Re-vegetation to Improve Ecosystem Health Including Habitat for Australasian Bittern
Period: 2016-18
Funding Body: South West Catchments Council
Funds: $25,000
Project Officers: Wendy Bradshaw
Summary
This project aims to improve ecosystem health of Kulunilup Lake by protecting and revegetating twenty hectares of degraded, partly salt affected land that drains directly into the Lake. The project will also enhance connectivity for wildlife (focus on the endangered Australasian Bittern, a heavy-set, partially nocturnal heron with upperparts that are patterned dark brown and buff) as the site directly links to a 400ha remnant that occurs on the property and the Kulunilup Nature Reserve (separated only by Wingebellup Rd). The project aims to maximise habitat restoration values by using state of the art revegetation techniques to maximise structural and functional diversity appropriate for the range of landscape positions, soil types and hydrological conditions present at the site
Outcome
On-ground activities:
20ha Revegetation including 21,960 seedlings and 1.7kg of native seed mix
20ha Site Preparation (weed control and mounding)
0.7 km of fencing to protect the 20ha revegetation site
The project delivers against the following National Landcare Programme (NLP) national and international obligations and related NLP Strategic Outcomes:
Protection and restoration of ecosystem function, resilience and biodiversity; appropriate management of invasive species which threaten ecosystems, habitats or native species.
Build community awareness of biodiversity values, skills, participation and knowledge, including Indigenous knowledge and participation, to promote conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity.
Reduce the loss of natural habitats, degradation and fragmentation; protection or conserving Matters of National Environmental Significance including management of Ramsar wetlands, natural values of national heritage etc; reduce the number of nationally threatened species and improve their conservation status
Report
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