What will happen to your Land for Wildlife when your time as custodian comes to an end? Land for Wildlife is not a legally binding agreement, it’s not registered on … Continue reading Beyond Your Ownership: Land for Who?
Most of us are familiar with the saying, “A weed is a plant in the wrong place”. There are many versions of this saying, but the main idea is that … Continue reading A Weed? A Native? Or Both?
This rainy, hot summer has resulted in huge emergences of beetles (order Coleoptera) and bugs (order Hemiptera). Beetles are generally either herbivores (feeding on leaves), predators (feeding on other invertebrates) … Continue reading Christmas Beetles: Are they in decline?
Top image caption: This aerial image from 2001 shows the extent of lantana and previously cleared steep areas on Daryl and Craig’s property. The brown areas in the gullies are … Continue reading From Farm to Forest: 30 Years of Revegetation
Peter Burke and Lisbet Dean are proud Land for Wildlife members who have also entered into a Voluntary Conservation Agreement with Noosa Council. Their property on Black Mountain Range in … Continue reading Plant and they will come
Being a long-term member of Land for Wildlife (LfW) for over 20 years, and having a background in psychology, I have often wondered what motivates people like me to become … Continue reading What Motivates People to do Conservation?
Like a growing number of Australians, James and Simone Lane’s story began with a tree change – borne from the desire for their children to grow up playing in a … Continue reading From Paddock to Paradise
Spot the nest box in this eucalypt forest on a sandstone ridge in the Mooloolah Valley. The eucalypt forests of SEQ are home to a variety of gliders including the … Continue reading Greater Glider Recovery Project on the Sunshine Coast
The Native Guava (Rhodomyrtus psidioides) is a Critically Endangered species that was once reasonably common along the east coast of Australia from Hervey Bay to Sydney. It has been almost … Continue reading Native Guava in Logan showing signs of Myrtle Rust resistance
Rusty-leaf Pittosporum (Pittosporum ferrugineum) is an Australian native plant outside its range in SEQ. In coastal SEQ, it can form thick stands with weedy potential. It can be mistaken for … Continue reading Weeds to Watch: Rusty-leaf Pittosporum and Ming Asparagus