The Circular Head Landcare Group (CHLG), is small. With only 12 active members this group has managed to achieve significant environmental outcomes through good planning, credible and intelligent networking and sheer hard work.

Over the 6 year life of this project, CHLG members have spent considerable volunteer time working with land owners and the local shellfish industry to develop a highly effective ricegrass control program that minimises impacts on important commercial fisheries and the local environment.

The group have worked hard to understand the ecology of ricegrass, when it is most vulnerable for spraying and what herbicides are best to have a good kill without harming others. CHLG works with the shellfish industry to identify suitable spraying periods when the ricegrass is actively growing.