Meetings
The committee of the Sturt Upper Reaches Landcare Group meet on the first Tuesday of the month (except January) at the Upper Sturt Primary School, Upper Sturt Rd, Upper Sturt. We run three or four public meetings each year.
Past topics include:
- Mitigating Climate Change - local options in the global challenge - Graham (Gus) Nathan
- Birds and Biodiversity - David Paton
- Mammals of the Mount Lofty Ranges - Catherine Kemper Phd
- Wetlands - David Leake
- Bandicoots in the Adelaide Hills - Richard Coombe NPWS
- The state of our waterways Speakers from the Patawalongs Catchment Board
- Bushfire Prevention - Leigh Miller, Simon Lewis, Glen Williams
- The birds in our area and their needs
- Birds in the Bush - Janet Pedler
- Weeds Fire & Vermin control - Richard Coombe NPWS
- Phytophthora and the threat to our native vegetation - Janet Pedler
- Bandicoots Presenter - Janine Kraehenbuehl
- An Apple a Day - Trevor Ranford
- The Phytophthora threat - Presenter Janine Kraehenbuehl
- Reptiles of the Mount Lofty Ranges - Dr Mark Hutchinson
- Frogs of the Mount Lofty Ranges - Steve Walker
- Bats -Stan Flavel
- The importance of the biodiversity of fungi - Patrick O'Connor
- Native Fish of the Mt Lofty Ranges - Dr Michael Hammer (see photo below)
- Echidnas - Dr Peggy Rismiller
Notices of meetings are sent to members and forwarded to local environmental organizations. Notices are also posted on the Mount Lofty Ranges Catchment Program website at the Central Groups Section.