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Timber mill brings hope and support to fire-affected farmers at Sarsfield ThuThursday 4 updated FriFriday 5 MarMarch 2021 at 12:55am Fallen timber is too good to waste, so farmers are turning it into fence posts using a mobile timber mill. ( Share Print text only Cancel Victorian farmers are still battling to clean up their properties after the Black Summer fires more than a year ago. Key points: A total of 22 per cent of the area burnt in East Gippsland last summer was agricultural land Many properties are littered with blackened, fallen trees but the timber is too good to burn as firewood ...

Staff Report Piedmont Land Conservancy (PLC) has partnered with Womble Family Holdings, LLC to conserve a critical 283-acre parcel in the South Fork of the Mitchell River’s headwaters. The forested property contains several first order streams that contribute to the excellent water quality and aquatic life found in the South Fork. “The Mitchell River watershed has long been one of PLC’s highest priority initiative areas,” says Kevin Redding, executive director of the organization. “We’re grateful that the Womble family recognized the conservation significance of these forested sl...

1. United States Regenerative agriculture is picking up steam in the United States, with groups dedicated to restoring soil fertility and reducing carbon footprints. Danone North America’s soil health program has reduced the amount of carbon dioxide equivalents by more than 80,000 tons since it started three years ago, reports the company, using farming techniques that sequester carbon in the ground. The program’s farming practices include planting more cover crops, fostering biodiversity on farmland, and protecting water systems. In 2020, the program grew by 64%, and it aims to expand en...

The conditions causes patchy and raised lesions that appear across the body US and Australian researchers have connected the disease with severe storms These bring in vast amounts of rain, bringing freshwater conditions to the coast Outbreaks have been seen across the US — and among a rare Australian species A devastating skin disease affecting dolphins — which can leave up to 70 per cent of each of their bodies covered in lesions — is linked to climate change, a study found. US and Australian experts found that 'freshwater skin disease' is associated with an increase in the frequency ...

NetNewsLedger 196 FILE PHOTO - A protester holds a placard as she stands outside the venue for a meeting between Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott and forty of the nation's most influential Indigenous representatives in Sydney, Australia, July 6, 2015. REUTERS/David Gray The agreement gives the Gunaikurnai community control over two gigalitres of water from the Mitchell River By Peter Furst SYDNEY – (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Rights groups have hailed a decision by Australia’s Victoria state to give an Aboriginal community control over a river system as an “enormo...