Slide Show – Well Organised Children Defeat Pines
Posted on 24 October, 2014 by Connecting Country
T
he Mount Alexander Regional Park got a big helping hand on Saturday 4th October 2014 when a group of over 150 adults and children took part in the second Landcare Camp Out on The Mount.
Bronwyn Silver from the Friends of the Box-Ironbark Forests has made a great slideshow with photos taken at the event which captures the action.
Armed with saws, loppers, drills and Glyphosate, the group was bused from the Leanganook Camp ground to a site just north of Dog Rocks Saddle to dispatch invasive Radiata Pine trees growing in the Park. The pine trees are a threat to the native forests found on Mount Alexander and participants in the Camp Out are helping to protect important habitat for native plants and animals.
It was hard to tell exactly how many pines were removed amidst claims of ‘hundreds’ by some individuals who were still in early primary school, but a conservative estimate would be 600 trees.
The Camp Out is a project is jointly organised by the Harcourt Valley Landcare Group, Parks Victoria & Connecting Country with support from the Mount Alexander Shire Council and Friends of the Box-Ironbark Forests. This year the Camp Out also received help from Big Tree T-shirts, the Harcourt Lions Club and Hancocks Victorian Plantations.
Well done to everyone involved!
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Thanks Bron for your great record of the Pine Pull and many activities and walks program for Fobif.
It wax an event well worth being party to and was ever so well organised. Compliments to everyone involved.
Jules and Rex.