Revegetation isn't just about the plants you put in the ground. It's also about protecting and celebrating what's already there — including the small, extraordinary things that are easy to walk straight past.
By the end of this planting season, almost 400 indigenous grasses, shrubs, and trees will have been established across the property — a significant investment in the land that will pay dividends for decades to come.
As part of the thirtieth National Tree Day, (Sunday July 27) Up2Us gathered the troops and turned up at Paxton’s Reserve (end of Paxton’s Lane near the Buller Road) with lots of trees (500) and lots of people of all sizes (60?).
The Mansfield Men's Shed has partnered with Up2Us Landcare Alliance to build nest boxes destined for these fire-scarred landscapes, giving displaced wildlife somewhere safe to shelter and breed while the bush slowly regenerates.
The Victorian Government is continuing its $146.5 million Drought Support Package, helping farmers and rural communities move into recovery and plan for the seasons ahead.
Mansfield Primary's grade five students got hands-on with local wildlife this week, spotting possums in nest boxes, a sleeping brushtail in a natural hollow, and even a mystery hatched egg, all part of a hands-on lesson in why tree hollows matter.
On their way up to a few days on Mt Stirling, Frankston High School's VCE Outdoor Education students made a worthwhile stop at Mullum Wetlands, where our Up2Us team was waiting to give the Year 11 and 12 cohort a hands-on introduction to Landcare in action.
Four days. All the trees. All the shrubs. Most of the grasses. That's no small feat, and it speaks to just how achievable revegetation can be when landholders have the right support behind them.
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.
There's no getting around it — planting large numbers of trees and shrubs by yourself across rocky, hilly country is hard work. But it doesn't have to be as hard as you might think.
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.
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.
Calling all nature photographers! Entries are now open for the 2027 Capture the Catchment community calendar by the Goulburn Broken CMA. Share your favourite local flora, fauna and landscape images and help showcase the beauty of our region. Find out how to enter and submit your photos today.
Last Saturday evening 26 hardy community members gathered on a property in Boorolite to spend the evening spotlighting along the bushland-farmland interface.
Drought resilience and recovery resources are now available on our website to help landholders prepare for, respond to and make informed decisions for their farming enterprises.
