Minister Littleproud has confirmed three finalists in the 2020 Bob Hawke Landcare Award.
Southern New England Landcare would like to congratulate Andrew Stewart from Victoria, Justin Kirkby from New South Wales, and James Walker from Queensland for becoming finalists in this prestigious award.
Both Andrew Stewart and Justin Kirkby are well known to Southern New England Landcare. Andrew visited Southern New England Landcare on at least three occasions in connection with Master TreeGrower programs that have been run locally.
Justin was a participant in Southern New England Landcare's 2007-2009 Engineered Woodlands project - refer to article titled, 'EW Field Day at Gravesend' (page 7) in 2008 Landchat #65.
The Bob Hawke Landcare Award is a prestigious, national award that publicly recognises an individual involved in championing Landcare and inspires others to take action on their own property or through a Landcare group. The award recognises leadership and commitment in natural resource management and sustainable agriculture.
The winner will be announced at the 2021 National Landcare Awards gala dinner on Thursday 5th August, 2021. We wish them all the best of luck!