The John Betts Yass Region Landcare Award was established in 2007 to honor the legacy of John Betts, a founding member of the Yass Area Network of Landcare Groups (YAN). Following John’s passing, YAN - together with the Betts Family - created this perpetual award to recognize outstanding contributions to Landcare across the Yass region. The award

At the time of writing our last Climate Ready Revegetation blog, we were deep in the complex business of sourcing multi‑provenance seed for spring. Over the past month, the newly purchased collections from multiple suppliers have been

There has been some serious weeding happening at Sutton Reserve, with a major pine tree removal project helping restore the open woodland character of this special patch of remnant Box Gum Grassy Woodland in the heart of the village.

For years, parts of the reserve had become overrun with self-sown Pinus radiata pine trees. Dense stands of pines were smothering

On Friday 8 May, 13 students from Girls Grammar in Canberra came and planted native plants and grasses at the Sutton Reserve. This was a part of their annual Founders Day volunteering activity.

Sutton Landcare received 300 native plants (a variety of wattles, poa and some low growing shrubs) from the Yass Landcare Nursery. Over the afternoon the students and their 4