Since 1989, the Upper River Torrens Landcare Group (URTLG) has engaged the Upper Torrens community in local action environmental activities. The objectives of the URTLG are:
Upper River Torrens Landcare Group
Welcome to the Upper River Torrens Landcare Group (URTLG). We have been engaging the community in Landcare issues in the Upper River Torrens Catchment since 1989.
The Objective of the Upper River Torrens Landcare Group Inc. is to promote and encourage community involvement in catchment management through information sharing, practical demonstrations and implementation of on ground works.
If you:
Live, work or have connections in the Upper Torrens Catchment
[Mt. Pleasant, Birdwood, Mt. Torrens, Gumeracha or Forreston]
Have an interest in protecting the land and the environment, native flora, fauna and their habitat?
Enjoy practical outdoor activities?
Value your community and how it looks?
Wish to contribute towards maintaining and improving the Upper Torrens with a sustainability focus?
Want to share your hopes and thoughts for the future with others?
Are you a:
Primary Producer, Hobby Farmer, Student, Teacher, Business,
Volunteer, Supporter, or friend of the environment?
Then become a URTLG member today!
Members are invited to participate in URTLG meetings, working bees and have access to a range of educational material produced by, or held by the group.
We also have available specialist tools to assist members with their own landcare activities.
The URTLG Committee will provide an amount of $10,000 to support on ground works for approved applicants for the financial year 2019/20. An Expression of Interest (EOI) form and Guidelines to assist your application can be downloaded.
Contact Us
Activities for 2019
Porter Scrub Conservation Park Activities for 2019
Horses and native grasses
Free walk and talk session
6.30 pm Tues 26 Nov 2019
Mt Pleasant Oval
Controlling woody weeds in a watercourse Field Day
When: Saturday 14 December, 2019
Time: 9-11.30am Venue: TBA
Please read the Upper River Torrens Landcare Group Newsletter
Plenty of educational content, hope you enjoy it.
Next meeting will be the Annual General Meeting
17th November 2019 being held at the
Gumeracha Communinty Centre from 11 until 2
Everyone is welcome and lunch will be provided
Guest speaker will be Dr Jenny Guerin whose topic will be:
“Saving SAs native orchids and other native plant species”
Rabbit Control Workshop held 9th September 2019
Josh Rosser, Rabbit Control Co-ordinator, PIRSA led an interested group of Landcarers through the Rabbit Control programme to release the latest Calicivirus (K5) in and around Mt Pleasant. Landholders participated in an intensive 2 hours session to understand the importance of the free feeds and learnt how to undertake a successful release. As with all pest and plant animal control, integrated management is the key, there is no silver bullet, however recent statistics from this latest virus are indicating a 40% reduction in rabbits across the areas of release. Follow up control will be completed late summer with those not affected by K5, treated with Pindone.
For further information, please contact Kim Thompson on 0438 639 353.
Below are some photos the preparation of the virus for distribution to local farmers.
The Upper Torrens Land Management Project
In 1998 the Upper River Torrens Landcare Group formed a partnership with the Barossa Council and the Adelaide Hills Council to form the Upper Torrens Land Mmanagement Project (UTLMP). Since then, the UTLMP has assisted over 250 landowners to improve their properties and income by addressing issues such as: soil erosion, salinity and acidity, pasture establishment and/or improvement, fencing for dams and watercourses, re-vegetation with native trees and shrubs, protection of native flora and fauna, creation of habitat for birds and native animals, and the maintenance of creeks and watercourses.
Membership is open to:
Membership is subject to the payment of a membership fee and is due annually in November, coinciding with our Annual General Meeting.
Members are to abide by the rules of the Group (Constitution is available on request) and to act in the interests of the catchment.
You can download a membership form here and post to URTLG, PO Box 418, Birdwood, SA 52
Produced by Natural Resources Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges.
Produced by the Upper River Torrens Landcare Group
Analysis data of fresh pasture samples of the grasses used in the Information Sheet above.
Policies
Policies will be added as they are developed