Upper River Torrens Landcare Group

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Upper River Torrens Landcare Group
Since 1989, the Upper River Torrens Landcare Group (URTLG) has engaged the Upper Torrens community in local action environmental activities. The objective of the URTLG is to promote and encourage community involvement in catchment management through information sharing, practical demonstration and implementation of on ground works.
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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.
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Upper River Torrens Catchment Map
Contact Us
Chairperson: Stephen Anderson - 0438 266 377
Secretary: Carolyn Lewis - 0413 614 565
Treasurer: David Troup - 0412 845 325
132 Melrose Street, Mount Pleasant SA 5235
torrenslandcare@gmail.com
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Community Events and Working Bees
Cromer Conservation Park
Activities
Porter Scrub Conservation Park
Activities
Community Working Bees

Details to be available soon

Next Committee meeting

Annual General Meeting - all welcome
6pm 14th November 2017

Venue still being confirmed
History
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.
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Projects
Grassy Groundcover Restoration Project
Roadside Fuel Reduction Initiative
Horses and Native Grasses
Membership
Membership is open to:
all persons who reside in or own property in the catchment area or near environs, and
a body corporate situated within the catchment area or near environs through the nomination of a single representative, and
other persons who have demonstrated interest in the natural environment and catchment.
Membership is subject to the payment of a membership fee (waved for 2016/2017) 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.
If you would like to be sent a membership form please fill out your details:
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Publications
Best practice land management guidelines for small grazing properties in the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Region.
Produced by Natural Resources Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges.
Information Sheet: Analysis of green Warm Season Native Pasture
Produced by the Upper River Torrens Landcare Group
Analysis data of fresh pasture samples of the grasses used in the Information Sheet above.
Cotton grass-Digitaria Brownii
Kangaroo grass-Themeda Triandra
Knottybutt paspalidium-Setaria Constricta
Paspalidium distans
Red-leg grass-Bothriocloa Macra
Warrego grass-Paspalidium jubiflorum
Volunteers in Action
Working Bee August 2017
Torrens River Bank at Joe & Dorothy Evan's property, Gumeracha
(Click on a photo for a larger view)