More than 50 people from as far away as Tamworth and Tenterfield were treated to an informative presentation by Luke Bowman from “Break it Down Composting” Manilla, at the Ben Lomond Memorial Hall on Thursday 21st June. He walked us through his introduction to composting using the CMC method (controlled microbial composting) developed by the Luebke family in Austria.

At the recent Landcare Adventure hosted by Gwymac Landcare in Inverell, Major General Michael Jeffery presented the GLENRAC Landcare Award to local land owner, Peter King, in recognition of his contribution to the Rummerys Hill Landcare Group. 

GLENRAC is assisting the Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority (CMA) in promoting the 2012-13 Northern Rivers CMA Incentive Program. The Program offers an opportunity for eligible landholders, groups of landholders and community volunteers, Natural Resource Management (NRM) providers and agencies to apply for funds to conduct on ground environmental works.

Rummerys Hill Landcare Group hosted a “Plant Identification of trees and shrubs on Rummerys Hill” afternoon on Saturday 25th February. The afternoon was well attended with many people from the Emmaville and Glen Innes district. The field day was held to provide information for those interested in identifying native species on their land or in their area.

The Ben Lomond Landcare group hosted a soils workshop at “Highfields” Ben Lomond on Wednesday 21st March 2012. Guest speakers for the workshop were Brian Wilson, soil scientist from the University of New England and Garry McDouall, holistic farming educator from Resource Consulting Services, Bingara.

GLENRAC hosted a field day on Friday 24th February at Jim and Yvonne Benton’s Strathbogie property “Reedy Creek”. The field day was held to showcase the results of Year 2 of a Coolatai Grass management demonstration at the property. The property is located approximately 50km north west of Glen Innes.

GLENRAC (Glen Innes) and GWYMAC (Inverell) have obtained funding as part of the Australian Federal Government’s “Caring For Our Country” program, to run a joint program along the Severn River stretching from the headwaters east of Dundee to Kwiambal National Park north west of Ashford where the Severn River meets the MacIntyre River. The funding application was approved in November 2011 and the project will be rolling out during 2012 – 2013.