Tiaro & District Landcare Group

Tiaro & District Landcare Group

Introduction to Tiaro Landcare

Tiaro & District Landcare Group was established in 1997 in response to a meeting of local landholders who were concerned about the health of the river environment. Landcare is a uniquely Australian partnership between the community, government and business which aims to ‘do something practical’ about protecting and repairing our environment. 

The health of our district is dependent on the condition of the Mary River, previously known as Moonaboola, her many subcatchments and all the plants and animals that are sustained by her.

Together with our many partners and volunteers, Tiaro Landcare is striving towards sustaining our unique environment and local agricultural enterprises.

Key projects include:

Annual Catch & Release Fishing Competition – promoting sustainable fishing practices. Proceeds support conservation of endangered Mary River Cod and Mary River turtle

Annual Tiaro Field Day – showcasing practical farming solutions

Promotion and demonstrations of sustainable agricultural practices

Increasing population of endangered Mary River turtle

Tertiary support scholarship for research on endangered Mary River turtle

Fundraising through sale of chocolate turtles

For more information, contact Tiaro Landcare on 4129 6138 or email tiarolandcare1@bigpond.com

 

The following are a list of publications that have been created by the Tiaro & District Landcare Group.

The files are in PDF format and require the Adobe Reader to be installed before downloading our files.

1. Recognition of sustainable indigenous practices (59Kb)

2. Farm Fencing (267Kb)

3. What does biodiversity mean? (284Kb)

4. Wildlife corridors (148Kb)

5. Koala corridor Tiaro to Maryborough (430Kb)

6. Koala food trees (83Kb)

7. Mary River Turtle (180Kb)

8. Mary River turtles fact sheet (280Kb)