Resilience – Winter 2024

With heavy hearts, we inform you that our former Chairman the Hon. Gary Nairn AO passed away on 1 June at the Gold Coast Private Hospital.

Chair report

When Tony Coote established the Mulloon Institute in 2011, he placed science and evidence at the heart of everything we do. From the beginning of the organisation, we funded scientific studies and scientists. Scientific study is hard, expensive and takes a lot of time, but this was a visionary decision that is now bearing fruit.

CEO report

Autumn reflections and future visions

Carolyn reflects on the Mulloon Rehydration Conference and discusses the challenges of scaling up landscape rehydration across Australia.

National agenda

Mulloon Rehydration Conference – recap and thank you

Thank you to all who joined us for the Mulloon Rehydration Conference on 1–2 May 2024. This event brought the Mulloon community from across Australia together for two days to celebrate the success of the Mulloon Rehydration Initiative (MRI) and share our vision for meeting the demand for landscape rehydration works across the country with national demonstration sites, regulatory reform for landscape rehydration works, expanding our national education program and much more!

NSW Landcare Awards Finalists

Mulloon Institute is a Highly Commended Finalist in the Climate Innovation category at the 2024 NSW Landcare Awards.

National Banksia Awards

2024 may not be our year for the win, but the pursuit of excellence continues. We are grateful to Banksia Foundation for amplifying our mission of restoring landscapes to benefit biodiversity and agriculture, and for sharing our story of hope.

An enchanting mini-landscape

We love these pics of the intricate features of the Mulloon landscape model which master craftsman Gary McGuiguin has completed.

Communities of Practice Project

CoPP Boots on Ground Day, Northern NSW. June 2024

CoPP Bootcamp & Field Day, Western Australia, March 2024

CoPP Bootcamp & Field Day, Northern Territory. May 2024

CoPP Bootcamp & Field Day, Victoria. May 2024

CoPP Mentoring Day, QLD. May 2024

Science updates

Sharing the hydrological story at Mulloon

At the recent Mulloon Institute Rehydration Conference, we presented a small but robust sub-set of the hydrological data collected as part of the Mulloon Rehydration Initiative monitoring program. To keep the conversation going with those who are interested, here is a brief overview of the presentation.

Science & Monitoring updates

The newly launched CReST highlights agricultural and environmental benefits of watercourse infrastructure and riparian zone revegetation, such as leaky weirs and rehydration practices.

The two-day Mulloon Rehydration Conference was an opportunity for Mulloon Institute to showcase the MRI in all its catchment-scale glory to around 180 delegates from throughout Australia. Full report and presentations.

New education modules available now

Plants are Pumps! and Using Models to Learn about Landscapes are a mix of scientific facts, illustration and engaging learning activities that have been tested on real humans.

Mulloon Consulting update

Along with presenting CoPP activities, delivering Learning Programs across the country, and attending the Mulloon Rehydration Conference, our team has been actively working on several other projects over the past few months.

Beyond the Back Fence

Queensland

Five locally owned and operated grazing properties are participating in the project based on catchment-scale thinking in the Townsville region of northern QLD.

New South Wales

Mulloon Consulting has recently completed detailed designs for Landscape Rehydration Infrastructure on the Upper Molonglo River at Foxlow, near Captains Flat in the NSW Southern Tablelands.

Mulloon Creek Natural Farms

Winter update

Mulloon Creek Natural Farms have been busy this autumn with cattle sales, fencing and a new grain mill.

Events

Upcoming events

All upcoming workshops, bootcamps and events are listed on our website and our social media.

We look forward to seeing you out there soon!

Find an event near you

We know there is more work to do, building on our success to date. Our future endeavours will focus on continued expansion of demonstration sites, education and capacity building, and on impactful, sustainable change to support landscape restoration across Australia.

Philanthropy is the key driver for Mulloon Institute and remains critical to our survival. Philanthropic support enables us to continue our important work.

Please consider donating so we can continue to rehydrate and repair Australian landscapes.

Cheers,

Matt Egerton-Warburton

Chair, Mulloon Institute & Mulloon Law Committee

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