NEWS

Previous News Items

• New blackberry strategy launched
• Blackberry goes Gold Class
• Community tackles a thorn in the side
• Fighting blackberry in the Mitta Valley

Show all news items

Blackberry goes Goldclass!

Monday August the 4^th marked the premiere, ‘Blackberry management is more than science - The story of the North East Blackberry Action Group. ' The twenty five minute documentary outlines how the upper Murray community have begun to manage blackberry in their area.

The documentary was developed in conjunction with La Trobe University, as apart of the Victorian Blackberry Taskforces (VBT) approach to encourage greater community involvement in blackberry management.

Dr. Brian Furze, head of Social Sciences at LaTrobe Albury Wodonga said,

‘We have focused on capturing local experiences and on the process the group has used.

The documentary will also be used as an electronic teaching tool for students at Latrobe's Bundoora and Albury Wodonga campuses.

‘It will provide examples for students on the complexity of natural resource management and emphasises the importance of taking a landscape-wide community based approach.'

Lyn Coulston, chair of the Victorian Blackberry Taskforce said,

‘We have made the documentary so that other community groups can share the experiences of the NEBAG.'

‘We hope that it will provide options for other community groups who may want to adopt a similar approach.'

To obtain a copy of the documentary for your community group please contact Michael Reid, Victorian Blackberry Coordinator, at the Wodonga Office on (02) 437975.