveringKOONDROOK AND BARHAM BRIDGE NEWSPAPER FEB 4th 2021
Western Murray Land Improvement Group (WMLIG) in partnership with Murray Local Land Services (MLLS) held a second community tour of the Koondrook-Perricoota (KP) Forest on Sunday.
The tour provided the opportunity for community members to visit three sites... |
Pollack Tour Highlights Needs for "Community-Led Approach"KOONDROOK AND BARHAM BRIDGE NEWSPAPER JAN 7th 2021
Last month’s tour of the Pollack and a similar site within Koondrook Perricoota forest hosted by Western Murray Land Improvement Group (WMLIG) attracted over 45 attendees from Barham and surrounds, some making the trip from as far as Deniliquin, Moama, and Kerang...
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Bruce Pascoe to Lead Panel at Wakool Agri-Innovation ForumKOONDOOK AND BARHAM BRIDGE NEWSPAPER Oct 12th 2020
Award-winning indigenous author, Bruce Pascoe, will keynote the full day Wakool Agri-Innovation Forum, at the Moulamein Bowling Club on Thursday, October 15.
Mr Pascoe will be joined by a group of high profile agri-food thought leaders... |