Opportunity to Restore Native Vegetation on your Property

Posted on 23 September, 2013 by Connecting Country

Revegetation and bushland restoration opportunities exist for private landowners and Landcare groups through Connecting Country’s program ‘Connecting Landscapes Across the Mount Alexander Region’. This program is designed to improve the condition and connectivity of native vegetation across eight connectivity zones. The zones are around parts of Sutton Grange, Harcourt, Muckleford, Guildford, Franklinford, Sandon, Elphinstone and Taradale. You can find out more about the program and see a map of the connectivity zones here and you can read about a landowner’s actual experience of the program at ‘Pirralillia’ in Elphinstone.

Over the past year, the program’s five-person work crew has been busy protecting and restoring over 200 hectares of existing native vegetation and planting over 100 hectares of new vegetation, with weed and rabbit control undertaken throughout.

This year’s Connecting Landscape’s crew at work.

The next step is to consolidate and expand these works by engaging new landholders or groups. We are particularly keen to hear from landholders in the Sandon, Elphinstone, Taradale, Muckleford, Walmer and Harcourt areas.

By joining this program, landowners will be assisted to develop a comprehensive site management plan with Connecting Country staff. Activities that may be funded and implemented as part of this program include tubestock planting and direct seeding of indigenous flora, the implementation of pest animal and weed control and environmental fencing. The program’s crew will then be available to implement many of the initial activities.

If this opportunity sounds like it might suit you, or to find out more, please contact Jarrod Coote or Bonnie Humphreys at Connecting Country on 5472 1594 or email: jarrod@connectingcountry.org.au