Events

When: Saturday, 7 November 9am - 1pm
Where: Wang Wauk Forest Way Willina, NSW

Join Dr Jodi Rowley from the Australian Museum and ecologist Matt Herring of Murray Wildlife for a farm dam field day at a NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust property in Willina. We will look at farm dam health and how you can manage it to encourage a healthy population of frogs, water birds and other native flora and fauna.

Bring sturdy walking shoes and a hat. We will provide lunch and water. You are also encouraged to send through photos of your own farm dam before the event (or bring them on the day) so that we can offer suggestions and discuss your dam management.

📧 Send your photos to Joel at [email protected]

Please let us know if you have any dietary requirements.

When: Thursday, 9 November 9am-1pm
Where: "Wallaroo" 850-882 Mulgoa Road Mulgoa, NSW 2745

Join Dr Jodi Rowley from the Australian Museum and ecologist Matt Herring of Murray Wildlife for a farm dam field day at a NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust property in Mulgoa. We will look at farm dam health and how you can manage it to encourage a healthy population of frogs, waterbirds and other native flora and fauna.

Bring sturdy walking shoes and a hat. We will provide lunch and water. You are also encouraged to send through photos of your own farm dam before the event (or bring them on the day) so that we can offer suggestions and discuss your dam management.

📧 Send your photos to Joel at [email protected]

Please let us know if you have any dietary requirements.

What: PLC23 Unite for Nature
When: 16-18 October 2023
Where: National Convention Centre, Canberra

The Australian Land Conservation Alliance (ALCA) is holding is its 7th seventh annual Private Land Conservation Conference, PLC23: Unite For Nature in October.

Register online to attend.

What: Murrumbateman Field Days
When: 21 October 8am - 5pm; 22 October 8am - 4pm
Where: Recreation Grounds, 19 East St, Murrumbateman NSW

The BCT will be at this year's Murrumbateman Field Days.

Drop by our stall and we will be happy to discuss your conservation agreement with you.

The many thousands of farms dams scattered across regional NSW have an important role to play in enhancing biodiversity when managed appropriately. 

Australian National University and Sustainable Farms ecologist, Dave Smith, shares his research findings and discusses why enhancing farm dams for agricultural use can also benefit habitat and water for native species. 

For more information about farm dams see our Managing farm dams in private conservation areas guide for NSW landholders. 

A conservation grazing plan helps to promote native species diversity by encouraging grazing-sensitive plants to increase in abundance and distribution over time. 

In this webinar we discussed when and where conservation grazing is appropriate and how landholders can implement a successful grazing strategy.

Our senior ecologist Joel Stibbard was joined by western NSW graziers, Col and Bev Hamilton, wo shared their conservation grazing story. Regional conservation officer Glen Walker and ecologist Thomas Munroe, both from the BCT's Dubbo office, also joined the discussion.

For more information about grazing on conservation agreement sites see our Conservation Land Management Guidelines where we have a number of resources to support grazing strategies.

As the UN declares the 2020's as the Decade of Ecosystem Restoration, the BCT has developed guidelines, in consultation with Greening Australia, to help landholders appropriately plan for regeneration, and where beneficial, implement revegetation works on their properties.

Watch as we discuss the Guidelines for assisted regeneration and revegetation and highlight how they are being applied by landholders with a BCT Agreement and what we have learnt thus far. This webinar also includes a Q&A session.

The South East team of the BCT was invited to do a webinar as part of a special lunchtime series by the Department Of Planning and Environment to celebrate the Biodiversity Month in September.

Watch this webinar to know about the BCT’s work and current programs, private land conservation in NSW, our partnership with Landcare NSW, how we support our landholders, and to discover something new about our koala program.

Join Dr Jessica Walsh from Monash University, PhD candidate Clare Bracey, and BCT Senior Ecologist and bird expert, Tiffany Mason, as they discuss how citizen science data can help scientists gain better understanding of woodland birds, the value of private protected areas in conservation efforts, and the inspirational work the BCT landholders are doing to conserve woodland birds on their properties.

Installing artificial hollows in the form of nest boxes, salvaged fallen hollows, stag relocation or chainsaw hollows can provide extra habitat for threatened species that depend on hollows for nesting or roosting.

We discuss the benefits of artificial hollows and the principles of installing the most appropriate kind for different hollow-dependant species and  site conditions.

Includes information on when artificial hollows funding is supported by the BCT.