National Landcare Legends Honour Roll


John Feehan OAM

As we celebrate 35 years of Landcare Australia and landcare as a national movement, we would like to recognise the many individuals or groups that have made a significant contribution to caring for our environment across Australia for generations to come.

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John Feehan OAM has dedicated his entire life to improving the fertility and water retention of Australian soils through the introduction of dung beetles throughout Australia.

John has captivated Australians to embrace the benefits of dung beetles not only to help restore the balance in soil health and fertility throughout Australia but to the added benefits they provide to the community in reducing the bushfly problem and the grazing community by reducing the scourge of the Buffalo fly. 

John has been extraordinarily influential, not only in Australia but also overseas. He has exported dung beetles to five overseas countries with four species becoming established in the USA and one in Canada. In 1997 he was awarded an Order of Australia medal (OAM) for services to agriculture.

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