Address  Level 1, 3/119 Beardy St, PO Box 85, Armidale NSW 2350 Australia
Telephone  61 2 6772 9123
Facsimile  61 2 8209 6623
Web  www.snelandcare.org.au

Dave Carr
HiCUB Project Director

Dave Carr comes to SNELCC after 15 years working with Greening Australia. He worked with Greening Australia in Armidale from 1994 to 2000 on vegetation management, farm forestry extension and farm planning projects before moving to the national office in Canberra. As Technical Capacity Manager for Greening Australia, Dave ran the national extension projects ‘Exchange’ and ‘Florabank’ as well as leading farm forestry research across the country. Dave worked on developing a carbon sequestration business for GA and lead the development of landscape-scale restoration projects.

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Brenda Shepherd
HiCUB Community Coordinator

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Nic Cobcroft
HiCUB Projects Manager

Nic started collecting seeds and planting trees on the New England tablelands in the early 1980s and moved on to manage the Armidale Tree Group nursery and contract tree planting service, and also his own native seed collecting business based in Uralla.

Nic worked for a number of years as a consulting field botanist for NSW NPWS and Greening Australia as a seed collector and project officer. He then pursued a career as a wooden boat builder but was lured back to natural resource management by WetlandCare Australia where he was employed implementing biodiversity, threatened species and wetland projects across a broad area of Northern NSW and also in the Burdekin delta in North Queensland. Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Ellen Nyberg
HiCUB Project Assistant

Ellen is currently studying a B Natural Resources/B Urban & Regional Planning at the University of New England. She has relocated to Armidale from Sydney, and is excited to have the chance to study & work in the NRM industy.

Rebecca Ballard
Landcare Coordinator Armidale/Walcha

Bec started with SNELCC in May 2008. Bec is the Coordinated Fox Control Project Officer, and the Landcare Coordinator for the Armidale/Walcha area. Bec will spend approximately one day per week working out of the Walcha office. Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , Mobile 0458 729 123.

Alice Devlin
Landcare Coordinator Guyra

Alice started with Southern New England Landcare in 2009, working with the Guyra community in her role as the Landcare Coordinator. She is also the Malpas Catchment Coordinator and facilitates a Guyra vegetation incentive program supported by the BRG CMA. Contact alice@snelcc.org.au, Mobile 0458 729 124.

Sara Schmude
Schools Landcare Coordinator

Sara, who has previously worked for SNELCC, is now back on a part time basis as the Schools Landcare Coordinator. Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Lucy Chapman
Administration

Lucy started with Southern New England Landcare in 2005, as an administrative assistant. Lucy now maintains the membership database, provides book keeping support and assists with project administration and data management. If you ever need to know where anything is, or who’s who at the zoo, ask Lucy! Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Karen Zirkler
Communications

Karen has worked with SNELCC as a Landcare Coordinator since 1998, and now focuses on communications, in particular, producing the Landchat newsletter and maintaining the website.

Karen now also represents the staff as one of the newer members on the Southern New England Landcare Ltd Board. Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Please note Karen is currently on maternity leave until further notice.

Sonia Williams
Executive Officer/Business Manager

Sonia has been involved with the Harnham Landcare group since 1989. Since 1995, Sonia has been employed in various roles with SNELCC, and is currently the Executive Officer and Business Manager to support the Board, Committee and Staff in achieving the organization’s mission of involving the community in Natural Resource Management. Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it