Victorian Native Vegetation Offsets: A tale from direct experience
Grassland Resurrection - Connecting Knowledge, Research & Management Forum 8 May, 2026. Fitzroy Town Hall, Melbourne, Victoria Taylor Gundry While Taylor was undertaking his PhD on plastic pollution, he attended the Conservation and Habitat Management course then ran by Greening Australia, now by the Darebin Creek Management Committee, which he highly recommends. While doing his [...]
Using fire to reverse Coast Tea-tree invasion of rare coastal grasslands
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. [...]
Native Grassland: Biomass, Fire, Sheep and Weeds
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 [...]
Is it OK to plant trees in grasslands if they are on escarpments?
Grassland Resurrection - Connecting Knowledge, Research & Management Forum 8 May, 2026. Fitzroy Town Hall, Melbourne, Victoria Presenter: Ben Courtice Ben Courtice has a degree in botany, with honours in plant ecology. He was a founding member and past convenor of the GPN, and is a member of AABR. He works as a bush regenerator [...]
Modelling the costs and outcomes of management in the Western Grassland Reserve
Grassland Resurrection - Connecting Knowledge, Research & Management Forum 8 May, 2026. Fitzroy Town Hall, Melbourne, Victoria Presenter -Cindy Hauser Senior Scientist | Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research Land and Biodiversity Policy Division | Regions, Environment, Climate Action and First Peoples Group | Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action Cindy Hauser is a [...]
Reimagining urban transport and utility corridors to restore and connect
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 [...]
Wurundjeri Caring for Biik: Narrap Rangers
Grassland Resurrection - Connecting Knowledge, Research & Management Forum 8 May, 2026. Fitzroy Town Hall, Melbourne, Victoria Eddie Mullins & Kristian Verden, Narrap Rangers, Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation The Narrap Unit is the Caring for Country team of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation (WWCHAC), grown from a small crew in 2012 [...]
Iramoo: three decades of restoration
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 [...]
Why are grasslands grasslands, and why do they seem so hard to manage?
Grassland Resurrection - Connecting Knowledge, Research & Management Forum 8 May, 2026. Fitzroy Town Hall, Melbourne, Victoria Abstract Grasslands occur all over the globe, in a wide range of ecological and cultural contexts. Despite their diversity, most grasslands share some basic features, such as soil fertility, the presence of certain key plant families, and long [...]