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Ovens King Blackdog
Landcare and related groups in the Ovens King and Blackdog catchments
Landcare networks in this area:
Mid Ovens Landcare Groups
The Mid Ovens Landcare Groups are a network of four groups working together for better outcomes and effectiveness. Member groups are Burgoigee Creek, Hodgsons & Horseshoe Creeks, Gapsted and Springhurst Byawatha Hills Landcare Groups.
Ovens Landcare Network
The Ovens Landcare Network (OLN) is a network of 22 Landcare Groups in the Ovens, King and Blackdog catchments.
Landcare groups in this area:
Beechworth Landcare Group
The Beechworth Landcare Group formed in late 2003, to allow the local community to get together to address local environmental issues. The group undertakes activities both in town and with the small & lifestyle properties surrounding the town.
Boorhaman Landcare Group
The Boorhaman Landcare Group covers the plains area around the town of Boorhaman, north of Wangaratta.
Buffalo Merriang Landcare Group
This group formed in January 2006, and covers the Buffalo Creek catchment, and the Merriang area near Myrtleford.
Burgoigee Creek Landcare Group
This group covers the catchment of the Burgoigee Creek, around the area of Murmungee and Bowmans Forest.
Carboor Bobinawarrah Landcare Group
This group covers the areas around Carboor and Bobinawarrah, including the Hurdle Creek catchment.
Chiltern Landcare Group
The Chiltern Landcare area, covering the upper catchment of the Black Dog Creek, includes Chiltern, Indigo and Cornishtown. The area covers more than 300sq km of farmland, state forests and the Chiltern Box-Ironbark Forest with landholders divided between lifestyle properties and productive farming land.
Edi Black Range Landcare Group
The Edi Black Range Landcare Group covers the Edi, Black Range and Meadow Creeks catchments, down to Moyhu in the King Valley.
Friends of Chiltern Park
Friends of Chiltern Box and Ironbark National Park, is dedicated to the protection and enhancement of the Park.
Gapsted Landcare
This group covers the area around Gapsted, North of Myrtleford. The group is currently inactive. For landcare queries, contact the local coordinator, or a neighbouring group
Greta Valley Landcare Group
This group covers a major part of the lower King River and Fifteen Mile Creek catchments from Upper Myrrhee and almost to Wangaratta.
Hodgsons & Horseshoe Creeks Landcare
The Group covers the catchments of the Hodgsons and Horseshoe Creeks, surrounding Tarrawingee and Everton.
King Basin Landcare Group
The group covers the upper catchment of the King River, from Moyhu, through Whitfield and up to Cheshunt.
Milawa Markwood Oxley Landcare Group
This group covers the areas around the towns of Milawa, Markwood and Oxley.
Mudgegonga & District Landcare Group
The group covers the areas of Barwidgee Creek, Mudgegonga and Rosewhite.
Rutherglen Landcare Group
This group covers areas along the Murray River and around Rutherglen, including Browns Plains.
Springhurst Byawatha Hills Landcare Group
This group was formed in 1988, from an existing Farm Trees Group. The group covers the areas around Springhurst, Eldorado and Carraragarmungee, with the area comprises fertile riverine plains, undulating hills and rocky granite outcrops. Never densely treed, the area has been largely cleared of trees.
Stanley Landcare Group
This group covers the area around Stanley, near Beechworth, and is partly in both the Ovens and the Kiewa catchments.
Upper Ovens Landcare Group
This group covers a considerable part of the upper catchment of the Ovens River, from Myrtleford through Porepunkah, Bright to Harrietville.
Wangaratta Urban Landcare Group
This group focuses upon public reserves within the city of Wangaratta, including Kaluna Park and One Mile Creek. The group also deals with tackling urban salinity, and raising awareness of these issues.
Warby Ranges Landcare Group
This group covers the areas surrounding the Warby Ranges Park, west of Wangaratta, including Glenrowan area, and as such is within both the North East and Goulburn Broken regions.
Wooragee Landcare Group
The Wooragee Landcare Group covers the upper reaches of the Reedy Creek, including the Wooragee and Woolshed valleys. The group area is primarily made up of lifestyle and small holdings, with a few large farms remaining.
