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Breakfast with the Birds (Boree Creek NSW)
Boree Creek NSWAustraliaTuesday, 30 October 2018 - 7:00am to 10:30amJoin us to celebrate 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 bird diversity on farms
- the ...
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Breakfast with the Birds (Book Book NSW)
Book Book NSWAustraliaSunday, 28 October 2018 - 7:00am to 10:30amJoin us to celebrate 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 bird... -
Breadalbane, 'Bohara', Getting the most out of your Farm Dam: for stock health, water quality and retention and biodiversity
Breadalbane NSWAustraliaFriday, 15 February 2019 - 5:00pm to 8:00pmJoin Sustainable Farms (and our partners South East LLS, Gunning District Landcare, and Lachlan Landcare) for this field day as part of our 2019 Summer Series. This family friendly field day will focus on works you can implement to your farm dam to encourage biodiversity, improve water quality, and enrich stock health. Our hosts are Jenny Bell and Rod Edwards,...
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Bowna, 'Wirrianda', Getting the most out of your Farm Dam: for stock health, water quality and retention, and biodiversity
Bowna NSWAustraliaFriday, 8 February 2019 - 5:00pm to 8:30pmJoin Sustainable Farms (and our partners Holbrook Landcare and Murray LLS) for the first field day of our 2019 Summer Series. This family friendly field day will focus on works you can implement to your farm dam to encourage biodiversity, improve water quality, and enrich stock health. Our host is Vince Ryan, who has had great success improving the environment and...
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Boree Creek, 'Larell', Shelterbelts and Saltbush: Maximising livestock performance and biodiversity on your farm
Boree Creek NSWAustraliaFriday, 15 March 2019 - 5:00pm to 8:30pmJoin Sustainable Farms (and our partners Riverina LLS, Murrumbidgee Landcare) for this field day as part of our 2019 Summer Series.
This family friendly field day will focus on saltbush and shelterbelts and the way saltbush can be utilised to increase livestock performance and biodiversity on your farm. Our hosts are Graham and Amanda Strong , who have had great...
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Binalong, 'Balgalal', Shelterbelts for livestock, biodiversity & farm health: lessons learned from decades of planting shelterbelts
Binalong NSWAustraliaThursday, 7 March 2019 - 5:00pm to 8:30pmJoin Sustainable Farms (and our partners South East LLS, Binalong Landcare) for this field day as part of our 2019 Summer Series.
This family friendly field day will focus on Shelterbelts and the ways they can be designed for maximum benefit on your farm. Our hosts are George and Libby Elliot, who have had great success improving the environment and...
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ANU Sustainable Farms funded to measure the benefits of improving farm dams
ANU receives $5.93 million for first-ever study of big gains from farm dams.In a watershed for Australia’s sustainable farming future, researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have been given $5.93 million in Australian Government funding to measure the benefits of farm dams. The project forms part of the ANU Sustainable Farms initiative, which will translate the research into... -
ANU Research
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Another first for Sustainable Farms long-term monitoring
The Greater Murray Biodiversity Monitoring Program has been running for more than a decade, and it is always exciting when new native species are found.
During this winter’s bird surveys, one of our Sustainable Farms ecologists was thrilled to discover the threatened Southern Bell Frog, also known as the Growling Grass Frog, while randomly checking under some corrugated iron...


