Up2Us has received funding to partner with seven Landcare networks, scaling up a proven training model across the Goulburn Broken and Ovens Murray regions to equip 150 tertiary students with hands-on skills in natural asset farming and drought resilience.

This winter's issue of Victorian Landcare and Catchment Management magazine is a special one, marking 40 years since Landcare began in Victoria back in 1986.

This year, four-year-old groups from Mansfield Kindergartens Earth Kinder program joined Up2Us across two sessions to plant and guard 60 indigenous plants along a dedicated patch beside the Earth Kinder site.

Upper Goulburn Landcare Network is calling for volunteers to help with Fencers Without Boundaries, their fire recovery fencing project supporting landowners in the Murrindindi and Mansfield Shires affected by the Longwood Fires.

Last week we had the privilege of visiting Karlindy, a 136-acre property that is five years into an inspiring revegetation journey — and the results are truly extraordinary.

Landholders across our Mansfield community are protecting the next generation of paddock trees — and the hundreds of species that depend on them.

Up2Us joins Mansfield Steiner School students for another round of roadside revegetation along Monkey Gully Road.

A look back at how one local property's dam was brought back to life through the Up2Us dam enhancement program in 2022.

The Paterson’s Curse Control Program is designed to support landholders in managing this invasive weed on their property.

Learn how a local partnership between Up2Us and Earth Kinder is inspiring young children to explore, learn from, and care for the natural world.

On Thursday 4th June, Up2Us hosted a soil health webinar featuring Dr Cassandra Schefe, who delivered an informative presentation covering a range of important topics, including how to interpret your soil test results, soil health, fertility, structure, and optimising pastures through nutrition.

Up2Us project officer Jess discovered a remarkable little organism in a paddock that had been burnt by the Longwood fires — and it turns out slime moulds are one of nature's most extraordinary, and overlooked, signs of recovery.

Up2Us Landcare Alliance and Ferguson’s Travel invite you to join us for Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea on Monday 29 June at 10:30am at the Up2Us office, 24 Highett Street, Mansfield.

A river with real purpose — fast-moving, brown with sediment, and spilling wide across its banks. Fallen trees, gradually working their way downstream over time, have settled into the current and now stretch across the water in tangled formations.

After recent rains, the forest floor along the Howqua River has come alive.

Five Howqua Valley Landcare members recently came together to learn the art of water testing — and are now committed to monitoring the health of the Howqua River month by month.

On 28 May, Up2Us Landcare Alliance presented to the Victorian Invasive Species Advisory Board (VIPA) as part of the Partnerships Against Pests (PAP) program — sharing three years of hard-won experience tackling feral pigs, rabbits, willows, Paterson's Curse, and more across Mansfield Shire.

From February to May 2026, Up2Us Project Officer, Rhiannon Quigley, completed a three-month internship with Cassinia Environmental, based out of the Social Foundry in Kyneton.

The latest edition of Landcare in Focus from Landcare Australia has just been released, and it's well worth a read. Spanning climate-smart farming, AI-powered weed detection, threatened species, and shorebird conservation, this issue showcases the remarkable breadth of work happening across Australia's landcare movement.

Up2Us are once again offering subsidised stock proof tree guards and indigenous eucalypt seedlings to Mansfield Shire landholders. Protect the next generation of paddock trees while supporting local biodiversity, wildlife habitat, and healthier farming landscapes. Limited numbers available.