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An Indigenous-led Community Co-design approach to bushfire recovery impacting hundreds. The issue Tenterfield have recently been impacted by successive natural disasters at a devastating scale and frequency. This includes the bushfires in 2019/ 2020, swiftly followed by more of the same in October ... read more

Fire planning, action and community connection through fire plan sharing in Tenterfield Shire. The issue Tenterfield Shire has experienced two massive fire events in quick succession, with the 2019/2020 Black Summer bushfires; and those that encircled the town in 2023. The intensity of these fires ... read more

Regenerative Agriculture - Improves soil structure and biology, hydration, biodiversity, monitoring and managing stock The issue Prolonged years of drought followed by fire altered the topography, biodiversity and health of our landscape here in the New England.  Investigating and educating l ... read more

Ground cover equals greater biodiversity and increased biology The issue Years of prolonged drought and recent bushfires had impacted heavily on large areas across New England, impacting our landholders, primary producers, lifestylers and conservationists. Recent rains have assisted in rebuildin ... read more

Over 200 landholders, local residents and speakers gathered together to learn and connect at the recent Landcare Adventure The issue Tenterfield has felt isolated these last few years; suffering through drought, fire and flooding.  That, combined with the long-term closure of a border less th ... read more

On ground action to protect and restore priority koala habitat The issue By early 2020, 237,000Ha approx. 32% of our Shire's landscape had been impacted by 11 months of bushfires, decimating much of the native vegetation. This project was developed to re-establish the scarred landscape, protect ex ... read more

Commencing 10:00am, 20th May at the Tenterfield Golf Club this 2-day event showcases Tenterfield and the resilience and recovery efforts across our State; particularly within our region.  We will hear from experts including leading ecologists and a host of special guests fro ... read more

Local wildlife benefit from nesting boxes constructed and installed in Tenterfield's Bushfire effected habitats. The issue This project was developed to bring positive environmental outcomes to the local fauna that is particularly reliant on hollows for shelter and breeding. These hollows became ... read more

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This project will deliver positive environmental outcomes as Australia’s fauna is particularly reliant on hollows for shelter and breeding. These hollows are now a highly limited resource in Tenterfield and the surrounding area due to the devastating bushfires in early 2019 that decimated thou ... read more

BUSHFIRE-AFFECTED farmers and landholders across the region will now have access to their share of more than $209 million to help cover the cost of rebuilding boundary fences, after Deputy Premier John Barilaro and Agriculture ... read more

South-eastern Australia's climate and vast areas of forest and grasslands make it one of the most bushfire-prone regions on the earth.  The rapid increase in population of NSW over the last two centuries has changed the landscape for fire.  Deliberately or accidentally, people start many m ... read more