Walk and Talk 10.00am
Lunch discussions at 12 Noon
AGM 1.00pm
Bring a plate to share for lunch
Sat. 9 November 2024
10.00am
Meet at Bunjil's Shelter Reserve picnic area ready to walk at 10am.
We will casually walk 3-5 kms as the granite rises and the opportunity of the day suggests. We are joined by guests from the Mt Koorong Eco-Watch Group, Kate Lee and Freya Mathews.
12.00noon
Return back to Bunjil's Shelter Reserve picnic area for our guests presentation and discussion.
Kate Lee and Freya Mathews - Mt Koorong Eco-Watch Group
A comparison story: private conservation land management in the granite Dja Dja Wurrung Country adjacent to Mt Korong Nature Conservation Reserve.
12.30pm
Lunch & discussion.
12.50
Fiona Copley - Trust for Nature
Collaborating in private conservation, and update on land tax exemption benefits
1.00pm
Annual General Meeting
1.45pm
Review of Group Projects & Priorities
2.00pm End
Mt Korong Eco-watch
This project involved land purchase by a partner organisation using carbon credits and native vegetation offsets to purchase land adjacent to the Mt Korong Nature Conservation Reserve. The land was mainly grazing and cropping which could be used for carbon offsets but also contained some high-quality remnants which were used as vegetation offsets. The titles were consolidated into ten 100 & 150 ha blocks and the whole area covenanted to Trust for Nature. After all the remedial actions were completed such as revegetation weed and pest control the blocks were sold off as covenanted blocks. The new landholders, all conservation minded people worked with Bush Heritage to remove internal fences and manage the area as a whole, a new conservation group called Mt Korong Eco-watch was formed to manage the land for conservation.
Ref: Mt Korong Eco-watch
