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Black Range Land Management Group

Newsletter - August 2024

30 August 2024
Annual Gathering & AGM 9th Nov - Project Platypus Events in October ... Sat 9th Nov. Walking Black Range with Mt Koorong EcoWatch group member.

BRLMG 2024 Annual Gathering + AGM

***** SAT 14th SEPT 2024 CANCELLED - RESCHEDULED FOR SAT 9th NOV 2024 *****

Due to unexpected circumstances we have had to cancel and reschedule to November, when we hope you can join us. 

Project Platypus Events coming up in October

Two events that Project Platypus invite community members to join. Booking essential.

30th year celebration Sat 5th October 2024

Annual General Meeting - dinner with guest speakers Fri 18 October 2024

Walking Black Range with Mt Korong EcoWatch group members

Saturday 9th November 10am-2pm

Join a walk and talk of comparisons between Black Range and Mt Korong, and our groups.  Kate Lee and Freya Mathews will join us, a few of the nine landholders on the 1,000-hectare Korong Ridge Conservation Estate, adjacent to the Mt Korong Nature Conservation Reserve managed by Parks Victoria. Kate is secretary of Mt Korong EcoWatch.  Freya is Emeritus Professor of Environmental Philosophy at Latrobe University.

Read about some of their work here

Save the date. More details coming soon.

Update on BRLMG as Organisation

Prompted by changes by the Australian Tax Office, our Group is undergoing formal changes. We are now an Incorporated Association.  Our application to register as a charity has been submitted and is under review. 

Victorian LandCare Grant 2024 outcomes

We were successful in our two applications being funded.

‘Improving biodiversity and resilience of the Black Range through consistent and comprehensive volunteer land management’, focusing on Invasive plant and animal works, and revegetation.

‘Consolidating private landholder partnership with Traditional Owners through cool Cultural Burning’, supporting us into the third annual cycle of cool Cultural Burning tests.