Upper Barwon Landcare Network

The Upper Barwon Landcare Network is made up of 9 Landcare, Farmcare and River care groups in the mid and upper Barwon River catchments upstream of Inverleigh to the northern foothills of the Otway Ranges in South West Victoria. Comprising of over 153,000 hectares, the area includes parts of the Surf Coast and Colac Otway Shires. There is a wide range of topography, soil types and vegetation with a diversity of rural activities and lifestyles. Enterprises include dairying, beef & sheep grazing, broad acre cropping, intensive pig & poultry farming, as well as potato and pasture seed production. Agroforestry is well integrated on many properties providing biological infrastructure for resilience and sustainability. There is some large scale commercial forestry.