eNews #14

• 3-9th August - Landcare Week
• 15-18th  September - Spring into Nutrition Farming

Northern Tablelands Local Land Services (LLS) and the University of New England (UNE) are once again joining forces to deliver the highly regarded Feeder Steer School in February 2027, continuing a partnership that strengthens skills and capability across the region’s beef industry.

Register your Expression of Interest HERE

Aboriginal Landcare Coordinators (ALC) are responsible for supporting, and will work collaboratively with, Regional and Local Landcare Coordinators and Landcare Groups to build cultural knowledge and awareness.

The ALC will assist Local Landcare Groups across the region to engage with Aboriginal Communities with the objective of establishing mutually beneficial and culturally responsive land management practices.

The ALC will support the creation of culturally responsive environments that embed Aboriginal practices at the centre of their program and service design.  

ALCs will participate in cultural Community of Practice activities to grow their cultural and professional knowledge and share best practice ideas across the ALC network.  

For full position description and to apply, please click here. 

Building Better Biodiversity on Solar Farms: A Regenerative Guide to Nature-Positive Solar Farming is a practical guide created for developers, landholders, Landcare groups and host communities — especially in the New England Tableland bioregion — that shows how solar farm projects can be designed and managed to enhance biodiversity rather than harm it. It outlines strategies and tools for achieving biodiversity net gain by integrating conservation planning, regenerative land-use practices and thoughtful ecological design without reducing solar energy output. The guide draws on local and global experience, encourages collaboration with Traditional Owners and communities, and provides practical approaches to habitat connectivity, groundcover enhancement, revegetation, wildlife corridors and overall landscape resilience alongside renewable energy production.

If you would like a hard copy, visit the SNEL office or call 02 6772 9123.

You can also download a digital copy from the Community Power Agency website here.

In-house customised training is available for groups of 10 or more students – please call our Enrolment Centre Manger to discuss your options – Bernadette Crouch 02 6895 2102 or 0429 954 196.