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A run-down parcel of land on the side of the Strzelecki Ranges has been transformed by a visionary landowner and Greenfleet.
Adam and Debbie Tyson’s property in southern Victoria was once covered with a mosaic of rainforest, including 90-metre tall Mountain Ash trees. As the agriculturalists and loggers moved into the region in the late 19th century, the land was cleared and less than a fifth of the original forest remains standing today.
“When I bought the land, it was overgrazed and run down with erosion and weeds. It had very little remanent vegetation left,” Adam explains.
The sparsely-forested property’s steep slopes and frequent heavy rainfall also made it prone to devastating landslides.
Since 2011, the Tysons and Greenfleet have planted approximately 14,880 native trees.
“We’ve seen many improvements over that time. The trees are thriving and there is a noticeable increase in birdlife,” Adam says.
“The trees are certainly helping with the erosion – and we haven’t had a landslide for a couple of seasons now.”
Find out more at www.greenfleet.org.au
The BLM salutes our partners and welcomes you to join them in helping take care of your public lands.
These photos are but a sample of the many stalwart volunteers and service organizations whose invaluable partnership with the BLM has enhanced public awareness and protected the natural splendor of our lands in the Pacific Northwest.
Thank you for all you did in 2010, and here's to a great 2011!
It might be rainy and miserable, but we're still out there getting the job done! Brian and his team at Quartech kickstarted the site preparation for tree planting later this year on this gorgeous property in Gippsland, Vic.
The farm is home to Emma from Glorious Googies and her 1,200 free-range chooks. And this winter it'll undergo a facelift with 37ha of the property revegetated with nearly 30,000 native trees. Emma said "The area we’ve chosen is steep and rugged – and should never have been cleared in the first place. Working with Greenfleet provides us with a great opportunity to leave a legacy beyond what the two of us and our chooks could ever hope to do."
Find out more about how Glorious Googies is working with Greenfleet to turn these hills into a beautiful native forest: www.greenfleet.com.au/News/TabId/264/artmid/2986/articlei...
#GreenfleetForests #Forestinthemaking
Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. - J. M. Barrie
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Cassia Phuket Pet-Friendly Hotel with Full Facilities
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The BLM salutes our partners and welcomes you to join them in helping take care of your public lands.
These photos are but a sample of the many stalwart volunteers and service organizations whose invaluable partnership with the BLM has enhanced public awareness and protected the natural splendor of our lands in the Pacific Northwest.
Thank you for all you did in 2010, and here's to a great 2011!
I'm a pint low today for a good cause, and vampires weren't involved! A good friend asked us to participate in the local Fire Department's blood drive, so we did. A single pint of blood can actually help up to three other people. The process is fairly simple, and other than a slight prick, painless. Consider becoming a donor, or if it's been awhile (like it had for me), keep your eye out for an opportunity. It's just one more way we all can make a difference.
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A run-down parcel of land on the side of the Strzelecki Ranges has been transformed by a visionary landowner and Greenfleet.
Adam and Debbie Tyson’s property in southern Victoria was once covered with a mosaic of rainforest, including 90-metre tall Mountain Ash trees. As the agriculturalists and loggers moved into the region in the late 19th century, the land was cleared and less than a fifth of the original forest remains standing today.
“When I bought the land, it was overgrazed and run down with erosion and weeds. It had very little remanent vegetation left,” Adam explains.
The sparsely-forested property’s steep slopes and frequent heavy rainfall also made it prone to devastating landslides.
Since 2011, the Tysons and Greenfleet have planted approximately 14,880 native trees.
“We’ve seen many improvements over that time. The trees are thriving and there is a noticeable increase in birdlife,” Adam says.
“The trees are certainly helping with the erosion – and we haven’t had a landslide for a couple of seasons now.”
Find out more at www.greenfleet.org.au
Hedgehog Street is a campaign organised by the Peoples Trust for Endangered Species and the British Hedgehog Preservation Society to encourage hedgehogs into our gardens. Part of the campaign asks people to make a hole in their gardens to allow hedgehogs easy access, the hole in my gardens shows that it is obviously working and yes they also enter the garden this way.
Photos of the beautiful native forest near Merton, Vic, taken by Eoghan, our Forester.
Greenfleet planted over 8,000 trees on this farm in 2009... this is what it looked like in July 2014!
Native birds chirping away, trees like this Candlebark up to 10-metre high, majestic Wedge-tailed Eagles hovering over, wattles blooming... I know where I'd rather be today!
The Make a Difference Area at Summer Camp is located just outside the main walkway to the Moonshine Stage and hosts a wide variety of nonprofit organizations. We hope that the education these groups provide at their booths and during panel discussions in the Soulshine Tent will increase your awareness of important environmental and human rights issues, and inspire you to get involved and take action in a positive way…both locally and around the world!
The Make a Difference Area at Summer Camp is located just outside the main walkway to the Moonshine Stage and hosts a wide variety of nonprofit organizations. We hope that the education these groups provide at their booths and during panel discussions in the Soulshine Tent will increase your awareness of important environmental and human rights issues, and inspire you to get involved and take action in a positive way…both locally and around the world!
The Make a Difference Area at Summer Camp is located just outside the main walkway to the Moonshine Stage and hosts a wide variety of nonprofit organizations. We hope that the education these groups provide at their booths and during panel discussions in the Soulshine Tent will increase your awareness of important environmental and human rights issues, and inspire you to get involved and take action in a positive way…both locally and around the world!
A run-down parcel of land on the side of the Strzelecki Ranges has been transformed by a visionary landowner and Greenfleet.
Adam and Debbie Tyson’s property in southern Victoria was once covered with a mosaic of rainforest, including 90-metre tall Mountain Ash trees. As the agriculturalists and loggers moved into the region in the late 19th century, the land was cleared and less than a fifth of the original forest remains standing today.
“When I bought the land, it was overgrazed and run down with erosion and weeds. It had very little remanent vegetation left,” Adam explains.
The sparsely-forested property’s steep slopes and frequent heavy rainfall also made it prone to devastating landslides.
Since 2011, the Tysons and Greenfleet have planted approximately 14,880 native trees.
“We’ve seen many improvements over that time. The trees are thriving and there is a noticeable increase in birdlife,” Adam says.
“The trees are certainly helping with the erosion – and we haven’t had a landslide for a couple of seasons now.”
Find out more at www.greenfleet.org.au
Marian Wright Edelman said it all in this poster at the Chicago Cultural Center. And we need to hear this more than ever.
We are at a point in American history where, even before the black boxes and flight recorders are pulled from the bottom of the Potomac, before the affected families were even able to grieve, Grover Cleveland II was blaming a recent mid-air collision between a passenger jet and a military helicopter over Washington DC not only on the helicopter pilot, but on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Forget the fact that there have been aircraft collisions in the United States long before now, both midair and on the ground, at a time when the only jobs women and people of color could get in an air traffic control tower were sweeping and mopping the floors, emptying the wastebaskets and ashtrays, and making coffee. Grand Canyon, 1956, Pacoima, 1957, Clark County, Nevada and Brunswick, Maryland, both 1958, and New York, 1960, among others.
There hasn't been a fatal mid-air collision between two commercial passenger planes here since 1960, and a passenger jet and a private plane since 1978. A stellar air traffic control record.
When asked how he knew the collision was based on DEI, he snapped, "I have common sense."
But I have to admit, Roy Cohn taught him well. Keep hammering home an untrue message, every chance you get, and eventually people will believe it.
SAN DIEGO (April 25, 2020) Sailors assigned to USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) Medical Department give training during a simulated mass casualty drill in the ship’s welldeck. John P. Murtha is currently in its homeport at Naval Base San Diego.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Curtis D. Spencer)
Grass Boots 5 vs 5 Soccer tournament – 22 March 2010 in Vredehoek. The money raised will go towards putting soccer boots on young children’s feet in the year of the 2010 World Cup
Do not attempt to change another, BE the change you wish to see. That is your mission, and there is no other. - Neale Donald Walsch
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25 Top landmarks in the world for 2018
Original photo credit: Eni Metzger
Burn off some Halloween candy at the Zoe Loren Foundation 5K Run/Walk on November 10 in Carlin Park, Jupiter! Pre-registration pricing, group discounts, cash prizes, tech shirts, kid’s races. Register: www.zoeloren.org/events. Thank you to Bagel Boyz and IHop! Great auction items: 1 Hour Massage at Lane Spa, Gift Cards to Ruth Chris Steakhouse, Cabo Flats and tickets to The Escape South Florida. All proceeds donated to PBC kids for enrichment and educational scholarships.
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In October 2011, Greenfleet planted 65,000 native trees on this site near Eucumbene Dam in Kosciuszko National Park, NSW .
Greenfleet forester revisited the site in March 2012 and found the trees in excellent health and growing well!
Photo taken in March 2012.
Be the one who leaves a light in dark corners. - SOL
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What to Do in Bangkok: 5 Insider’s Tips by Local Experts
Original photo credit: Igor Ovsyannykov
The 2022 BBC Make A Difference Awards Presentation dinner at the Hilton Doubletree hotel at Brayford Pool Lincoln. A lovely evening, great to meet other nominees and some BBC editors and presenters.
In Namitete, Malawi, the best way to get anywhere is to hire a bicycle taxi. Young men from the village drive them and they've built a seat onto the back of their bike on which you sit and hold on!
Each month we donate books to the book drive we're doing for establishing a library in Lesotho, Africa. We hope to collect 1,000 books by September 30th. At that point we will sort and then ship them to the African Library Project. They, in turn, will ship them to the library we will be establishing in Lesotho with the books we collect.
Panorama of the 5-month old planting in Kosciuszko National Park, NSW .
In October 2011, Greenfleet planted 65,000 native trees on this site near Eucumbene Dam in Kosciuszko National Park, NSW .
Greenfleet forester revisited the site in March 2012 and found the trees in excellent health and growing well!
Photo taken in March 2012.