2019 ACT Landcare Awards

Recognising individuals, communities, and community groups for their outstanding contributions to preserving our urban, park and rural landscapes.

Celebration and Community

The Landcare ACT Awards were held on Sunday 17 November 2019 at the historic “Lambrigg” property beside the Murrumbidgee River. Community landcarers from across the Territory came together to celebrate their impressive achievements.

Landcare Awards

The awards celebrated the efforts of individuals and groups, young and old, to protect the ACT’s natural resources, stewarding a more resilient landscape for the future. The award winners and their projects are diverse, from farming and indigenous land management, to educational and mapping tools.

2019 Winners

The Australian Government Individual Landcarer Award

Rainer Rehwinkle
(Kosciuszko to Coast)

The Australian Government Landcare Farming Award

Matthew and Sharon Gregory
(Willow Vale Farm)

The Australian Government Innovation in Agriculture Land Management Award

John and Carol Lilleyman
(Amberly Farm)

The Australian Government Partnerships for Landcare Award

The Parkcare Initiative - ACT Government Parks and Conservation Service and Park Carers.
Martin Baijt on behalf of Alison McLeod with Kathy Eyles

The Australian Community Media Landcare Community Group Award

Red Hill Bush Regenerators
Accepted by Michael Mulvaney on behalf of Ross Kingsland

The Austcover Young Landcare Leadership Award

Dhani Gilbert

The Indigenous Land Management Award

Jackson Taylor-Grant (Aboriginal Natural Resource Management Facilitator, ACT Government).
Accepted by Euroka Gilbert

The Woolworths Junior Landcare Team Award

The ACT Young Rangers Club with Lori Gould Woodlands and Wetlands Trust

The ACT Government Citizen Science Award

Aaron Clausen - Volunteer Developer Canberra Nature Map – NatureMapr

The ACT Government Local Hero Award

Lyn Jenkins (Convenor Macgregor Landcare Group)

Highly Commended

John Brannan (Friends of the Pinnacle) - Highly Commended for the Australian Government Individual Landcarer Award
Ken Hodgkinson (Ginninderra Native Grassland Restoration Group) - Highly Commended for The Australian Government Partnerships for Landcare Award
Southern ACT Catchment Group - Highly Commended in The Australian Community Media Landcare Community Group Award
The Radford College Ranger Assist Program - Highly Commended for the Woolworths Junior Landcare Team Award
Anke Maria Hoeffer, Frogwatch Climate Change Project, Frogwatch Program - Commended for The ACT Government Citizen Science Award
Neil Hermes, President Canberra Ornithologists Group - Highly Commended for The ACT Government Citizen Science Award

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We acknowledge the Ngunawal people, who are the Traditional Custodians of this country, and all First Nations people and their continuing connection to land, waters and community.

We pay respect to elders past, present and emerging.