Understanding Vegetation Shifts Part 1: Managing vegetation under current and future conditions
Fire, ancient landscapes and caring for Country Reading the landscape before reaching for fire From Sydney sandstone to south-western Australia’s ancient uplands, our first Understanding Vegetation Shifts webinar delivered a compelling reminder: there is no single recipe for managing ecological change. What does good ecological management look like when the landscapes we're working with have [...]
Don’t Pea Afraid – Identifying Native Pea flowers with Shirley McLaran
Pea flowers are a wonderfully diverse group of plants with over 1100 native species, many of which have yellow petals with red markings earning them the tag ‘egg-and-bacon’ pea flowers. Shirley’s presentation will cover how to recognise pea flowers along with tips on how to differentiate the ‘egg-and-bacon’ pea flowers. Presenter Shirley McLaran is the [...]
Grassland Forum Wrap up
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.
Forum Introductions and Gold Sponsors
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.
Welcome to Country – Mandy Nicholson
Grassland Resurrection - Connecting Knowledge, Research & Management Forum 8 May, 2026. Fitzroy Town Hall , Melbourne, Victoria Welcome to Country - Mandy Nicholson
Habitat Warriors- Creating a living classroom for students
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 [...]
Grasslands ecocide and the avenues for grassroots community militancy
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 [...]
What will be required for Natural Temperate Grasslands in Vic to avoid an extinction vortex?
Grassland Resurrection - Connecting Knowledge, Research & Management Forum 8 May, 2026. Fitzroy Town Hall , Melbourne, Victoria Michael Goddard Michael is a Senior Associate Botanist and Technical Lead at Biosis. He conducts flora and fauna surveys, ecological monitoring and impact assessments in a range of ecosystems, specialising in the Victorian Alps and Victorian Volcanic Plain bioregions. [...]
Native grassland restoration in south-west Victoria
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 [...]