Welcome to the Latrobe Catchment’s Weed and Pest Hub

Social media is one of the easiest, cheapest, and most effective ways to raise awareness and share practical advice about managing pest species. Find out how your groups’ social media feed can educate, inspire action, and get more people involved in protecting our local ecosystems.

In this 2-hour online workshop you’ll learn:
🌱 How to use social media to educate your neighbours
🌱 What makes a post engaging (and what doesn’t)
🌱 How to reach the right people with the right message
🌱 Tools to plan, schedule, and stay consistent
🌱 Easy tips for taking great photos with your phone
🌱 Smart ways to promote events and projects

Webinar Resources:

1. Social Media Content Pillar Strategy

2. Social Media Content Planner (downloads an excel spreadsheet)

3. LCLN’s 2025 Landcarer Calendar (for all your special days to celebrate)

4. Webinar recording (coming soon)

Technology can help everyone identify weeds and pests on their patch, as well as map and report them to authorities, and track progress on management efforts over time. These Apps are free to download and use, and available to anyone with a smart phone.

In this 2-hour online webinar you’ll learn:
- the various Apps available to help combat weed and pest animals (including WeedScan | FeralScan | iNaturalist and Seek | Snap Send Solve)
- key features of each App and how to use them to achieve your weed and pest management goals
- where the data from each App goes, and how it is used
- where to find more information to support you on your App journey!

Webinar Resources:

1. Link to WeedScan

2. Link to FeralScan

3. Link to iNaturalist

4. Link to article iNaturalist vs Seek

5. Webinar recording (coming soon)

While these long-eared plant killers are here to stay, there’s a lot that can be done to curb their numbers and the damage they do. In this webinar, experts from the Victorian Rabbit Action Network, CSIRO and Centre for Invasive Species Solutions share what’s involved in planning and executing a well-informed rabbit control program.

In this 2-hour online webinar you’ll learn:
- who's responsible for rabbit control, where, when and why
- the latest on rabbit biocontrols including CSIRO’s research and development
- key components of a successful rabbit control program
- control options available, and when and how to combine them for greatest success
- handy tools, resources and Apps to support your rabbit control program.

Webinar Resources:

1. CSIRO - Rabbit Biocontrols slides

2. VRAN - Who’s responsible slides

3. VRAN - Successful Management slides

4. VRAN - Other techniques slides

5. CISS - Rabbit Resources slides

6. Webinar recording (coming soon)

Pest plants quickly invade new areas and cause damage to native habitat, native wildlife, livestock and people’s livelihoods. Not only that, they can take a serious toll on people’s back pockets, community morale and neighbourhood good-will.

In this 2-hour online webinar you’ll learn:
- who's responsible for weed control, where, when and why
- key components of a successful weed control program
- biological and other control options available, and when to use them
- what the presence of weeds is telling you about soil health
- the influence of plant biology, landscape vectors and natural disasters on weed spread

Webinar Resources:

1. Agriculture Victoria - Biocontrol of Weeds slides

2. Biobloom - Weeds as Indicators slides

3. DPI NSW - Biological control of weeds - A practitioner’s guide for south-east Australia

4. LCLN List of useful links on weeds

5. Webinar recording (coming soon)