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A critical component to the long-term success of  theJARR project is ensuring the community remain an integral part of the planning and execution. The pride that develops when an idea slowly begins to evolve into reality is something of immense joy when so much hard work is involved.

Here are some of our community engagement initiatives since 2010

  • Planning meetings held with each relevant Landcare group to develop the Biodiversity Blueprint;
  • Bird Identification Day with renowned bird illustrator and Ornithologist, Nicholas Day followed by a BBQ lunch;
  • Quarterly JARR Committee meetings with invitations to representatives of all our partners;
  • Development, production and distribution of five indigenous species field guide brochures;
  • Tree planting on Hedley Range Road;
  • Spatial Vision Interactive Mapper Workshop;
  • Blackberry Control Field Day, Binginwarri;
  • Walk, Talk and Gawk at Hazel Park Flora Reserve plus picnic lunch;
  • Visit to Heggen's property to see revegetation works with talk by Thomasin Gannon from Eccocentric Consulting about EVCs, Carbon Storage, Trading and Offsets;
  • Coastal wildlife display at Port Albert Hall;
  • Reptile Ramble with Steve Derby;
  • Walk, Talk and Gawk at Balook property looking at a rainforest buffer project and talking about Conservation Covenants plus picnic lunch;
  • Walk, Talk and Gawk slong the Strzelecki Trail to learn how to bird watch plus picnic lunch;
    Walk, Talk and Gawk to see revegetation efforts on a Devon North property;
    Walk, Talk and Gawk to discover what plant life occurs in the Binginwarri State Forest;
  • Strzelecki Koala information night;
  • Binginwarri Biodiversity study project launch plus BBQ;
  • Birdwatching in Alberton West State Forest;
  • Binginwarri LCG Information Day highlighting Trust for Nature and Land for Wildlife with free BBQ;
  • Bird Watching morning in May's Bush;
  • Binginwarri tree planting day and BBQ;
  • Wonyip tree planting day and BBQ;
  • Binginwarri tree planting day and BBQ;
  • Plant Identification and Mapping workshop;
  • Binginwarri Wildflower Wander in the Won Wron State Forest;
  • Wildflower Wander in the Coastal heathlands of Gelliondale;
  • Binginwarri Landcare Twitch-a-thon at a variety of locations;
  • JARR Project presentation at the 2012 National Landcare Conference;
  • Coastcare community planting day in Port Albert;
  • Birdwatching with Birdlife, East Gippsland locations including Port Albert, Hiawatha and Corner Inlet;
  • Walk, Talk and Gawk looking at HVP Koala Corridors Project;
  • Birdwatching at White Woman's Waterhole;
  • Fungi Foray in alberton West State Forest;
  • YYLN Board and JARR committee member's tour of projects including JARR;
  • Biodiversity Blueprint workshop;
  • Birdwatching in Gelliondale;
  • Nomination of the Norman Wettenhall for a Victorian Landcare Partner's Award and attendance at the Awards ceremony. They won.
  • Snake Safety Awareness Workshop;
  • Binginwarri Bike Ride;
  • Regular Annual get-togethers for each of the relevant Landcare Groups; plus
  • Regular feature articles on JARR activities in the YYLN Quarterly Newsletters;

This list does not include the many Landcare Network activities organised by other groups outside the JARR area, which are also attended by JARR partners, nor does it include non-Landcare partner initiatives or project collaborations with them.
JARR Partners

Albert River Landcare
Binginwarri Landcare
Wonyip Landcare
Yarram Urban Landcare
Yarram Secondary College
Waterwatch
Trust for Nature
Greening Australia