Resources | Black Range Land Management Group

We are pleased to offer the following resources to landholders and the local community around the Black Range.

Black Range-Specific Research

Invasive Plant & Animal Management Plan 2023 - 2028 - we have provided a summary version of the plan (PDF), or you can download the full plan (PDF)
2003 Black Range Information and Management Guide (PDF)

BRLMG Tool & Book Library

The following tools are available for members to borrow:

Wildlife monitoring cameras
Selection of cat and fox traps
Fencing tools (including spinning jenny, post lifter, post driver, wire strainer, wedgelock clamp, gripple tool strainer, ring fastener guns, fencing pliers, wire cutters, twist tools)

BRLMG has a number of self-education texts on topics including fire ecology, plant indicators and cultural land management, available for borrowing from our 'Reading Fire Country' Library

Contact [email protected] to enquire about borrowing these tools and books.

Regional Resources

Traditional Owners

Fire

‘Victorian Traditional Owner Fire Strategy’

Walking trails

Granite Pools Nature Trail in Sisters Rocks Bushland Reserve

Landholder Forum

Landholders sharing know-how and insights gained from the experiences of landholders in Black Range. Advice and opinion on a range of land management topics, from fire, fencing, erosion, and tracks:

Track Construction, repair and maintenance in Black Range, with Mark Farrer: Advice to support landholders considering tracks through landholdings.
Fencing in Black Range, with Mark Farrer: Advice to help landholders embarking on fencing.
On Erosion, with Elwyn Dennis: A provocation to landholders to engage with erosion in the Black Range, and on our own vehicle tracks.
On Fire, with Elwyn Dennis: Having lived with numerous wildfires passing through the Black Range, Elywn provokes landholders to consider the ground fuel load and potential damage from intensity of heat that wildfire threatens.
On Tools for managing invasive species: RoboRangeR, with Elwyn Dennis: An artist's vision of a potential future where an AI tool (RoboRangeR) could be used for conservation.