Engaging Others

Grassland Resurrection - Connecting Knowledge, Research & Management Forum  8 May, 2026. Fitzroy Town Hall , Melbourne, Victoria  Michael Longmore (MCMC) and Tein McDonald (AABR) reflect on the day and where to next.

Grassland Resurrection - Connecting Knowledge, Research & Management Forum 8 May, 2026. Fitzroy Town Hall , Melbourne, Victoria Adrian Marshall tells a joke and introduces the Forum co-hosts, AABR Vic, Merri Creek Management Committee and Grassy Plains Network along with presentations from the Gold sponsors, Native Seeds and EcoSkills.

Grassland Resurrection - Connecting Knowledge, Research & Management Forum 8 May, 2026. Fitzroy Town Hall , Melbourne, Victoria Kai Lane Kai is a proud Yorta-Yorta Barapa-Barapa man, with connections to Dja Dja Wurrung and Wurundjeri, who is passionate about his culture and loves to share his knowledge. Growing up near the Murray River he now [...]

Grassland Resurrection - Connecting Knowledge, Research & Management Forum 8 May, 2026. Fitzroy Town Hall , Melbourne, Victoria Presenters: Indi Jennings, Billie Eyers, Matthew Kneller Basalt Buddies is a loose collective of people advocating for grassland conversation in the inner-west and inner-north of Naarm. growing locally-native plants and trying to get young and marginalized people involved [...]

Grassland Resurrection - Connecting Knowledge, Research & Management Forum  8 May, 2026. Fitzroy Town Hall, Melbourne, Victoria John Delpratt John is an Honorary Fellow with the University of Melbourne. He lectured in plant production, seed technology and weed management at the University’s Burnley Campus for more than three decades. In retirement, John advises on native [...]

Grassland Resurrection - Connecting Knowledge, Research & Management Forum  8 May, 2026. Fitzroy Town Hall, Melbourne, Victoria Gidja Walker AOM Gidja Lee Walker is an ecological consultant and natural systems teacher based on Victoria’s Southern Mornington Peninsula. Her specialties include restoration ecology, threatened species management, endangered ecosystems including Moonah Woodland and wetlands, coastal and saltmarsh [...]

Grassland Resurrection - Connecting Knowledge, Research & Management Forum  8 May, 2026. Fitzroy Town Hall, Melbourne, Victoria Presenter: Lauren Talbot Lauren Talbot has a background in environmental science and over a decade working in park management. Starting in bush regeneration and seasons as a Project Fire Fighter, before stepping into the role of Park Ranger. [...]

Grassland Resurrection - Connecting Knowledge, Research & Management Forum  8 May, 2026. Fitzroy Town Hall, Melbourne, Victoria Presenter: Lincoln Kern Lincoln is an ecologist with a keen interest in indigenous biodiversity conservation and environmental issues. He trained in botany and environmental science in the USA, before studying environmental management at Deakin University in Melbourne. After [...]

Grassland Resurrection - Connecting Knowledge, Research & Management Forum  8 May, 2026. Fitzroy Town Hall, Melbourne, Victoria Reimagining urban transport and utility corridors to restore and connect an endangered ecosystem. Authors: Nicholas S. G. Williams, Zahra Saraiean, Sophia Blosfelds Ben Roberts Katherine Horsfall Urban road, rail and utility corridors sometimes contain small fragments of remnant [...]

Grassland Resurrection - Connecting Knowledge, Research & Management Forum  8 May, 2026. Fitzroy Town Hall, Melbourne, Victoria Megan O’Shea Rick Van Keulen and Amanda Dodd Iramoo: three decades of restoration Rick Van Keulen, Amanda Dodd and Megan O’Shea have been working with the Cairnlea Conservation Reserves Committee of Management for more than a decade to [...]